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Activity Quotes by Jacques Barzun
- The educated man had throughout the ages found a way to covert passionate activity into silent and motionless pleasure. He can sit still in a…
- Since it is seldom clear whether intellectual activity denotes a superior mode of being or a vital deficiency, opinion swings between considering intellect a privilege…
- Out of man's mind in free play comes the creation Science. It renews itself, like the generations, thanks to an activity which is the best…
More Activity Quotes
- I don't think of poetry as a 'rational' activity but as an aural one. My poems usually begin with words or phrases… — Margaret Atwood
- If there was the opportunity to climb a mountain, or to go ballooning, or some adventurous activity, I would always be keen… — Roger Bannister
- Snowboarding is an activity that is very popular with people who do not feel that regular skiing is lethal enough. — Dave Barry
- To make an activity joyful, keep adding things until the activity as a whole becomes more appealing than repulsing. — Martha Beck
- If you think squash is a competitive activity, try flower arranging. — Alan Bennett
- The activity of a singer that sings opera is similar to that of an athlete. — Andrea Bocelli
- The individual activity of one man with backbone will do more than a thousand men with a mere wishbone. — William J. H. Boetcker
- Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain. — Edward de Bono