The slow rhythm of the body, the insistent rhythm of the wit, were they becoming irreconcilable in modern civilisation? The sedentary life,… — Henry Williamson Copy Share Image
Withdraw allegiance from the old categories of the Negative (law, limit, castration, lack, lacuna), which the Western thought has so long held… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
For all its material advantages, the sedentary life has left us edgy, unfulfilled, even after 400 generations in villages and cities, we… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
I have always been physically active. I grew up a tomboy and [was] into sports, so staying active is something that I… — Tricia Helfer Copy Share Image
I was a peaceful sedentary man, a lover of a quiet life, with no appetite for perils and commotions. But I was… — John Buchan Copy Share Image
If your doctor has warned you to avoid excitement, do not turn to exploring your past lives as a soothing and sedentary… — Herbie Brennan Copy Share Image
True wilderness is where you keep it, and real wilderness experience cannot be a sedentary one; you have to seek it out… — David R. Brower Copy Share Image
...those who sit at their work and are therefore called 'chair workers,' such as cobblers and tailors, suffer from their own particular… — Bernardino Ramazzini Copy Share Image
Wine is the most noble and beneficial of alcoholic drinks. Wine is for the sedentary whose work is thinking. Natural wines have… — Arthur Brisbane Copy Share Image
“The sedentary life...is the real sin against the holy spirit.” — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
All prejudices may be traced back to the intestines. A sedentary life is the real sin against the Holy Ghost. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Paper after paper, study after study, have shown that chairs give us back problems because they shorten our hip flexors, give us… — Daniel Lieberman Copy Share Image
Psychiatrists declare that most of our fatigue derives from our mental and emotional attitudes... What kinds of emotional factors tire the sedentary… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
Men should not labor foolishly like brutes, but the brain and the body should always, or as much as possible, work and… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Sedentary culture is the goal of civilization. It means the end of its lifespan and brings about its corruption. — Ibn Khaldun Copy Share Image
I encourage people to pick up small habits like taking a walk after meals... we've become way too sedentary. Just move! — Theo Rossi Copy Share Image
“Warning: Before beginning an program of physical inactivity, consult your doctor. Sedentary living is abnormal and dangerous to your health.” — FRANK FORENCICH Copy Share Image
Both ardent lovers and austere scholars, when once they come to the years of discretion, love cats, so strong and gentle, the… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
“I know that [civilized men] do nothing but boast incessantly of the peace and repose they enjoy in their chains.... But when… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
What if you can't do what you once did, like run and jump up and down? You can walk, which is also… — Richard Simmons Copy Share Image
When we think back to our forefathers, with their sedentary lives of forest-chopping, railroad-building, fortune-founding, their fox-hunting and Indian taming, their prancing… — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
When you stimulate your body, your brain comes alive in ways you can't simulate in a sedentary position. — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
