Nobody had ever told me junk food was bad for me. Four years of medical school, and four years of internship and residency, and I never thought anything was wrong with eating sweet rolls and doughnuts, and potatoes, and bread, and sweets. – Robert Atkins
I weighed 193 pounds and had three chins. I couldnt get up before 9 a.m. and never saw patients before 10. I decided to go on a diet. – Robert Atkins
Fruit is definitely on the maintenance diet. Its on the lifestyle diet. – Robert Atkins
A diet should be named after what you do eat, not what you dont eat. – Robert Atkins
I still believe that capitalism is too harsh and I believe that, even within that, there is a lot of satisfaction and beauty if you happen to be one of the lucky ones, although that doesnt eradicate the reality of the suffering. Its all true at once, kind of humming and sublime. – George Saunders