Quotes About Activity

When a pianist sits down and does a virtuoso performance he is in a technical sense transmitting more information to a machine than any other human activity involving machinery allows.

The living cell almost always contains, locked in its interior, the visible or invisible products of its physiological activity or its nourishment.

The result is that you are now experiencing what we experienced in the war in Algeria: The Israeli government says that it is a victim of terrorist activity, but this activity is less visible than the military strikes.

One of the nice things about books as opposed to television and movies to some extent is it's not a passive entertainment. People really do get involved, and they do create, and they do have their own visions of what different characters look like and what should happen. It's great - it means their brains are working.

hours spent surfing the internet (an activity my colleague calls "the most effective short-term nonprescription painkiller").

Don't be a spectator, don't let life pass you by.

The whole fauna of human fantasies, their marine vegetation, drifts and luxuriates in the dimly lit zones of human activity, as though plaiting thick tresses of darkness. Here, too, appear the lighthouses of the mind, with their outward resemblance to less pure symbols. The gateway to mystery swings open at the touch of human weakness and we have entered the realms of darkness. One false step, one slurred syllable together reveal a man's thoughts.

His body spoke of meals enjoyed and a life of long walks rather than contact sports.

One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.

He who makes God act humanly, declares human activity to be divine[.]

Man's most characteristic mark is that he never ceases in endeavors to advance his well-being by purposive activity.

It is not easy to determine whether there are any who still adhere in good faith to the doctrine that traces back the depreciation of money to the activity of speculators. The doctrine is an indispensable instrument of the lowest form of demagogy; it is the resource of governments in search of a scapegoat. There are scarcely any independent writers nowadays who defend it; those who support it are paid to do so.

In brain scans, music lights up the medial prefrontal cortex and triggers a memory that starts playing in your mind. All of a sudden you can see a place, a person, an incident. The strongest responses to music—the ones that elicit vivid memories—cause the greatest activity on brain scans.

Wars in the past often accelerated social reform, provided technological benefits, even sparked artistic activity. This one, however, seemed tailor-made to provide none of these positive by-products.

As the liquid paper's fumes quell his brain activity, Jack finds himself staring at her again and what he thinks is this: Wow.

High anti-aromatase activity: white button, white stuffing, cremini, portobello, reishi, maitake • Mild anti-aromatase activity: shiitake, chanterelle, baby button • Little or no anti-aromatase activity: oyster, wood ear

Vegetables provide two to four times the protein anyone would need during any activity. Scientific studies tell us we need 2.5 percent of our calories in the form of protein. The World Health Organization has added a safety margin to protein requirements and says that we need 5 percent of our calories in the form of protein.

My feeling is that any day I am too busy to run is a day that I am too busy.

It's as the old adage says: motion causes friction.

Friendship is a very taxing and arduous form of leisure activity.

For some reason, my nose only itches when my hands are busy carrying stuff...

If you want to conquer fear, don't sit at home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

The older I get, the more I want to do. It beats death, decay or golf in unfortunate trousers. Peace and quiet depress me.

Dying's a fearful popular activity these days so we often double 'em up.