Activity Quotes
1646 quotes by 1225 authors
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Even though its common knowledge these days, it never ceases to amaze me that all the richness of our mental life - all our feelings,…
— Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
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When you rest, realize it is not simply ceasing from activity…it is a gift from God.
— Dillon Burroughs
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Idiot - A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling. The Idiot's activity is…
— Ambrose Bierce
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What if I like watching television? What if I don't want to do much else other than read a book?... What if I'm tired when…
— Jojo Moyes
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Flow is an optimal state in which you feel totally engaged in an activity...In a state of flow, you're neither bored nor anxious, and you…
— Susan Cain
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Around Mik, my powers desert me. I lose basic motor function, like my brain focuses all neural activity on my lips and shifts into kiss…
— Laini Taylor
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Activity and sadness are incompatible.
— Christian Nestell Bovee
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I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day, but I don't…
— Rosa Parks
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Human good turns out to be activity of soul exhibiting excellence, and if there is more than one sort of excellence, in accordance with the…
— Aristotle
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Idleness makes hours pass slowly and years swiftly. Activity makes the hours short and the years long.
— Cesare Pavese
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It takes great wit and interest and energy to be happy. The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be open and alive.…
— Robert Herrick
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Dreams have their place in managerial activity, but they need to be kept severely under control.
— Arnold Weinstock
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I believe that this notion of self-publishing, which is what Blogger and blogging are really about, is the next big wave of human communication. The…
— Eric Schmidt
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The future is not a result of choices among alternative paths offered by the present, but a place that is created--created first in the mind…
— John Schaar
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I'm very excited about dance and love it with a deep passion. I also struggle, tire and become discouraged. But what has always revived me...has…
— Anna Halprin
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Consider... the university professor. What is his function? Simply to pass on to fresh generations of numskulls a body of so-called knowledge that is fragmentary,…
— H. L. Mencken
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Whatever field of human activity one may take, only those trends that are in harmony with the needs of society show rapid progress.
— Nikolay Chernyshevsky
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Protectionism is a misnomer. The only people protected by tariffs, quotas and trade restrictions are those engaged in uneconomic and wasteful activity. Free trade is…
— Walter Block
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Private property is a natural fruit of labor, a product of intense activity of man, acquired through his energetic determination to ensure and develop with…
— Pope Pius XII
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Apart from God every activity is merely a passing whiff of insignificance.
— Alfred North Whitehead
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