Activities Quotes

“Metal makes everything magical. Just ask a unicorn. . .preferably one with a metal horn.”
― Sybrina Durant, Magical Elements of the Periodic Table Presented Alphabetically by the Metal Horn Unicorns

“The Metal Horn Unicorns say, “No Metal – No Magic. . .and No Technology”. They are exactly right! Metals and other elements of the periodic table are in every facet of our everyday lives.”
― Sybrina Durant, Magical Elements of the Periodic Table Presented Alphabetically by the Metal Horn Unicorns

“Annie Dillard once wrote, “How we spend our days is of course how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour and that one is what we are doing.” I think about this a lot when I’m planning my day and what sort of pleasure I might suck out of its marrow during these tumultuous times of constant upheaval and war. Sometimes that means noticing even the most mundane of tasks in order to know we are alive, that we are living.”
― Ada Limon

“Be busy with your free life.”
― Amit Abraham

“Henry had taught Eddie how to play basketball in the playground near the apartment building where they lived--this was in a cement suburb where the towers of Manhattan stood against the horizon like a dream and the welfare check was king. Eddie was eight years younger than Henry and much smaller, but he was also much faster. He had a natural feel for the game; once he got on the cracked, hilly cement of the court with the ball in his hands, the moves seemed to sizzle in his nerve-endings. He was faster, but that was no big deal. The big deal was this: he was BETTER than Henry. If he hadn't known it from the results of the pick-up games in which they sometimes played, he would have known it from Henry's thunderous looks and the hard punches to the upper arm Henry often dealt out on their way home afterwards. These punches were supposedly Henry's little jokes--"Two for flinching!" Henry would cry cheerily, and then whap-whap into Eddie's bicep with one knuckle extended--but they didn't FEEL like jokes. They felt like warnings. They felt like Henry's way of saying You better not fake me out and make me look stupid when you drive for the basket; you better remember that I'm Watching Out for You.
The same was true with reading...baseball...Ring-a-Levio...math...even jump-rope, which was a girl's game. That he was better at these tings, or COULD be better, was a secret that had to be kept at all costs. Because Eddie was the younger brother. Because Henry was Watching Out for him. But the most important part of the underneath reason was also the simplest: these things had to be kept secret because Henry was Eddie's big brother, and Eddie adored him.”
― Stephen King, The Waste Lands

“Spend three months doing something and you’ll think you’ve been at it forever.”
― Alberto Madrigal, Un lavoro vero

“The way in which you relate to the activities that matter most to you is by trying to complete them and so expel them from your life. Your days are devoted to ending, one by one, the activities that give them meaning.”
― Kieran Setiya, Midlife: A Philosophical Guide

“We can escape the self-destructive cycle of pursuit, resolution, and renewal, of attainments archived or unachieved. The way out is to find sufficient value in atelic activities, activities that have no point of conclusion or limit, ones whose fulfilment lies in the moment of action itself. To draw meaning from such activities is to live in the present - at least in one sense of that loaded phrase - and so to free oneself from the tyranny projects that plateau us around midlife.”
― Kieran Setiya, Midlife: A Philosophical Guide

“If you are using herbs, juju, witchcraft, love spell or potion on your partner. Know that you are committing Gender Base Violence ( GBV )”
― De philosopher DJ Kyos

“I am interested to see how the USA government is going to cover up the illegal activities of professional astronomers.”
― Steven Magee

“If you are going to engage in fraud with me, you should expect me to research your frauds.”
― Steven Magee

“My two weeks here are filled with activities. Private lessons in Japanese history, language, and arts. Tours of shrines, temples, and tombs. A visit to the imperial stock farm and wild duck preserves. Assorted banquets. Outings with my father---a baseball game, public art exhibit opening.”
― Emiko Jean, Tokyo Ever After

“To identify as American would be to support the fraud and corruption the government engages in.”
― Steven Magee

“For some, conversation comes naturally as a way to connect, but for others it's easier to unite over the sharing of activities and skills.
The tip here is to dedicate space and furniture to allow these things to happen. Where can you store games so they're easily accessible? Is your table large and easy enough to clear to double up as an arena to play or make? Have you created somewhere for others to sit while you cook, and is there enough counter space for them to join in? Are your craft and gardening tools organized and ready to go?
...this space needs to be warm and inviting... could be as simple as lighting a fire, playing background music, or bringing in extra cushions and throws.”
― Oliver Heath, Design A Healthy Home: 100 ways to transform your space for physical and mental wellbeing

“Engaging in dangerous activities above 10,000 feet is known to increase the risks of injury and death.”
― Steven Magee, Summit Brain

“Have pity for the misleading activities of the Florida government.”
― Steven Magee

“After leaving the dangerous Desoto Solar Farm, as a Chartered Electrical Engineer I was required to report the ongoing dangers and illegal activities to OSHA.”
― Steven Magee

“The most dangerous thing a company can do is lose control of an employee that has witnessed hazardous and illegal workplace activities.”
― Steven Magee

“As a Chartered Electrical Engineer, I am required to not engage in dangerous, illegal or fraudulent activities in the workplace.”
― Steven Magee

“The company did me a favor by terminating me from the dangerous Desoto Solar Farm, as they removed me from the illegal OSHA activities they were engaging in and the dangers that was exposing me to.”
― Steven Magee

“If you hang out with corrupt utility companies, you must expect to get caught up in their illegal activities!”
― Steven Magee

“Activities are not necessarily results; beware of those in the organization who are busy but producing no results. At the end of the day we need to ask ourselves; in the multitude of our activities, what have we accomplished?”
― Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“I am suspicious of police officers due to the extensively documented corrupt activities they engage in with the general public.”
― Steven Magee

“It was only after I had called the police on the illegal activities of corporations a few times and had seen them not enforce the law that I realized the police are not going to enforce the law when it involves a corporation!”
― Steven Magee

“Osm – the unicorn with the multi-metal horn tipped with Osmium can do it all! He has the powers of all the metal horn unicorns. Osmium is much rarer than gold, about 1000 times, but it is only worth about ¼ the price because there are so few uses for it.”
― Sybrina Durant, Magical Elements of the Periodic Table Presented Alphabetically by the Metal Horn Unicorns

“2. Thou shall not fear the cold.
So many coorie activities involve being outdoors: hiking demands a steely core and constitution, exploring the woods for crafty finds requires sturdy footwear - even skiing in the Cairngorms requires patience.
All these pursuits offer the chance to clear the mind and get to know the country from within.
Wild swimming in Scottish lochs is having a moment.
Its beauty, swimmers claim, lies in the restorative nature of an ice-cold dip set against a backdrop of Scotland's most idyllic scenery.
Nobody promised Barbadian temperatures, or clear blue seas, but for enthusiasts the appeal lies in testing yourself to your furthest limits.”
― Gabriella Bennett, The Art of Coorie: How to Live Happy the Scottish Way

“Explain why you're refusing to participate in an activity, or to accept an offer made to you.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“Try different activities to see which skill is best suitable for your success. Without variety, you'll never truly know.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“Find a mission in your life. A commitment to a calling, a career, even a hobby focuses the mind and the soul. Psychotic patients report that they don't hear 'the voices' while they are busy working. Surely we ordinary people can calm our own internal voices with some intent activities. [...] Passion heals.”
― John J. Ratey, A User's Guide to the Brain: Perception, Attention, and the Four Theaters of the Brain

“When I could not stay on top of everyday activities was when I realized I was retired through ill health.”
― Steven Magee