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Body Quotes

"To become a thoroughly good man is the best prescription for keeping a sound mind and a sound body."

"To become a thoroughly good man is the best prescription for keeping a sound mind and a sound body."

Francis Bowen, American Philosopher

Body, Man, Mind, Sound

3

"I just got a body wave because I wanted it to look good when it was down."

"I just got a body wave because I wanted it to look good when it was down."

Christy Romano, American Actress

3

"It's like learning a language; you can't speak a language fluently until you find out who you are in that language, and that has as much to do with your body as it does with vocabulary and grammar."

"It's like learning a language; you can't speak a language fluently until you find out who you are in that language, and that has as much to do with your body as it does with vocabulary and grammar."

Fred Frith, English Composer

Body, Grammar, Language, Learning

3

"Reading is to the mind what exercising is to the body."

"Reading is to the mind what exercising is to the body."

Richard Steele, British Dramatist

Body, Mind, Reading

3

"I feel pretty good. My body actually looks like an old banana, but it's fine."

"I feel pretty good. My body actually looks like an old banana, but it's fine."

Mike Piazza, American Athlete

Body, Old, Pretty

3

"We are all cells in the same body of humanity."

"We are all cells in the same body of humanity."

Peace Pilgrim, American Activist

3

"The movie is actually from a book by Stephen King called The Body. When they were gonna put it to a motion picture, they found the story was a bit too strong for the title The Body, based on a young kid's movie. It would be too heavy."

"The movie is actually from a book by Stephen King called The Body. When they were gonna put it to a motion picture, they found the story was a bit too strong for the title The Body, based on a young kid's movie. It would be too heavy."

Ben E. King, American Musician

3

"Why we cannot build a system like El Al to be proactive. Why do we have only to react? The shoe bomber - reaction? Take off your shoes. The Nigerian - the body scanner is a result of the Nigerian guy."

"Why we cannot build a system like El Al to be proactive. Why do we have only to react? The shoe bomber - reaction? Take off your shoes. The Nigerian - the body scanner is a result of the Nigerian guy."

Isaac Yeffet, Israeli Security Expert

3

"If the assumptions used in calculating energy are changed, then this seriously affects the final result, even though the same body of data might be used."

"If the assumptions used in calculating energy are changed, then this seriously affects the final result, even though the same body of data might be used."

Charles Francis Richter, American Scientist

Body, Energy, Result

3

"Remember this: your body is your slave; it works for you."

"Remember this: your body is your slave; it works for you."

Jack LaLanne, American Athlete

3

"I've tried body surfing. It's nice."

"I've tried body surfing. It's nice."

Ziggy Marley, Jamaican Musician

3

"It's shades of Vietnam again, folks: body counts."

"It's shades of Vietnam again, folks: body counts."

Seymour Hersh, American Journalist

3

"A moving body whose motion was not retarded by any resisting force would continue to move to all eternity."

"A moving body whose motion was not retarded by any resisting force would continue to move to all eternity."

Hermann von Helmholtz, German Physicist

Body, Eternity, Force

3

"I'm just saying, it's got to be about something more than just body parts when you're with somebody."

"I'm just saying, it's got to be about something more than just body parts when you're with somebody."

Brian Austin Green, American Actor

3

"Olympism... exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body, mind and will."

"Olympism... exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body, mind and will."

Pierre de Coubertin, French Leader

Body, Mind, Will

3

"Specialization is a feature of every complex organization, be it social or natural, a school system, garden, book, or mammalian body."

"Specialization is a feature of every complex organization, be it social or natural, a school system, garden, book, or mammalian body."

Catharine R. Stimpson, American Scholar

Body, Garden, School

2

"If any thing is sacred, the human body is sacred."

"If any thing is sacred, the human body is sacred."

Walt Whitman, American Poet

2

"Whoever realizes that the six senses aren't real, that the five aggregates are fictions, that no such things can be located anywhere in the body, understands the language of Buddhas."

"Whoever realizes that the six senses aren't real, that the five aggregates are fictions, that no such things can be located anywhere in the body, understands the language of Buddhas."

