#vegeta

If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian. ↗

— Paul McCartney

#glass #had #slaughterhouses #vegetarian #walls

We can make a commitment to promote vegetables and fruits and whole grains on every part of every menu. We can make portion sizes smaller and emphasize quality over quantity. And we can help create a culture - imagine this - where our kids ask for healthy options instead of resisting them. ↗

— Michelle Obama

#ask #commitment #create #culture #emphasize

Sometimes, it's just easier to say yes to that extra snack or dessert, because frankly, it is exhausting to keep saying no. It's exhausting to plead with our kids to eat just one more bite of vegetables. ↗

— Michelle Obama

#bite #dessert #easier #eat #exhausting

Clearly this is a tough economic time, and a lot of families are hurting. So when we talk to parents, we talk about small changes for kids and things that don't cost extra money. Like adding water and eliminating sugary drinks and sodas. That's going to save money right there. Or adding a few more vegetables. ↗

— Michelle Obama

#adding #changes #clearly #cost #drinks

Luckily, my children love broccoli, and although we sometimes enter into UN-like negotiations about how many 'trees' they need to eat before they can partake of ice cream, it is a vegetable that they tend to embrace. ↗

— Gwyneth Paltrow

#although #before #broccoli #children #cream

An onion can make people cry but there's never been a vegetable that can make people laugh. ↗

— Will Rogers

#cry #laugh #make #never #onion

When I was 8 years old, my brother was making the noises of the animals I was eating, so I decided to go vegetarian. Then I would give up because I was 8. ↗

— Alicia Silverstone

#brother #decided #eating #give #go

I think of New York as a puree and the rest of the United States as vegetable soup. ↗

— Spalding Gray

#i think #new #new york #rest #soup

I have from an early age abjured the use of meat, and the time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men. ↗

— Leonardo da Vinci

#animals #murder #vegetarianism #age

I am certain you are not one of those dreary fellows one reads of who demands that their lady friends be in possession of a maidenhead. Mine was taken by a marrow two years ago.” “A marrow, Miss Pertwee? The vegetable that the Italians call il zucchine?” “The very same.A most particularly bold and impetuous hot-house marrow. It was quite the ravishment, I can assure you.” “I consider it no dishonor at all to be preceded by so noble a vegetable. ↗

— Vinnie Tesla

#vegetables #virginity #age