"Nice hustle, tons-a-fun! Next time, eat a salad!"
— The Scout taunting The Heavy, Team Fortress 2
"He said, 'The good news is that, on this diet, you can have all the salad you want.' [Beat] '...I don't want any salad.' HE WANTED ME TO EAT SALAD! AS A FOOD! SALAD'S NOT FOOD! SALAD COMES WITH THE FOOD! Salad is a promissory note that food will soon arrive. You go to a restaurant and order a steak, what do they do? They bring you a salad. They don't even charge you for it, 'cause it ain't worth anything, 'cause it ain't food!"
"Schooled by her elders of her own sex in the theory that a man is attracted by evidences of weakness and fragility, she pretends to an abhorrence of all the more vigorous victuals. Let her gentleman friend take her to some eating house and she orders a charlotte russe or a lettuce sandwich. Her favorite viand, judging by appearances, is celery shoots; the very thought of roast beef seems to disgust her."
— H. L. Mencken, "How Much Should a Woman Eat?"
