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You know what the Englishman's idea of compromise is? He says, Some people say there is a God. Some people say there is no God. The truth probably lies somewhere between these two statements.
William Butler Yeats
I don't jog, if I die I want to be sick.
Abe Lemons
The happiness that is genuinely satisfying is accompanied by the fullest exercise of our faculties and the fullest realization of the world in which we live.
Bertrand Russell
I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.
Thomas Jefferson
Intellectual tasting of life will not supersede muscular activity.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Modern bodybuilding is ritual, religion, sport, art, and science, awash in Western chemistry and mathematics. Defying nature, it surpasses it.
Camille Anna Paglia
Nothing lifts me out of a bad mood better than a hard workout on my treadmill. It never fails. To us, exercise is nothing short of a miracle.
Cher
Whenever I feel like exercise I lie down until the feeling passes.
Robert Maynard Hutchins
Jogging is very beneficial. It's good for your legs and your feet. It's also very good for the ground. If makes it feel needed.
Charles Monroe Schulz
I have never taken any exercise except sleeping and resting.
Mark Twain
Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men.
Marcus Valerius Martial
If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health.
Hippocrates
I can feel the wind go by when I run. It feels good. It feels fast.
Evelyn Ashford
A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.
St. Jerome
The only reason I would take up jogging is so that I could hear heavy breathing again.
Erma Bombeck
Other exercises develop single powers and muscles, but dancing embellishes, exercises, and equalizes all the muscles at once.
Jean Paul
Physical fitness is the attainment and maintenance of a uniformly developed body with a sound mind fully capable of naturally, easily, and satisfactorily performing our many and varied daily tasks with spontaneous zest and pleasure.
Joseph Pilates
Exercise is bunk. If you are healthy you don't need it. If you are sick you shouldn't take it.
Henry Ford