Quotes About Activity

All human activity suddenly seemed to me composed of such sport: We each chose the game we thought would yield the most for us and our own. We gambled, gambled selfishly, gambled more than we could afford, the odds staggeringly stacked in somebody else's favor.

Play is just another version of work

By failing to engage it in intellectually challenging activities, your brain will fail to grow new connections, and it will indeed become disorganized and ultimately dysfunctional. The converse is also true for both body and brain. If someone who has not been physically active for a sustained period starts a program of physical therapy and regular exercise, she can regain her muscle mass and tone within a matter of months. The same thing is true of your brain.

The poet is never inspired, because he is the master of that which appears to others as inspiration. He does not wait for inspiration to fall out of the heavens like roasted ortolans. He knows how to hunt...He is never inspired because he is unceasingly inspired, because the powers of poetry are always at his disposition, subjected to his will, submissive to his own activity...

We cannot, to use the jargon, find "the neural correlates of consciousness" (NCC): more precisely, identify an adequate basis for the difference between neural activity that is, and neural activity that isn't, associated with consciousness.

I don't like not being busy.

I think being busy is a healthy thing.

I like to be busy every day.

Keeping busy keeps me sane.

I like to stay busy. I have a lot of things on my mind.

My best exercise is going on stage and playing, but I stay active. I don't just sit around on my butt all day and do nothing.

I have a pretty classic look, so people think I'm pretty calm but I'm the opposite - I can't sit still.

You can burn a lot of calories mopping the house.

I have a watch with all the calories I burn so I can track everything I do.

I don't often get involved with campaigns at all.

I didn't take very much part in activities on campus at that time.

I like to do a lot of cardio.

I do cardio once in the morning or evening.

I don't like cardio since I get bored but dancing is another form of cardio that works well for me.

I think most people don't need as much cardio as they think they do.

I've always liked to do cardio, which is so weird.

I didn't watch cartoons, I was too busy playing football.

You will never, ever catch me at the gym.

I want to keep on the move, keep stimulated and challenged.