Mark Bittman Quotes

This evidence is overwhelming at this point. You eat more plants, you eat less other stuff, you live longer.

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• A good lie detector doesn't jump to conclusions but tries to understand the person across the table, her personality, and her motivations. Your goal as a lie spotter isn't to point the finger and say, 'You're lying' - your goal is to get to the truth.

  

  Pamela Meyer
  • Good
  • Truth
  • Goal

• Looking up and out, how can we not respect this ever-vigilant cognizance that distinguishes us: the capability to envision, to dream, and to invent? the ability to ponder ourselves? and be aware of our existence on the outer arm of a spiral galaxy in an immeasurable ocean of stars? Cognizance is our crest.

  

  Vanna Bonta
  • Up
  • Dream
  • Knowledge

• When I'm dancing, I don't know where the confidence comes from, but I just pretend I'm someone else, I think, and then I go out and dance.

  

  Maisie Williams
  • Think
  • Confidence
  • Dance

• I'm here because I stand on many, many shoulders, and that's true of every black person I know who has achieved.

  

  Vernon Jordan
  • True
  • Black
  • Know

• I think I've slayed my long jump demons.

  

  Katarina Johnson-Thompson
  • Long
  • Think
  • Jump

• I'm one of those crazy people, if I'm watching the trailer for a movie and I'm really excited by it, I'll turn it off because I don't want to know anything. I want to be surprised because I love that more than knowing anything.

  

  Adam Driver
  • People
  • Love
  • Know

• We're all idealistic when young.

  

  Pat Oliphant
  • Young
  • Idealistic

• Of course I used to smile and laugh in 1976, but not when I was competing. Please show me somebody who laughs when they are concentrating; I always smiled.

  

  Nadia Comaneci
  • Me
  • Smile
  • Laugh

• I don't know if I'd say I feel green, but I'm getting to know myself as an actor now in a way that I never did as a kid.

  

  Gaby Hoffmann
  • Know
  • Myself
  • Green

• I'm very conscious of... I don't feel like a star.

  

  Taron Egerton
  • Like
  • Star
  • Feel

• I was physically abused and I retaliated.

  

  Samantha Morton
  • Physically

• To be sure, the response of faith to revelation, which God grants to the creature he chooses and moves with his love, occurs in such a way that it is truly the creature that provides the response, with its own nature and its natural powers of love.

  

  Hans Urs von Balthasar
  • God
  • Nature
  • Faith

• I want to be like a Muhammad Ali, like a Julio Cesar Chavez. So when people talk about boxing, they have to remember Canelo.

  

  Canelo Alvarez
  • People
  • Remember
  • Want

• Move your lymph system. Lymph is like a sewage system that carries all of the toxins out of your body.

  

  Valentina Zelyaeva
  • Like
  • Body
  • Your Body

• Growing up in Paterson wasn't the easiest thing.

  

  Victor Cruz
  • Up
  • Growing
  • Growing Up

• I would love to spend more time in Britain one day. In my heart, I still feel that I'm English, and when I think of home, I think of England.

  

  Olivia Hussey
  • Time
  • Heart
  • Home

• Some books claim I have already clocked up a century of Grands Prix, but let me put the record straight. Australia will be my 100th start, and I aim to mark the milestone with a cracking performance. It could even be celebrated with a victory.

  

  Damon Hill
  • Up
  • Start
  • Victory

• Since Sandy Hook, I have sat back as a father and been mesmerized by the inability of the federal government to do anything substantively on gun safety.

  

  Gavin Newsom
  • Father
  • Government
  • Gun

• In general, questions are fine; you can always seize upon the parts of them that interest you and concentrate on answering those. And one has to remember when answering questions that asking questions isn't easy either, and for someone who's quite shy to stand up in an audience to speak takes some courage.

  

  Vikram Seth
  • Up
  • Remember
  • Courage

• We all get so excited about the big events, but when there's an animal involved, it's ten times harder.

  

  Charlotte Dujardin
  • Animal

• I normally eat everything under the sun, but once a year, for a whole month, I eat nothing but fruits, vegetables, nuts, and lean fish, and I feel great!

  

  Elizabeth Mitchell
  • Great
  • Sun

• I think I will die laughing.

  

  Jeanne Calment
  • Die

• I have to play as much of the game as I allow myself to get the music heard. But it's not unlike the rest of the world, so I'm not as up in arms about it as I could be.

  

  Kristin Hersh
  • Up
  • World
  • Music

• This evidence is overwhelming at this point. You eat more plants, you eat less other stuff, you live longer.

  

  Mark Bittman
  • Live