“The number of diet books available to the public correlates to obesity rates.”

“Chances are, if we can't laugh at something, we can't think rationally about it.”

“Instead of dying from the cold of winter, we find death in cholesterol.”

“Nobody has a maximum amount of storage for fat, and it’s unlikely that we have a maximum capacity for knowledge.”

“Digital networks are increasing the fluidity of all media. The old choice between one-way public media (like books and movies) and two-way private media (like the phone) has now expanded to include a third option: two-way media that operates on a scale from private to public.”

“The arts of power and its minions are the same in all countries and in all ages. It marks its victim; denounces it; and excites the public odium and the public hatred, to conceal its own abuses and encroachments.”

“In a profession, members are only partly guided by service to the public.”