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Quotes About Weight

One of the many things I love about bound books is their sheer physicality. Electronic books live out of sight and out of mind. But printed books have body, presence. ... I often seek electronic books, but they never come after me. They may make me feel, but I can't feel them. They are all soul with no flesh, no texture, and no weight.
~ Will Schwalbe
I am now in that happy comfortable state that I do not hesitate to indulge in any fancy in regard to diet, but watch the consequences, and do not continue any course which adds to weight or bulk and consequent discomfort.
~ William Banting
I lie along the body of this life,all night stilling my breath to listen to breath,feeling its weight heavy against my weight.
~ William Bronk
Bihar] and of no inconsiderable weight at the Mughal court, it was natural to determine on him as the properest person to settle the affairs of that government. Accordingly, when the new Nawab returned my visit this morning, I recommended him to consult Jagat Seth on all occasions, which he readily assented to.'84
~ William Dalrymple
I felt the weight of unmapped worlds, unborn language.
~ William Finnegan
He lay on the bed and he felt he might never rise from it. He lay in an enormous torpor. The world was too heavy to bear and it was settling itself onto his chest. He felt old, old. Civilizations had risen and fallen in the brief time that he had lived. He felt that when the old man's head exploded across the snow he should have turned the gun on himself.
~ William Gay
With what a leaden and retarding weight Does expectation load the wing of time!
~ William Mason
The ceiling in the mess was very low, not even eight feet. You can feel the weight of the West Wing above your head, and with the the weight of American memory.
~ David Frum
A body of ten ounces raised in any scale may serve as a proof, that the counterbalancing weight exceeds ten ounces; but can never afford a reason that it exceeds a hundred.
~ David Hume
I lost some weight, grew my hair and now every woman in America over 40 wants to date me. It's their daughters I want to convince.
~ David Krumholtz
320 pounds of gamer meat
~ David Kushner
Every time I have to make a choice," he said, "I feel the weight of making the right one—not just for the moment, not just for me, but for how my decisions will affect everyone. I'm terrified I'll do something, or not do something, and the consequences will be terrible.
~ David Liss
The heavier a mother became in pregnancy, the heavier her offspring were likely to be, both at birth and in mid-childhood, possibly accounting for several hundred thousand annual cases of obesity worldwide.
~ David Ludwig
Part One ALWAYS HUNGRY, NEVER LOSING WEIGHT In 1905, during his term as secretary of war, William Taft weighed 314 pounds. On his doctor's advice, Taft began a low-calorie/low-fat diet and exercise program bearing striking similarity to standard weight loss treatment today. Soon, he reported feeling "continuously hungry." At his presidential inauguration three years later, Taft weighed 354 pounds.1
~ David Ludwig
If God had wanted me to lose weight he would have made sure there was creamed spinach for dessert.
~ Janet Evanovich
God gives his wrath by weight, and without weight his mercy.
~ George Herbert
Without doubt, the mightiest thought the mind can entertain is the thought of God, and the weightest word in any language is its word for God.
~ Aiden Wilson Tozer
The first indication of menopause is a broken thermostat. It's either that or your weight. In any case, if you don't do something, you could be dead by August. God, middle age is an unending insult.
~ Dorothea Benton Frank
It is a favorite thing with infidels to set their own standard, to measure themsleves by other people. But that will not do in the Day of Judgment. Now we will use God's law as a balance weight.
~ Dwight L. Moody
The Brain is just the weight of God-- For--Heft them--Pound for Pound-- And they will differ--if they do-- As Syllable from Sound
~ Emily Dickinson
Your relationship with God will determine your spiritual weight, your authority before Him
~ Sunday Adelaja
Being good felt like a heavy coat, so I took it off.
~ Naomi Shihab Nye
Good fortune is as light as a feather, but nobody knows how to pick it up. Misfortune is as heavy as earth, but nobody knows how to stay out of it's way.
~ Zhuangzi
I am thankful I was born in America, although if I gain any more weight the burqa thing may start to seem like a good idea to me. See? Another plus about America, you can always find some food.
~ Elayne Boosler