Active Quotes · Page 32

Thought is powerless, except it make something outside of itself: the thought which conquers the world is not contemplative but active.

— William Kingdon Clifford

You would think that UV just causes mutations, but it doesn't; you need a gene to be active for it.

— Cynthia Kenyon

Nothing is less predictable than the development of an active scientific field.

— Charles Francis Richter

We want to encourage the young ones to learn and get some confidence in sports. It's fun and keeps you active and…

— Christine Taylor

I've always been active in working out and taking care of myself. I've been running two miles a day since I was 18.

— Jeffrey Osborne

Flying is the only active profession I could ever continue with enthusiasm after the War.

— Wilfred Owen

It is our actions and the soul's active exercise of its functions that we posit (as being Happiness).

— Aristotle

Love is a verb, not a noun. It is active. Love is not just feelings of passion and romance. It is behavior.

— Susan Forward

50 Cent is a metaphor for "change". But originally it was a gangster from Fort Greene Projects named 50 Cent and I…

— Curtis Jackson

I think that it is important to be gregarious, and that friendships are not just a leisure pursuit, that they are an…

— Niall Ferguson

I think it's better to burn out than to fade away... it's better to live out your days being very, very active…

— Ahmet Ertegun

NO error is infused into the young mind, to lie there dormant, or to be reproduced only when the subject of thought…

— Horace Mann

Venice was always one step removed from what was going on. If you were in Turin or in Milan or one of…

— Joseph Kanon

Your life can be horrible or it can be incredibly beautiful. It can be boring or exciting. It's seldom in between. Your…

— Frederick Lenz

The presence of an active, energetic, successful man, or set of men, in a place, will permeate the place with positive vibrations…

— William Walker Atkinson

It's very difficult, I think for most writers, to carve out the time and the kind of imaginative space to do the…

— Emily Barton

It happens from time to time in every complex and active society, that certain persons feel the complexity and insistence as a…

— Charles Horton Cooley

The people who, in order to enjoy the liberty which suites them, resort to the representative system, must exercise an active and…

— Benjamin Constant

In this world which is losing faith in so called representative democracy, there are new developments in participatory democracy. These are very…

— Eduardo Galeano

Every person must live the inner life in one form or another. Consciously or unconsciously, voluntarily or involuntarily, the inner world will…

— Robert A. Johnson

History provides many examples of democracy crushed by people who said to be the champion of "genuine democracy" and "the people's real…

— Olof Palme

The wealth of society is created by the workers, peasants and working intellectuals. If they take their destiny into their own hands,…

— Mao Zedong

A new educational system in which all children born shall have the same advantage of physical, industrial, mental and moral culture, and…

— Victoria Woodhull

Anger is active sadness; sadness is inactive anger. They are not two things. Watch your own behaviour. When do you find yourself…

— Rajneesh

Each one of us needs to discover the proper balance between the masculine and feminine energies, between the active and the receptive. (104)

— Ravi Ravindra

“As yet we know nothing of what goes to create or evoke the active spark of life.”

— Bram Stoker

What ISIS has proven is that they're not only active in Syria and Iraq, but they're active in Europe.

— Haim Saban

I've been into golf, trying to get into the gym to stay somewhat fit. I've got two boys now, they're active kids.

— Pete Sampras

For individuals to become fully active in the Church, they generally must experience a spiritual conversion and a social integration.

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

I've really become super active in rescuing animals, and it has made my life feel so much better. I can't even express…

— Carrie Ann Inaba

I definitely like to stay active. Im a huge fan of the NBA and the sport of basketball. I love to play…

— Brendan Dooling

Unless men are active allies, we'll never end violence against women and girls.

— Eve Ensler

A good trader loves an active market, you don't make money when the market is static.

— Kevin Kinsella

I'm kind of a jock. I sail, I ride a bike, I hike, I pump iron. I just love to be active.

— Laura Schlessinger

As far as physical health goes, I try to eat in a balanced way, sleep enough, and stay active.

— Maria Canals Barrera

I'm not going to be happy until every child in every school is physically active.

— Richard Simmons

All that is active, all that is enveloped in time and space, is endowed with what might be described as an abstract,…

— Samuel Beckett

For me an adventure is something that I can take an active part in but that I don't have total control over.

— Peter Croft

I'm teaming up with Quaker and PLAY 60 to encourage kids to eat right, stay active and do something outside for at…

— Andrew Luck

The potential for regional conflict in the absence of an internationally active America is real.

— Zbigniew Brzezinski