Bodhidharma, Indian Leader

Body, Language, Senses

2

"The sky was clear - remarkably clear - and the twinkling of all the stars seemed to be but throbs of one body, timed by a common pulse."

"The sky was clear - remarkably clear - and the twinkling of all the stars seemed to be but throbs of one body, timed by a common pulse."

Thomas Hardy, English Novelist

Body, Sky, Stars

2

"I was asleep, in the upstairs bedroom, in the rear of the house. There was this tremendous crash, there was a terrible wind force hitting my body, and then I blanked out."

"I was asleep, in the upstairs bedroom, in the rear of the house. There was this tremendous crash, there was a terrible wind force hitting my body, and then I blanked out."

Larry Miller, American Comedian

Body, Force, Wind

2

"The mind's first step to self-awareness must be through the body."

"The mind's first step to self-awareness must be through the body."

George A. Sheehan, American Writer

Body, First, Mind, Self

2

"As long as my body is in shape, my mind is working at its full capacity."

"As long as my body is in shape, my mind is working at its full capacity."

Victoria Principal, American Actress

2

"Sculpture occupies the same space as your body."

"Sculpture occupies the same space as your body."

Anish Kapoor, Indian Artist

Body, Sculpture, Space

2

"Today we have big, crude instruments guided by intelligent surgeons, and we have little, stupid molecules of drugs that get dumped into the body, diffuse around and interfere with things as best they can. At present, medicine is unable to heal anything."

"Today we have big, crude instruments guided by intelligent surgeons, and we have little, stupid molecules of drugs that get dumped into the body, diffuse around and interfere with things as best they can. At present, medicine is unable to heal anything."

K. Eric Drexler, American Scientist

Body, Drugs, Medicine, Present

2

"I'm a liberal inside a liberal's body."

"I'm a liberal inside a liberal's body."

Ana Gasteyer, American Comedian

2

"In the garment trades, on the other hand, the presence of a body of the disfranchised, of the weak and young, undoubtedly contributes to the economic weakness of these trades."

"In the garment trades, on the other hand, the presence of a body of the disfranchised, of the weak and young, undoubtedly contributes to the economic weakness of these trades."

Florence Kelley, American Activist

2

"He has willed - He wills incessantly - that the modifications of the mind and those of the body shall be reciprocal. This is the conjunction and the natural dependence of the two parts of which we are constituted."

"He has willed - He wills incessantly - that the modifications of the mind and those of the body shall be reciprocal. This is the conjunction and the natural dependence of the two parts of which we are constituted."

Nicolas Malebranche, French Philosopher

Body, Dependence, Mind

2

"It is the mind that makes the body."

"It is the mind that makes the body."

Sojourner Truth, American Activist

2

"My physics teacher, Thomas Miner was particularly gifted. To this day, I remember how he introduced the subject of physics. He told us we were going to learn how to deal with very simple questions such as how a body falls due to the acceleration of gravity."

"My physics teacher, Thomas Miner was particularly gifted. To this day, I remember how he introduced the subject of physics. He told us we were going to learn how to deal with very simple questions such as how a body falls due to the acceleration of gravity."

Steven Chu, American Scientist

Body, Day, Gravity, Physics

2

"Critical lice are like body lice, which desert corpses to seek the living."

"Critical lice are like body lice, which desert corpses to seek the living."

Theophile Gautier, French Poet

2

"I am through with this body, and what becomes of it will make no difference with me in the future."

"I am through with this body, and what becomes of it will make no difference with me in the future."

Alex Campbell, Canadian Politician

Body, Difference, Future, Will

2

"A ball had passed between my body and the right arm which supported him, cutting through the sleeve and passing through his chest from shoulder to shoulder. There was no more to be done for him and I left him to his rest. I have never mended that hole in my sleeve."

"A ball had passed between my body and the right arm which supported him, cutting through the sleeve and passing through his chest from shoulder to shoulder. There was no more to be done for him and I left him to his rest. I have never mended that hole in my sleeve."

