"The very gradual reductions in my weight which I am able to show, may be interesting to many, and I have great pleasure in stating them, believing that they serve to demonstrate further the merit of the system pursued."

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Source : William Banting (2005). “Letter on Corpulence”, p.51, Cosimo, Inc.

William Banting

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“...Men do not sufficiently realize that their future is in their own hands. Theirs is the task of determining first of all whether they want to go on living or not. Theirs is the responsibility, then, for deciding if they want merely to live, or intend to make just the extra effort required for fulfilling, even on this refractory planet, the essential function of the universe, which is a machine for the making of gods.”
“Teach a man to read and write, and you have put into his hands the great keys of the wisdom-box.”
“Bonkers is kind of a combination of Jerry Lewis and Harpo Marx, which is very strange because Harpo never spoke!”
“There is, however, another subject on which the Queen feels most strongly, and that is this horrible, brutalizing, un-Christian-like vivisectionâ€¦It must really not be permitted. It is a disgrace to a civilized country.”
“Ideals and morality are often spoken of as virtual antimatter to the behaviors allegedly needed to maximize profits.”

Source : Stephen Young (2003). “Moral Capitalism: Reconciling Private Interest with the Public Good”, p.87, Berrett-Koehler Publishers
“You're playing with Pandora's box. Sometimes it's better not to open it. Sometimes, it's better not to know.”

Source : Tatiana de Rosnay (2007). “Sarah's Key”, p.127, Macmillan
“I like to remind myself, as a parent, that God holds me responsible to, not for, my children!”
“I like not only to be loved, but also to be told that I am loved. I am not sure that you are of the same mind. But the realm of silence is large enough beyond the grave. This is the world of light and speech, and I shall take leave to tell you that you are very dear.”

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