“Overconsumption is a "cancer eating away at our spiritual vitals." It cuts the heart right out of our compassion. It distances us from the great masses of broken bleeding humanity. It converts us into materialists. We become less able to ask moral questions. For example, just because we have the economic muscle to buy up vast amounts of the world's oil, does that give us the right to do so? When the poor farmer of India is unable to buy a gallon of gasoline to run his simple water pump because the world's demand has priced him out of the market, who is to blame?” WorldGivingHeartDoeRunningAbleSpiritualHumanityAsksWaterSimplePoorCompassionMoralCuttingEconomicExampleBrokenAmountDemandEatingMassIndiaBlameDistanceCancerOilMusclesFarmersConsumerismBleedingPumpsOverconsumptionGasolineGallons Author:Richard J. Foster
“Performers always come back from the Edinburgh festival with adventure stories. Watts told a few: meeting a young kilt maker who spent a year in a madhouse after eating too much LSD, and accompanying Seattle actor and musician Michael McQuilken (of Collaborator Productions) to the hospital after a Frisbee accident. He reached up to catch it and cut his hand on a sign, .. He had to get a few stitches, but I think he can still play.” ThinkingYearsStillsPlayStoriesHandsYoungActorsToo MuchCuttingAdventureEatingMusicianMeetingsProductionsAccidentsHospitalsMakersPerformersFestivalsSeattleCollaboratorsLsdStitchesEdinburghMadhousesFrisbeeKilts Author:Reggie Watts
“It takes 16 lbs of grain to make 1 lb of beef. It takes 1 lb of grain to make 1 lb of bread. So, how many more plants are you eating if you eat a pound of beef? Secondly, I've harvested cabbages and pulled up carrots out of the ground and I've been in slaughter-houses and seen the animals have their brains bashed out with sledgehammers and their throats cut - the experiences are not comparable.” IfsHouseAnimalBrainCuttingEatingPlantBreadPoundsThroatGrainSlaughterBeefCarrotsCabbage Author:John Robbins
“Eating properly is great. I mean you cut the fat down, cut the cholesterol out, but still you got to get your rest and you got to have some form of exercise.” MeanStillsFormSportsCuttingExerciseEatingFatsCholesterol Author:Mike Ditka
“When it comes to wheat, my main goal is to inform people, including farmers, that the prevailing notion that cutting fat and eating whole grains will make you healthy is not only wrong, it's destructive.” PeopleWholeGoalCuttingHealthyEatingNotionIncludingFatsDestructiveFarmersGrainWheatPrevailingWhole Grains Author:William Davis
“I am running on fumes, so it's time to get centered again. I start with eating healthier and cutting out caffeine - at least cutting back on caffeine. I exercise and get outside to play. I reconnect with my spiritual practice, which is daily meditation and prayer. Most importantly, I reconnect with my family and friends. If all else fails, a few deep breaths.” IfsPlayRunningSpiritualPrayerPracticeMeditationCuttingFailingExerciseEatingMy FamilyBreathsFamily And FriendsDeep BreathSpiritual PracticeCaffeineDaily MeditationMeditation And Prayer Author:Amber Valletta
“We have Islamic rebels [in Syria] who've been eating the hearts or organs of their enemies. We have priests that have been killed. We have Christian villages that have been razed by Islamic rebels. We have Islamic rebels who say they don't recognize Israel and would just as soon attack Israel as [Bashar] Assad. So really, I see no clear-cut American interest, and I'm afraid that sometimes things unravel, and the situation could become less stable and not more stable.” HeartHas BeensSometimesChristianInterestSituationEnemyClearCuttingEatingIsraelIslamicPriestsVillageRebelStableOrgansSyriaAssad Author:Rand Paul
“As a fighter, you have a weight cut, and if there's a weigh-in scene you want to look way smaller and depleted. You want there to be a noticeable difference between that and the fight day. You don't drink water, except for tiny sips, and you're not really eating anything, except for a tiny slice of sweet potato every hour.” IfsWayWantLooksFightingWaterHoursDifferencesCuttingSweetDrinkSceneEatingWeightTinyFighterPotatoesDrink WaterSweet Potatoes Author:Matt Lauria
“I try to stay sane and grounded by hunkering down, eating right, and exercising. I make a routine of spin class, yoga, and Pilates, places I push my body so hard I can lose my mind. Cutting out caffeine and sugar, being mindful, and getting enough rest are important.” TryingMindI CanImportantHardEnoughBodyLosesClassCuttingExerciseEatingYogaRoutineSugarSaneGroundedCaffeinePilatesEating RightHunkering Down Author:Jaime Murray
“If I'm training I'm cutting weight for a competition. I'm hard. I'm pretty much eating animal protein and that's it. No rice, no beans, certainly no sweets.” IfsHardAnimalCuttingSweetEatingTrainingWeightCompetitionRiceBeansProteinEating Animals Author:Anthony Bourdain
“I failed eating, failed drinking, failed not cutting myself into shreds. Failed friendship. Failed sisterhood and daughterhood. Failed mirrors and scales and phone calls. Good thing I'm stable.” CuttingEatingMirrorsGood ThingsDrinkingPhonesScalesStableSisterhoodPhone CallsWintergirlsCutting Myself Author:Laurie Halse Anderson
“Cutting off fundamental, curiosity-driven science is like eating the seed corn. We may have a little more to eat next winter but what will we plant so we and our children will have enough to get through the winters to come?” MayChildrenLittlesEnoughNextCuttingEatingOur ChildrenFundamentalsPlantCuriosityWinterSeedsDrivenCornCutting Off Book:The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark Source: The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
“"Clear-cutting" was the word for what the Rusties had done to the old forests: felling every tree, killing every living thing, turning entire countries into grazing land. Whole rain forests had been consumed, reduced from millions of interlocking species to a bunch of cows eating grass, a vast web of life traded for cheap hamburgers. "Look, we're not clear-cutting. All we're doing is pulling out the garbage that the Rusties left behind,” David said. "It just takes a little surgery to do it."” LooksLittlesSaidCountryDoneWholeLeftMillionsClearCuttingTreeLandEatingRainSpeciesKillingBunchForestsGrassCowsPullingSurgeryGarbageConsumedLiving ThingsHamburgersGrazingWeb Of LifeClear Cutting Author:Scott Westerfeld
“Maybe I should have cut him some slack. With his broken wing and lifetime of eating roadkill, he probably had a lot to be ungrateful about. Too much hard luck can create a permanent meanness of spirit in any creature.” ShouldHardSpiritToo MuchCuttingBrokenCreaturesEatingShould HaveLuckWingsLifetimePermanentUngratefulMeannessBroken Wings Book:The Glass Castle: A Memoir Source: The Glass Castle: A Memoir
“Hunting humans for sport? Eating them?" the bitterness in his voice cut through me. "Yeah, I caught that part." "That doesn't have anything to do with you? He lifted his eyes, gaze shuttered. "No?" "Not unless being a werewolf transforms you into a wolf AND a redneck moron.” HumansEyeSportsVoiceCuttingEatingYeahCaughtHis EyesBitternessHuntingRedneckWerewolfMoron Author:Kelley Armstrong