The characteristic virtue of Englishmen is power of sustained practical
activity and their characteristic vice a reluctance to test the quality of that
activity by reference to principles.
View quotes by R H TawneyHappiness consists in
activity. It is running steam, not a stagnant pool.
View quotes by Oliver Wendell HolmesAll growth depends upon
activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.
View quotes by Calvin CoolidgeMeetings are an addictive, highly self-indulgent
activity that corporations and other large organizations habitually engage in only because they cannot actually masturbate.
View quotes by Dave BarryIn each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal
activity.
View quotes by Ambrose BierceDissent is the native
activity of the scientist, and it has got him into a good deal of trouble in the last years. But if that is cut off, what is left will not be a scientist. And I doubt whether it will be a man.
View quotes by Jacob BronowskiFestival of the impassioned efforts and manifold ambitions of all forms of youthful
activity of every generation springing from the threshold of life.
View quotes by Baron Pierre De CoubertinIt seems positively unnatural to travel without taking a camera along... The very
activity of taking pictures is soothing and assuages general feelings of disorientation that are likely to be exacerbated by travel.
View quotes by Susan SontagThe Universe should be deemed an immense Being, always living, always moved and always moving in an eternal
activity inherent in itself, and which, subordinate to no foreign cause, is communicated to all its parts, connects them together, and makes the world of things a complete and perfect whole.
View quotes by Albert PikeYou must learn to be still in the midst of
activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.
View quotes by Indira GandhiStressing output is the key to improving productivity, while looking to increase
activity can result in just the opposite.
View quotes by Paul GauguinLove is that splendid triggering of human vitality the supreme
activity which nature affords anyone for going out of himself toward someone else.
View quotes by Jose Ortega Y GassetFresh
activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.
View quotes by Johann Wolfgang Von GoetheThe corporate lobby in Washington is basically designed to stifle all legislative
activity on behalf of consumers.
View quotes by Ralph NaderFor art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic
activity to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable: intoxication.
View quotes by Friedrich NietzscheIn human life, art may arise from almost any
activity, and once it does so, it is launched on a long road of exploration, invention, freedom to the limits of extravagance, interference to the point of frustration, finally discipline, controlling constant change and growth.
View quotes by Susanne LangerMasturbation: the primary sexual
activity of mankind. In the nineteenth century it was a disease; in the twentieth, it's a cure.
View quotes by Thomas SzaszTo the eyes of a god, mankind must appear as a species of bacteria which multiply and become progressively virulent whenever they find themselves in a congenial culture, and whose
activity diminishes until they disappear completely as soon as proper measures are taken to sterilize them.
View quotes by Aleister CrowleyIf you think squash is a competitive
activity, try flower arranging.
View quotes by Alan BennettIt makes no sense to worry about things you have no control over because there's nothing you can do about them, and why worry about things you do control? The
activity of worrying keeps you immobilized.
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