Victoria Moran Quotes - Page 3

I have to strive to go two steps forward and realize that, sometimes, there will be one step back.

On the issue of abortion, I'm ever on the fence, or, at most, an inch or two to either side.

"Make your plate look like a Christmas tree," I tell people, "mostly green with splashes of other bright colors."

There are some things that money can't buy: peace of mind, for starters, and lean muscle mass. Neither the Queen of England nor the founder of Microsoft can put in an order for either one.

Moderation is actually the flip side of dieting, that is, imposed deprivation.

I'm over the hill, maybe even the whole mountain range, but I don't see it that way even one little bit.

When it comes to literal nourishment, the food we eat, life begets life.

Because love encompasses everything, nothing is unimportant, including tonight's dinner menu. Think about it for a minute. If you were pure love, the loving parent of all life, how would you want people to eat?

Every year when I put away my winter clothes and get out my summer clothes, they fit. And I haven't been on a diet since the Reagan administration.

I realize that I'm a mature woman and one of these days, incredible diet or not, I'll be a little old lady.

I'm a big believer in living life as an extended working vacation.

I'm not perfect, but what's wonderful about eating a plant-based diet is, I don't have to be.

As I see it, a green salad is an open invitation to carrots, onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, and the sprouts that grow in jars on my kitchen counter.

Sometimes customizing is necessary because of an injury or the inability to do, for a short or long period, the kind of exercise you formerly did. When you're used to customizing for fun, doing it under duress won't seem like such an imposition. Either way, experiment until you find activities that make you happy as well as healthy. Choose your exercise using the same criteria you'd apply to choosing a date--that is, attractive to you and able to hold your interest for an hour.

Our society on a whole is trained to see young women. There are proportionally far more of them on magazine covers, on TV, and in films than int the actual population. As a result, we have a citizenry taught to see the young and ignore the not-so-young. It isn’t conscious; it’s Pavlovian. (13)

Gandhi was a David with no material weapon.. not even a slingshot.

Being vegan is a glorious adventure. It touches every aspect of my life - my relationships, how I relate to the world.

Cruelty to animals is an enormous injustice; so is expecting those on the lowest rung of the economic ladder to do the dangerous, soul-numbing work of slaughtering sentient beings on our behalf.