Activity Quotes

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The Empress has been connected with the ideas of universal fecundity and in a general sense with activity. — Arthur E Waite
I don't think we should discriminate against an organization or congregation because they're religious, if they're doing good work. But government can't subsidize proselytizing or… — Jim Wallis
Plan your progress carefully; hour-by hour, day-by-day, month-by-month. Organized activity and maintained enthusiasm are the wellsprings of your power. — Paul J. Meyer
The only activity a cynic will find contagious is yawning, that is, with other people, at other people. — Criss Jami
Making films is great. You've got 100 people around and you're all dressing up and making weird art-it's a fun group activity. — Sean Lennon
The secret of our success on planet Earth is space. Lots of it. Our solar system is a tiny island of activity in an ocean… — Paul Davies
In its outward manifestation, meditation appears to involve either stopping, by parking the body in a stillness that suspends activity, or giving oneself over to… — Jon Kabat-Zinn
Sometimes I observe with curiosity that uninterrupted activity which, independent of the subject of any conversation I may be carrying on, continues its course in… — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
True interest appears when the self identifies itself with ideas or objects, when it finds in them a means of expression and they become a… — Jean Piaget
The feeling of understanding is as private as the feeling of pain. The act of understanding is at the heart of all scientific activity; without… — Percy Williams Bridgman
Reason is just as cunning as she is powerful. Her cunning consists principally in her mediating activity, which, by causing objects to act and re-act… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Thinking is the activity I love best, and writing to me is simply thinking through my fingers. I can write up to 18 hours a… — Isaac Asimov
The fundamental activity of medical science is to determine the ultimate causation of disease. — Wilfred Trotter
Disease is the abnormal performance of certain functions; the abnormal activity has its causes. — Daniel D. Palmer
This drink has a magical power. It strengthens the weak, and revives those who have fainted. Those tired after work and physical activity can return… — Carl Linnaeus
Government sponsorship of religious activity, including prayer services, sacred symbols, religious festivals, and the like, tends to secularize the religious activity rather than make government… — John M Swomley
I do not believe that the government is in any position to say exactly how every single business and every single activity shall reach those… — Dixie Lee Ray
The frivolity with which all theatrical activity is conducted has one consoling feature-there are no rules of behavior that apply regularly to any part of… — Moss Hart
Christianity in the suburb is cheerful. The church is a centre of social activity and those who go to church need never be lonely. — Stevie Smith
I am, I must confess, suspicious of those who denounce others for having too much sex. At what point does a healthy amount become too… — Edmund White

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