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Quotations by Subject: Exercise
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Nothing’s better than the wind to your back, the sun in front of you, and your friends beside you.: Aaron Douglas Trimble
I think that anyone who comes upon a Nautilus machine suddenly will agree with me that its prototype was clearly invented at some time in history when torture was considered a reasonable alternative to diplomacy.: Anna Quindlen (1953 - )
I believe that every human has a finite number of heart-beats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises.: Buzz Aldrin (1930 - )
He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
Walking isn't a lost art: one must, by some means, get to the garage.: Evan Esar (1899 - 1995)
Exercise alone provides psychological and physical benefits. However, if you also adopt a strategy that engages your mind while you exercise, you can get a whole host of psychological benefits fairly quickly.: James Rippe, M.D.
Mach-S, the speed at which stress can't keep up, is simply forward motion. But it has to be self- propelled. Note that people in cars are still stressed.: Jef Mallett, Frazz, 08-26-05
Dig where the gold is…unless you just need some exercise.: John M. Capozzi, Why Climb the Corporate Ladder When You Can Take the Elevator?
Exercise ferments the humors, casts them into their proper channels, throws off redundancies, and helps nature in those secret distributions, without which the body cannot subsist in its vigor, nor the soul act with cheerfulness.: Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719), The Spectator, July 12, 1711
Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men.: Marcus Valerius Martialis (40 AD - 103 AD)
There's no easy way out. If there were, I would have bought it. And believe me, it would be one of my favorite things!: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine, February 2005
I like weights. You know where you stand with them. Well, sometimes you're lying under them, trying not to let them crush you, but you see, you KNOW they'd crush you if they could. There's honesty.: T. Campbell and Gisele Lagace, Penny and Aggie, 09-12-05
Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far.: Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)


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