Home / Quotes / Quote by Eric Schlosser

Quote by Eric Schlosser

“The industry doesn't want you to know the truth about what you're eating, because if you knew, you might not want to eat it.”

Quote by Eric Schlosser

Author

Eric Schlosser is an American journalist and author renowned for his investigative reporting on social and political issues. Born on August 17, 1959, Schlosser has written extensively on the American food industry, labor rights, and the military-industrial complex. His most notable work is the book 'Fast Food Nation', which critically examines the impact of the fast food industry on society. more

You May Also Like

“Marijuana gives rise to insanity -- not in its users but in the policies directed against it. A nation that sentences the possessor of a single joint to life imprisonment without parole but sets a murderer free after perhaps six years is in the grips of a deep psychosis.”

Giving Years Nations Policy Six Sentences Insanity Marijuana Users Murderer Joints Imprisonment Psychosis Parole

Author:Eric Schlosser

“Green Day was more of the influence than Blink.”

Influence Green Blink

Author:Deryck Whibley

“When I was growing up, Green Day had just come out.”

Growing Up Growing Green

Author:Deryck Whibley

“You don't even have to leave your house: you do your work from your house; you can order anything you want from your house; you don't have to leave your chair. Everything's been designed so that you never leave your computer chair.”

Want Order House Computer Chairs

Author:Deryck Whibley

“As you get older, you don't really have any excuse to be stupid anymore, to be in the dark.”

Dark Stupid Excuse

Author:Deryck Whibley

“You are what you do. If you do boring, stupid monotonous work, chances are you'll end up boring, stupid and monotonous. Work is a much better explanation for the creeping cretinization all around us than even such significant moronizing mechanisms as television and education.”

Ifs Ends Chance Stupid Television Boring Significant Explanation Mechanism Chances Are Monotonous

Author:Bob Black

“The reinvention of daily life means marching off the edge of our maps”

Mean Inspiration Edges Daily Life Maps March Life Means Reinvention

Book:The Abolition of Work and Other Essays

Source: The Abolition of Work and Other Essays

“Simplicity is not a goal, but one arrives at simplicity in spite of oneself, as one approaches the real meaning of things.”

Real Goal Approach Simplicity Oneself Spite

Author:Herbert Read

“The modern artist, by nature and destiny, is always an individualist.”

Artist Destiny Modern Modern Art

Author:Herbert Read

“Man is everywhere still in chains.”

Men Stills Chains

Book:Selected writings: poetry and criticism

Source: Selected writings: poetry and criticism