Top 50 Laurie David Quotes

A bald man driving a hybrid is a very sexy thing.

Anytime anyone spoofs anything related to the issue of global warming is good, because to me it’s like, okay, gets the word out.

I could never just look at a meal as a time to refuel. For me it’s an opportunity to accomplish something. To connect, to teach, to share values.

When you see that charger in the wall, you have to now say okay that’s, that’s contributing to global-warming pollution, I have to pull that charger out of the wall.

I understand how to deliver a message, that’s my skill.

By the way, what happened to our surgeon general who warned us about AIDS and smoking? That position has been completely stripped of power.

I got to talk about global warming on the No. 1 soap opera in the country.

Small acts by millions of people – imagine the impact of that. If someone changes one thing, they’re likely to change two things, and then three things. Then they’re likely to demand that from their leadership.

We are all victims of the marketing that says cooking is hard and takes too long, but that’s simply not true. Scrambled eggs take five minutes to make.

Wherever the American diet goes, wherever these foods and drinks go, sickness follows.

I’m not someone who funds buildings. That doesn’t interest me. I’m more interested in programs.

In some other life I must have been a pioneer woman because I love to have my hands in the dirt.

Vote for candidates who care about these issues, and hold these candidates accountable. I don’t care what party; I’m past that point. I care whether they are concerned about the energy security of this country.

We’re all environmentalists. People feel like, ‘Well, if I drive an SUV, I guess I can’t be someone who works on global warming issues,’ and you can. You can! If you drive an SUV, you’re still an environmentalist.

The health claims on packaging are there because they sell products.

And I think comedy obviously a great way to get a message out because you know the reason why things are funny is because they’re true.

Scientists are not necessarily the best communicators.

I find it so exciting to grow your own food.

The show Larry is much more aggressive. The real Larry is very gentle and very sweet and doesn’t like to offend people.

If you’re cooking at home, you’ll eat healthier, and when you add family and friends into the mix, it enriches your social life, too.

Food is being purposefully formulated to addict you.Then it is purposefully marketed, targeted to young children to addict them at an early age. This is unethical, right? This is immoral, particularly when you see the results of it which is this world-wide epidemic of diabetes and obesity.

Scientists speak a certain language. Now there are regular extreme weather reports on the news. Hurricane Katrina was a huge connect-the-dot moment for a lot of people.

I have taken advantage of my husband, to the extent that I even got HBO to do a documentary with me.

If you take added sugar out of your diet, when you have fruit for dessert it is going to taste fantastic!

I have kids, I want something left for them. It’s a cliche, I know, but it’s true. That’s what drives me every day.

I’m encouraged by what I’m seeing happening with more and more CEOs stepping up, saying, ‘I have to fight carbon emissions.’

If you can influence five people, fantastic. If you can influence five hundred people, fantastic. It’s all important.

I have my own career. I’m an environmentalist.

The topic of global warming is so heavy that sometimes the only way you can open people’s eyes is by greeting them with levity and self-deprecation first.

If you’re doing takeout, try to get the healthiest takeout you can. And just take it out of the plastic, right? Get your grandma‘s old china or get a fancy little bowl, and put the takeout in the bowl and light a candle.

That’s what hurts the environmental movement – holding people to a standard they cannot meet. That just pushes people away.

Just because you’ve been divorced doesn’t mean you’re not still a family.

Breaking up is hard to do. It’s torture.

I had to stop following certain friends because I was constantly seeing them tweet about all the parties that I wasn’t invited to! The worst is the Twitpic – people take pictures of themselves at these fun dinners, and you’re not there.

As a young mom I was kind of desperate for some happy family moments and I realized that they don’t usually show up all on their own, you have to create them – or at the very least, create an opportunity for them to bloom.

School lunch should be made fresh on the premises every day. Our children deserve that respect.

Yes, I take a private plane on holiday a couple of times a year, and I feel horribly guilty about it. I probably shouldn’t do it. But the truth is, I’m not perfect.

Offshore drilling is not the answer, it is not going to get us anything.

It takes so much courage to get out of a marriage.

If you come to my house for a dinner party, it looks like a Toyota dealership, because every single person I know drives a hybrid now.

A successful dinner is one that lasts a while and one where everyone leaves happy.

Family dinner is how we civilize our children. It is how we get them into good habits like drinking water with supper, saying please and thank you, learning how to listen and take turns. It’s how we pass on our family histories.

Growing up, I didn’t have great family dinners. We sat down every night, and my mother cooked food, but it was always about who was going to leave the table crying first.

If you can’t buy a hybrid car, your first question should be, ‘What is the fuel economy of this car?’

Kids need rituals. They need the security of them, the bonding time of them.

They are very different in terms of the solution. Where ‘An Inconvenient Truth,’ you really need countries to cooperate and sacrifice and figure out a solution, with ‘Fed Up‘ you can leave the theater and you can be empowered that very night by cooking dinner in your very own kitchen.

I’m becoming more of a religious person actually as I get older, which I think is not an unusual phenomenon.

When you go to pick your kids up from school, cars are lined up idling for anywhere from five to 20 minutes. Starting a ‘no idling’ rule in your school carpool lane could have a huge impact.

Exercise is essential for good health. But we can’t exercise our way out of the obesity epidemic.

It would be very difficult for me to stay in a marriage with a Republican at this point. Not that there’s anything wrong with Republicans, but I happen to be a Democrat.