Activity and sadness are incompatible.

Where I grew up, learning was a collective activity. But when I got to school and tried to share learning with other students that…

— Henry Giroux

It must be assumed and established as a principle, that the right of private property must be regarded as sacred. Wherefore, the law ought…

— Pope Leo XIII

Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any.

— Plato

And also I think the rise of other, you could say, destinations for international jihadis mean that Pakistan isn't necessarily the place where people…

— Mohsin Hamid

To evoke in oneself a feeling one has once experienced, and having evoked it in oneself, then by means of movements, lines, colors, sounds,…

— Leo Tolstoy

Fighting's fun, man. It's a great activity, it's a great sport.

— Matt Mitrione

There were books everywhere in my house. Books were very present. I just loved books. I never understood reading as anything but a pleasurable…

— Lisa Lucas

For war to man, like childbirth to women, is simplifying in its emotions and activities. All the real problems of life can be put…

— Pearl S. Buck

The only activity a cynic will find contagious is yawning, that is, with other people, at other people.

— Criss Jami

For the longest time, neuroscientists were forced to be passive observers of brain activity.

— Gero Miesenbock

Enjoyment is not a goal, it is a feeling that accompanies important ongoing activity.

— Paul Goodman

Once an activity has been socialized, it is impossible to point out, by concrete example, how men in a free market could better conduct…

— Leonard Read

“Fun is not an activity, it is a state of mind.”

— Bryant McGill

I have to consider everything I eat; I consider every activity I do.

— Charlie Kimball

Almost all good businesses engage in 'pain today, gain tomorrow' activities.

— Charlie Munger