Sedentary Quotes

39 quotes by 31 authors

A sedentary life is the real sin against the Holy Spirit. Only those thoughts that come by walking have any value. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Psychiatrists declare that most of our fatigue derives from our mental and emotional attitudes... What kinds of emotional factors tire the sedentary (or sitting) worker?… — Dale Carnegie
Sedentary people are apt to have sluggish minds. A sluggish mind is apt to be reflected in flabbiness of body and in a dullness of… — Rose Kennedy
Agriculture probably required a far greater discipline than did any form of food collecting. Seeds had to be planted at certain seasons, some protection had… — Charles Heiser
Dancing is an excellent amusement for young people, especially for those of sedentary occupations. Its excellence consists in exciting a cheerfulness of the mind, highly… — Noah Webster
When you stimulate your body, your brain comes alive in ways you can't simulate in a sedentary position. — Twyla Tharp
Barry L. Jacobs and colleagues from the neuroscience program at Princeton University showed that when mice ran every day on an exercise wheel, they developed… — Bernd Heinrich
All prejudices may be traced back to the intestines. A sedentary life is the real sin against the Holy Ghost. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Sedentary culture is the goal of civilization. It means the end of its lifespan and brings about its corruption. — Ibn Khaldun
If a brain is exercised properly, anyone can grow intelligence, at any age, and potentially by a lot. Or you can just let your brain… — Michael Merzenich
It is comforting that travel should have an architecture, and that it is possible to contribute a few stones to it, although the traveller is… — Claudio Magris
...those who sit at their work and are therefore called 'chair workers,' such as cobblers and tailors, suffer from their own particular diseases ... [T]hese… — Bernardino Ramazzini
All sedentary workers ... suffer from the itch, are a bad colour, and in poor condition ... for when the body is not kept moving… — Bernardino Ramazzini
Sluggish and sedentary peoples, such as the Ancient Egyptians-- with their concept of an afterlife journey through the Field of Reeds-- project on to the… — Bruce Chatwin
Withdraw allegiance from the old categories of the Negative (law, limit, castration, lack, lacuna), which the Western thought has so long held sacred as a… — Michel Foucault
Sporting goods sales have suffered because Americans have become too sedentary. — Mike May
Believe what is productive is not sedentary but nomadic. — Michel Foucault
Though we have been stuffing them into classrooms and cubicles for decades, our brains actually were built to survive in jungles and grasslands. A lifetime… — John Medina
I'm naturally athletic. I've been involved in sports since I could walk. So, for me to be sedentary is just unacceptable. Not only is it… — Eva Longoria
A lot of us lead relatively sedentary lifestyles, so you have to motivate yourself and force yourself to go to the gym and do active… — Randy Couture

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