192 Quotes by Eric Schlosser

I hate the word “inevitable” because I feel like things don’t have to be the way they are.

I find that one of the most important things, as a writer, is to just show up – to just stay in the chair and fight through the difficult patches. As long as you’re at the desk, and you’re willing to fight it out, eventually the right words will come.

McMahon predicted that “total power in the hands of total evil will equal destruction.” The.

Right now thousands of missiles are hidden away, literally out of sight, topped with warheads and ready to go, awaiting the right electrical signal. They are a collective death wish, barely suppressed. Every one of them is an accident waiting to happen, a potential act of mass murder. They are out there, waiting, soulless and mechanical, sustained by our denial – and they work.

We can have Americans eating affordably and eating in a way that’s sustainable.

I’d been eating fast food all my life without thinking about it. And the more I learned about the subject, the more intrigued I became.

By birth and upbringing, I think I’m emotionally resilient. I don’t feel like I’m a depressive person.

As an investigative reporter, I’m trying to uncover things and expose them to create a dialogue.

On any given day in the United States about one-quarter of the adult population visits a fast food restaurant.