"I was a vegetarian until I started leaning toward…

“I was a vegetarian until I started leaning toward the sunlight” said comedian Rita Rudner, who was probably exaggerating her vegetarianism. The one-line saying has been published on many websites and has been part of Rudner’s comedy act since at least the early 1990s.

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Rita Rudner (born September 17, 1953) is an American comedian and writer.
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I was a vegetarian until I started leaning toward the sunlight.

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The Fifth and Far Finer Than the First Four 637 Best Things Anybody Ever Said
By Robert Byrne
New York, NY: Fawcett Crest
1994
209
I was a vegetarian until I started leaning toward the sunlight.
Rita Rudner

22 December 1995, Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO), “Tidbits” by Bill St. John:
Food for thought: “I was a vegetarian until I started leaning toward the sunlight.” - Rita Rudner.

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“I was a vegetarian until I started leaning towards sunlight.”
—Rita Rudner

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Funny Ladies:
The Best Humor from America’s Funniest Women
By Bill Adler
Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel
2001
Pg. 131:
I was a vegetarian until I started leaning toward sunlight. — Rita Rudner

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Tweet This Book:
The 1,400 Greatest Quotes of All Time in 140 Characters Or Less
By Sayre Van Young and Marin Van Young
Berkeley, CA: Ulysses Press: Distributed by Publishers Group West
2011
Pg. 159:
I was a vegetarian until I started leaning toward the light.
Rita Rudner