Walter Willett Quotes

#1. I'm a big admirer of Walter Willett's work. I think he's done some really important research. He and I agree on most things.

Dean Ornish

#2. Unfortunately he's just sold all his stock. We gave him the funds today." "Sold everything?" "I tried to persuade him not to, but he came in on Monday and said he'd decided not to tempt fate." The clerk smiled. "Said he'd had a sign from St. Anthony.

Edward Rutherfurd

#3. If you step back and look at the data, the optimum amount of red meat you eat should be zero.

Walter Willett

#4. Trans fats really are a metabolic poison.

Walter Willett

#5. Endowed with a clear intellect, warm in affection, and confiding in friendship, he was from the boyhood devoted heart and soul to the Prophet. Simple, quiet, and unambitious, when in after days he obtained the rule of half of the Moslem world, it was rather thrust upon him than sought

William Muir

#6. Even the relatively small amount of trans fats are likely to be causing around 7,000 premature deaths from heart disease per year.

Walter Willett

#7. Those who are the most persistent, and work in the true spirit, will invariably be the most successful.

Samuel Smiles

#8. We need to substitute 'trier' for failure. The word 'fail' is closely related to the word fall. A child taking his first step falls, cries and then tries again. Why does he try again? Because he wants to, but does not, know the meaning of failure.

Anup Kochhar

#9. When you have wit of your own, it's a pleasure to credit other people for theirs.

Criss Jami

#10. seventy fall short of the current target for vitamin D; older people fare even worse,

Walter C. Willett

#11. A diet rich in fruits and vegetables plays a role in reducing the risk of all the major causes of illness and death

Walter Willett

#12. The first time that I performed as an actor was the first day on the set of 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.'

Will Smith

#13. I saw the movie, 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' and was surprised because I didn't see any tigers or dragons. And then I realized why: they're crouching and hidden.

Steve Martin

#14. We see clear evidence repeated in many studies that higher intake of trans fats is associated with higher risk of heart disease, and with many other conditions, such as diabetes and infertility.

Walter Willett

#15. My whole thing was, if I can put in 5 percent of the effort of somebody getting an A, and I can get a C minus, that's amazing," he explains. "It's certainly good enough, right? [Then] I can take the other 95 percent of the time and invest it in something I really care about.

David Heinemeier Hansson

#16. With breast cancer, nothing is straightforward. It makes sense for most people to make their dietary decisions based on what it does for heart disease. That's where the data are most strong.

Walter Willett

#17. The evidence that folic acid reduces the risk of heart disease is pretty strong. [ ... ] And fruits and vegetables are a major source of folic acid.

Walter Willett

#18. It was a constant struggle for me, having no idea what tomorrow held. I'm cautious by nature, a planner - someone who likes to know what's around the next corner and the corner after that - and

Ransom Riggs

#19. I'm not interested in the fact that a writer may label himself as being intellectual or anti-intellectual. l'm really interested in the stuff he's turning out.

Jorge Luis Borges

#20. Don't do what you love, love what you do well.

Christopher Hart

#21. There's a lot of evidence that fruits and vegetables are beneficial for reducing the risk of stroke.

Walter Willett

#22. Players lose you games, not tactics. There's so much crap talked about tactics by people who barely know how to win at dominoes.

Brian Clough