By eating many fruits and vegetables in place of fast food and junk food, people could avoid obesity.

— David H. Murdock

Exercise your brain and body, keep engaged with work and friends, and feed your brain with a healthy, plant-based diet - as well as knowledge.

— David H. Murdock

Exercising and eating properly will build your physical and mental strength to endure the stressful situation.

— David H. Murdock

I drink coffee in the morning and a few cups throughout the day. Among coffee's health benefits are lower risk of Parkinson's, Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and dementia.

— David H. Murdock

My plant-based diet plus fish is to credit for my low blood pressure, high energy, and robust immunity.

— David H. Murdock

No pills, not even aspirin, and certainly no supplements ever enter my mouth - everything I need comes from my fish and vegetarian diet, which incorporates many different kinds of fruit and vegetables every week.

— David H. Murdock

North Carolina was where you could have Thanksgiving and feel like it was Thanksgiving.

— David H. Murdock

Since acquiring major interests in Dole Food Company 28 years ago, educating the public on proper diet has constituted the agenda of the Dole Nutrition Institute.

— David H. Murdock

Success isn't something you achieve by accident, but rather by design.

— David H. Murdock

We take better care of the maintenance of our cars than we take care of the maintenance of our bodies.

— David H. Murdock