Quotes About Activity

I bike ride and swim but I don't exercise 'cos I like it. I do it because I've got a thyroid problem that can balloon my weight up to 20 stone if I stand still for five minutes.

My husband and I have season tickets to the Giants games, and we go there as fans to enjoy it.

I always like to keep busy, otherwise my brain starts ticking.

Much as I loved doing 'The Big Breakfast,' it almost became automatic. I need something to keep my brain ticking over, something that I have to concentrate on.

I like shoes that, no matter where I am, if I see a basketball or tennis court, I can tie them up and play.

If money is tight, or you're on a limited budget, then consider DIY or used gifts. DIY could be something like baked goods for your friends, family, and neighbors. Plus, if you have children, it's a great activity to do with them during the holidays.

Well, I think the president has clearly submitted us a tight budget, but it's what's called for if we're going to get spending under control and keep the economy moving in the right direction, with economic growth and job creation activity.

I try to do three active things a day because I have to fit into costumes that are very tight.

Keeping yourself fit and well is not a battle. Do some activity that you enjoy: play a game, swim, walk, run. If you don't like to do anything except eat cheesecake all day, then you have a problem! Otherwise, there is no incompatibility between being active and relaxed at the same time.

In fact, the opposite of work isn't play - it's idleness. That's

Long periods of overstimulation—too much activity—begin to affect the organs and blood flow. Mentally we may become dull or jaded. Most important, we are not able to have deeper, more contemplative thoughts.

First you must come to the conclusion that the activity is important. Then you should make it a daily occurrence, in which every day you motivate yourself in a different way.

Although our culture seems to worship being busy, constant activity will slowly undermine our perspective on life and kill our souls.

While this initial finding isn't a shocker, the news wasn't that the activity occurred, but rather exactly where the activity occurred. It took place in the nucleus accumbens, a deep and primal area linked to intense physical reward

Give me two hours a day of activity, and I'll take the other twenty-two in dreams.

The ideal holiday for the truly active man is one doing nothing in beautiful surroundings . . . and the ideal exercise for this best form of leisure is the old, natural, spontaneous movement of the body -- the walk.

It is never too late to get into tennis! While I started playing at the age of 8 when my parents gave me a tennis racquet for Christmas, tennis is a lifelong sport that can be enjoyed by people of almost any age. It's also something you never forget once you learn.

The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.

People are always in good company when they are doing what they really enjoy.

Exercise is labor without weariness.

As peace is the end of war, so to be idle is the ultimate purpose of the busy.

Golf: A game in which you claim the privileges of age and retain the playthings of youth

Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.

The plays and sports of children are as salutary to them as labor and work are to grown persons.