Body Quotes - Page 45

If an organised body is not in the situation and circumstances best adapted to its sustenance and propagation, then, in conceiving an indefinite variety among the individuals of that species, we must be assured, that, on the one hand, those which depart most from the best adapted constitution, will be most liable to perish, while, on the other hand, those organised bodies, which most approach to the best constitution for the present circumstances, will be best adapted to continue, in preserving themselves and multiplying the individuals of their race.

Abstract propositions should never be discussed by a legislative body.

Definition of inertia: 'The vis insita, or innate force of matter, is a power of resisting by which every body, as much as in it lies, endeavours to preserve its present state, whether it be of rest or of moving uniformly forward in a straight line.

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

One must think with the body and the soul or not think at all.

We are like lutes once held by God. Being away from his warm body fully explains this constant yearning.

It's none of the governments business who comes to, in, on, or from my body.

Alcoholic drinks, rightly used, are good for body and soul alike, but as a restorative of both there is nothing like brandy.

I cannot kill him, she muttered to herself. I cannot kill him. I promised Bianka I'd stop at ten bodies a day, and I've already surpassed my quota for the fifth day in a row. I cannot kill him.

I have retired but only in body. Spiritually, I still feel able.

There is physical evidence of the body's response to doing good. Endorphins are released in the brain when you do something for someone else. Doing good really feels good.

The Prelude to Tristan and Isolde reminds me of the old Italian painting of a martyr whose intestines are slowly unwound from his body on a reel.

Flesh is heretic. My body is a witch. I am burning it.

Whether looked at from outside or inside, bodies dissolve, matter vanishes, spirit remains - once we bother to go into the matter. "Spirit is the living body seen from within, and the body is the outer manifestation of the living spirit." Extend this statement by Carl Jung to all bodies from electrons to galaxies, and you have the ultimate physics

Modern medicine, for all its advances, knows less than 10 percent of what your body knows instinctively.

You've got to have someone who loves your body. Who doesn't define you, but sees you. Who loves what he sees. Who you don't have to struggle to be good enough for.

I'm always hoping for the nights that are inspired where you almost have an out of body experience

When you got a guy that has purpose, now your in a dog fight.

Most champions are built by punch the clock workouts rather than extraordinary efforts.

If our bodies are sick, we seek to heal them. We do not give up. The same thing should be true of our marriages.

I feel the sexiest when I'm by myself, walking around nude. I have this new obsession with nudity, it's really weird. It may sound weird, but I just really love embracing the body.

Even if your body doesn't work the way it used to, the heart and the mind and the spirit are not diminished.

The body isn't there simply to carry the head.

My kingdom for a more embodied body

When you're using a long brush, you have your arm at full length. Basically, it exaggerates the movement of your body. But I always start far away and end up really close.