Alternating Quotes

27 quotes by 26 authors

The student should bear in mind that the very essence of consciousness is constantly to identify itself with the Not-Self, and as constantly to re-assert… — Arthur E. Powell
Those who work standing ... carpenters, sawyers, carvers, blacksmiths, masons ... are liable to varicose veins ... [because] the strain on the muscles is such… — Bernardino Ramazzini
Lack of confidence, sometimes alternating with unrealistic dreams of heroic success, often leads to procrastination, and many studies suggest that procrastinators are self-handicappers: rather than… — James Surowiecki
History is an alternating series of frying pans and fires. — Peter Esterhazy
I do abs every day: regular, weighted crunches and sit-ups every other day, then my obliques and my sides on the alternating day. So Iâ€™m… — Christopher Gorham
Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. When we really listen to people there is an alternating current, and this recharges us… — Brenda Ueland
The prey of fear, he, always curtailed, extinguished, thwarted by the dusk, work partly done, says to the alternating blaze, "Again the sun! anew each… — Marianne Moore
A disruption of the circadian cycleâ€”the metabolic and glandular rhythms that are central to our workaday lifeâ€”seems to be involved in many, if not most,… — William Styron
Windmills installed around the world converting their direct current into alternating current and feeding the electric energy into the world network can harvest the planet… — R. Buckminster Fuller
Fooling around with alternating currents is just a waste of time. Nobody will use it, ever. It's too dangerous . . . it could kill… — Thomas A. Edison
Once I asked Teichman what he thought of Bird's chess: "Same as his health," he replied, "always alternating between being dangerously ill and dangerously well." — William Ewart Napier
She is like a revolving lighthouse; pitch darkness alternating with a dazzling brilliancy! — Henry James
Most American homes have alternating current, which means that the electricty goes in one direction for a while, then goes in the other direction. This… — Dave Barry
I work out four to five days a week, alternating three workouts. — Nadia Giosia
Structure your cross-training appropriately by alternating the intensity of your sessions so you work, recover, work, recover. — Brett Hoebel
History is marked by alternating movements across the imaginary line that separates East from West in Eurasia. — Herodotus
There is a rhythm in life, a certain beauty which operates by a variation of lights and shadows, happiness alternating with sorrow, content with discontent,… — Louis Bromfield
The present age is demented. It is possessed by a sense of dislocation, a loss of personal identity, an alternating sentimentality and rage which, in… — Walker Percy
So this Zealot comes to my door, all glazed eyes and clean reproductive organs, asking me if I ever think about God. So I tell… — Warren Ellis
Alternating periods of activity and rest is necessary to survive, let alone thrive. Capacity, interest, and mental endurance all wax and wane. Plan accordingly. — Tim Ferriss

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