Quotes from Lisa Ling

My husband and I try to spend some time every night that I'm home talking without distractions.

I don't know that I'm going to entirely do cloth diapers. I'd like to be ambitious about it, but in all honesty, I can't say that I will.

The best education I have ever received was through travel.

I have a zillion bottles of hot sauce. I love Trader Joe's jalapeno. The whole right side of my fridge is filled with hot sauce.

I'm a big Ping-Pong addict. I love it.

You should treat your marriage like a business that you wouldn't want to let fail. I'm a big advocate of therapy and third-party intervention.

I don't remember my first trip, but I do remember when my mom took me to Disney World in Orlando. It wasn't the rides but Epcot Center that most fascinated me. It made me want to see those countries that are represented there for real.

My hope is that I can somehow raise the level of consciousness about world events.

My first job in TV was hosting this young teen magazine show, and all these high school teenagers showed up from all over Sacramento, California, and they chose four of us to host the show, two boys and two girls. And of the two girls, I was kind of the perky smart one and the other girl was the pretty one.

I used to be so twig skinny that I couldn't eat enough, because I was just naturally skinny. Until I went to China.

You should treat your marriage like a business that you wouldn't want to let fail.

Try to accomplish things you have always dreamt of while you can. I know it sounds cliche, but the biggest lesson I have learned is that life is precious; enjoy it while it lasts.

Parents are working more than ever before and unable to monitor what kids are eating at home, and schools are selling astronomical amounts of junk food in order to supplement shrinking budgets. It's a ticking time bomb, and America's children are exploding.

I never run hills. My quads are already big enough. I don't run to build muscle; I do it for cardio.

When you take the time to understand why your parents did the things they did, you stand a good chance of learning more about your own behavior.

I think that's something people need to convey because you see all these celebrity moms out there, and the perception is they can do it all, but they have sooo much help. And it's kind of an unfair image to project for many women, because it is really hard, and if you have help, you should indicate you have help.

I had my issues with the Kardashians, absolutely. I think there's so much wrong with how they are the most revered family in the country, but they are, nevertheless.

As a culture women are brought up to be fundamentally insecure.

We live in a culture where we're bombarded with so much noise and so much insecurity.

There are so many factors to lead to a child becoming obese.

I honestly never had the biological need to reproduce until I met my husband. But by the same token, even if we were unsuccessful, we were totally okay with adopting.

We are such a product of our upbringing and environment.

I started running when I was 21 years old and studying in China.

There's so much gray to every story—nothing is so black and white.