Pedometers Quotes & Sayings

I don't see why women have to get naked to sell an album. It's crazy. — Imelda May

Whether it's because everything is so far apart or because it's not possible for safety reasons or because it's just not fun, suburban residents, relatively speaking, don't really walk all that much. Studies using pedometers have found the average American takes a little over 5,100 steps a day, compared with 9,700 steps for Australians, 7,200 steps for the Japanese, and 9,650 for the Swiss. — Leigh Gallagher

I'm the smallest voice heard around the world. — Alejandro C. Estrada

Happiness is dog-shaped, I say. — Chapman Pincher

Sketching is a continuing source of learning rather than a string of performances. — Paul Laseau

The moral of the story was that if you can talk, it's better not to tell the truth. — Louis De Bernieres

Studies show that the more you pay attention to your body's statistics, the greater the chance you'll adopt a healthy lifestyle. This idea underpins the Quantified Self movement, in which adherents track everything from caloric output to selenium levels. The mere act of weighing yourself daily makes it more likely you'll shed pounds, according to a University of Minnesota study. Keeping a food journal makes you eat fewer fatty foods, according to another study. And pedometers make you walk more. — A. J. Jacobs

I supposed I wanted to bring her back to life. I suppose I wanted her timeless, though there is no such thing on earth. These pictures of her, like everything else, are drenched in time. — Margaret Atwood

I'm the guy who wrote The Authority Song. Did they think I was kidding? Did they think it was only a song to entertain? — John Mellencamp

When I was growing up, the first thing I wanted to be was a cowboy. That lasted till I was about ten. Then I wanted to be a baseball player. Preferably shortstop for the New York Yankees. — Jerry Spinelli

I know in whom all my highest hopes and dearest joys are centered. I know in whom my whole heart can rest - so sweetly and so surely. — Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

Relations between the Facist regime and the American government were rapidly cooling. Italian newspapers did nothing to help, charging that Jews ruled the United States. They offered a list of the all-Jewish makeup of what was said to be the likely next American cabinet, headed by the President Bernard Baruch and Vice President Albert Einstein. Leon Trotsky was slated to be secretary of war; the face that he was neither American nor lived in the country was apparently no impediment. — David I. Kertzer