Clara Barton, American Public Servant

Body, Rest, Right

2

"I don't want my body to look like a man's. I just want to tone my body."

"I don't want my body to look like a man's. I just want to tone my body."

Sherilyn Fenn, American Actress

Body, Man, Want

2

"If you watch any good player, they're using different parts of their body and working with instruments that respond to those movements. They're moving in many dimensions at once."

"If you watch any good player, they're using different parts of their body and working with instruments that respond to those movements. They're moving in many dimensions at once."

Brian Eno, British Musician

2

"It might feel good to be out of your body for awhile. But you can't stay like that forever."

"It might feel good to be out of your body for awhile. But you can't stay like that forever."

Alex Chiu, American Businessman

2

"The Buddha is your real body, your original mind."

"The Buddha is your real body, your original mind."

Bodhidharma, Indian Leader

2

"I don't have a political bone in my body."

"I don't have a political bone in my body."

Joan Allen, American Actress

2

"Well, actually, I'm a bisexual lesbian in a man's body... but it's more complicated than that."

"Well, actually, I'm a bisexual lesbian in a man's body... but it's more complicated than that."

Tony Parker, American Athlete

Body, Lesbian, Man

2

"The nineteenth century lynching mob cuts off ears, toes, and fingers, strips off flesh, and distributes portions of the body as souvenirs among the crowd."

"The nineteenth century lynching mob cuts off ears, toes, and fingers, strips off flesh, and distributes portions of the body as souvenirs among the crowd."

Ida B. Wells, American Activist

2

"I had the luck of having an obedient body."

"I had the luck of having an obedient body."

Burt Lancaster, American Actor

2

"It has often struck me that the relation of two important members of the social body to one another has never been sufficiently considered, or treated of, so far as I know, either by the philosopher or the poet."

"It has often struck me that the relation of two important members of the social body to one another has never been sufficiently considered, or treated of, so far as I know, either by the philosopher or the poet."

James Payn, English Novelist

2

"Get to like your own body."

"Get to like your own body."

Sue Johanson, Canadian Writer

2

"As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind."

"As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind."

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman

Body, Man, May, Mind

2

"I just think my body can't handle it any more. I did try a little drink a while back, and I was actually physically ill. I went into an immediate depression, and felt awful, just dreadful. So that's it. I'm over it now."

"I just think my body can't handle it any more. I did try a little drink a while back, and I was actually physically ill. I went into an immediate depression, and felt awful, just dreadful. So that's it. I'm over it now."

Ron Wood, British Musician

Body, Depression, Now

2

"I'm more important to me than any body you can mention. Do you know that?"

"I'm more important to me than any body you can mention. Do you know that?"

Al Lewis, American Actor

2

"And I also see how this body influences external images: it gives back movement to them."

"And I also see how this body influences external images: it gives back movement to them."

Henri Bergson, French Scientist

2

"I can't say this enough, I'm totally comfortable with my body. I like my body, I don't think it's a bad thing, I think I have a nice body, I'm happy with it."

"I can't say this enough, I'm totally comfortable with my body. I like my body, I don't think it's a bad thing, I think I have a nice body, I'm happy with it."

Cameron Diaz, American Actress

2

"Some guys can do more talking in the ring, other guys do posing, body building, whatever the hell they do in the ring. But I don't have the big body, and I'm not the big smooth talker, but I can get in the ring and wrestle."

"Some guys can do more talking in the ring, other guys do posing, body building, whatever the hell they do in the ring. But I don't have the big body, and I'm not the big smooth talker, but I can get in the ring and wrestle."

Owen Hart, Canadian Entertainer

Body, Building, Hell, Talking

2

"Just as the body goes into shock after a physical trauma, so does the human psyche go into shock after the impact of a major loss."

"Just as the body goes into shock after a physical trauma, so does the human psyche go into shock after the impact of a major loss."

Anne Grant, Scottish Poet

2

"Here's a little known fact - Arnold is the first body builder to run for governor since Janet Reno."

"Here's a little known fact - Arnold is the first body builder to run for governor since Janet Reno."

David Letterman, American Comedian

Body, Fact, First

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