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Quotes by Morgan Spurlock

Morgan Spurlock

“I thought its two birds with one stone ? to lose weight and to prove a point for the little fat people, ... Just because they accidentally put an apple pie in my bag instead of my apple dippers doesnt mean Im going to say, Oh, I can eat the apple pie.”

“Arts programs are disappearing at an alarming rate in public school systems nationwide. It is my hope that Class Act will draw attention to something that I believe to be one of the most important foundations of a childs growth.”

“[Morgan Spurlock , the man mad enough to put his liver on the line for Super Size Me, is working on a documentary about the arts in American high schools. Class Act deals with the decline of creativity and the need to retain a prominent part for the arts. Spurlock will work as executive producer on the project, directed by Sara Sackner.] Arts programs are disappearing at an alarming rate in public school systems nationwide, ... It is my hope that Class Act will draw attention to something that I believe to be one of the most important foundations of a childs growth.”

“Their reason for the elimination was menu simplification... yeah, cause we all know how hard that McDonalds menu is.”

“Thats just so (messed) up in so many ways,”

“The debate continues in America, but anytime people start to question it the people start to say, Well youre against farmers, youre against farming in America,”

“But its not the farmer that this is going against. Its against the giant corporations that have taken over the farming industry in America and are starting to infiltrate other countries around the world.”

“There was a time when science was respected by politicians and government officials and when the information obtained through unbiased scientific exploration was used for the better of society.”

“The greatest lesson those kids learned today was the importance of free speech.”

“It is never my intent to insult or demean anyone — and I understand how some of my remarks may have offended some in attendance and if you feel they did, then I am deeply sorry.”

In fact we put so many things in our mouths we constantly have to be reminded what not to eat. Look at that little package of silicon gel thats inside your sneakers. It says DO NOT EAT for a reason. Somewhere sometime some genius bought a pair of sneakers and said Ooooh look. They give you free mints with the shoes

Sorry, there´s no magic bullet. You gotta eat healthy and live healthy to be healthy and look healthy. End of story.

The center [of the supermarket] is for boxed, frozen, processed, made-to-sit-on-your-shelf-for-months food. You have to ask yourself, If this food is designed to sit in a box for month and months, what is it doing inside my body? Nothing good, that´s for sure.

Dont do it. Please. I know this book looks delicious with its light-weight pages sliced thin a prosciutto and swiss stacked in a way that would make Dagwood salivate. The scent of freshly baked words wafting up with every turn of the page. Mmmm page. But dont do it. Not yet. Dont eat this book.

I couldnt open up a magazine, you couldnt read a newspaper, you couldnt turn on the TV without hearing about the obesity epidemic in America.

Kids can and will thrive in the right conditions, but it all seems to start with the teachers, and giving those teachers the resources to teach- and not just to test.

I dont know. I have incredible amounts of hope that things can change. It takes people who believe.

I was starting to become impotent through this diet and couldnt perform. How many people who are taking the little blue pill, if they started to change what they are eating most of the time, could change the way their sex life is?

“In fact we put so many things in our mouths we constantly have to be reminded what not to eat. Look at that little package of silicon gel thats inside your sneakers. It says DO NOT EAT for a reason. Somewhere sometime some genius bought a pair of sneakers and said Ooooh look. They give you free mints with the shoes”