Philostratus Gymnasticus Quotes & Sayings

I just hate going to the gym, unless I need to do cardio once in a while. I think gymming makes you stiff and takes your aura away. — Esha Gupta

The purpose of art is the lifelong construction of a state of wonder. — Glenn Gould

I'm not surprised that Governor Dean would oppose [the $87 billion to fund Iraq reconstruction] ... I've lost confidence that he has any understanding of the national security responsibilities of a President ... [b]ecause I don't believe that he has any understanding of the international role that the United States has to play in the world. I think it's a kind of a pseudo-isolationism that appeals to the base of the caucus voters. I do not believe that particularly in the case of Iraq that Governor Dean has any fundamental understanding of what's at stake here. — John McCain

I don't know. You'll have to ask him yourself."
She sat up enough to look him in the eye. "I am not talking to
your ... your ... "
"Mighty throbbing manhood?"
"Briec."
"That which brings you much delirious pleasure?"
"Briec."
"That which makes you whole?"
"Stop it, dragon. You're making me physically ill."
...
"Ow!"
"Be nice, woman. I'm not used to this."
She rubbed her ass and glared at him. "Do that again and you'll
lose that which you believe makes me whole. — G.A. Aiken

Go deeper. More iterations. Don't hold back. — Robin Sloan

When you're a corporation, you're going to stick with what works. That's why every McDonald's is the same. — Will.i.am

Make mistakes. Make great mistakes , make wonderful mistakes, make glorious mistakes. Better to make a hundred mistakes than to stare at a blank piece of paper too scared to do anything wrong, too scared to do anything. — Neil Gaiman

The voice of life in me cannot reach the ear of life in you; but let us talk that we may not feel lonely. — Khalil Gibran

There is a Pirate in every one of us. — Kalyan C. Kankanala

Nothing's occurring in animation - you manufacture everything. — Gore Verbinski

I don't think I knew that you could be a novelist. I think a lot of my students are in the same condition. I thought it was unreachable, that it was sort of dead people. It took me a long time - I think I was well into novel writing before I really thought, 'Actually, this is a valid pastime.' — Rachel Cusk

There will be calmness, tranquility, when one is free from external objects and is not perturbed. — Bruce Lee