Activity Quotes
1646 quotes by 1225 authors
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Boredom is that awful state of inaction when the very medicine ― that is, activity ― which could solve it, is seen as odious. Archery?…
— Margaret George
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Ready?" Jaime echoed. "Yes, yes, I am ready. I am ready to drink a lot of liquids and lie on the sofa moaning faintly all…
— Sarah Rees Brennan
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Indeed we have great reason to rejoice. If life and its rushed pace and many stresses have made it difficult for you to feel like…
— Dieter F. Uchtdorf
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Fourth period I have "life skills", which is what they call gym when you're old enough to be offended by forced physical activity (Elody thinks…
— Lauren Oliver
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You know when transformation happens? Right now. It’s a present activity. Who is the new you? Show me the new you.
— Jillian Michaels
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I spend a lot of time talking to people who disagree with me - I would go so far as to say that it's my…
— Ben Goldacre
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The average man never really thinks from end to end of his life. The mental activity of such people is only a mouthing of cliches.…
— H. L. Mencken
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There is one purpose to life and one only: to bear witness to and understand as much as possible of the complexity of the world…
— Anne Rice
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Generally speaking, our prisoners were capable of loving animals, and if they had been allowed they would have delighted to rear large numbers of domestic…
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
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When asked what he thought of sports, Oscar Wilde replied, "I approve of any activity that requires the wearing of special clothing.
— Oscar Wilde
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If we look at life in its small details, how ridiculous it all seems. It is like a drop of water seen through a microscope,…
— Irvin D. Yalom
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We have to accept ourselves in order to write. Now none of us does that fully: few of us do it even halfway. Don’t wait…
— Natalie Goldberg
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We live in a culture that has institutionalized the oppression of animals on at least two levels: in formal structures such as slaughterhouses, meat markets,…
— Carol J. Adams
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Thinking is the most overrated human activity.
— Wendell Berry
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For my whole life, my favorite activity was reading. It's not the most social pastime.
— Audrey Hepburn
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Been meddling, have you?†Royce asked, looking around at the hive of activity. “You must admit they didn’t have much in the way of a…
— Michael J. Sullivan
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And so was Luria, whose words now came back to me: ‘A man does not consist of memory alone. He has feeling, will, sensibility, moral…
— Oliver Sacks
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Eavesdropping is such a regular-person activity.
— Franny Billingsley
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Noise and activity are the refuges of the bereaved and the guilty.
— Veronica Roth
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Why are you constantly escorting me places?†I say. “Isn’t there a depraved activity you’re supposed to be taking part in? Kicking puppies or spying…
— Veronica Roth
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