Quotes about Muscle

Muscle is good, but craft is better Votes: 3

Muscle and water is critical in burning fat. Votes: 3

Justice is a concept. Muscle is the reality. Votes: 3

Muscle has memory: the body knows things the mind will not admit. Votes: 3

Muscle-work can only make one weary-it takes brain-work to create true exhaustion. Votes: 3

Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind. Votes: 3

The south is very focused on family... the musical heritage of Muscle Shoals especially and the bands from the region. Votes: 3

I try to eat a lot of baked foods, fish, chicken, potatoes, stuff like that. Grab me a Muscle Milk. That helps. Votes: 3

The man armed with knowledge has a better chance of survival than the man who is simply the fittest. Knowledge is the true strength. Muscle is where the myth is. Votes: 3

Muscle mass does not always equal strength. Strength is kindness and sensitivity. Strength is understanding that your power is both physical and emotional. That it comes from the body and the mind. And the heart. Votes: 3

Muscle cells strengthen in response to intense exercise - whether you're 18 or 88. But the intensity is what's lacking in most people's workouts. And there are doctors who'll give you the advice, "Well, don't push it." Votes: 3

Once your body is in workout-mode, a few days off won't hurt. Muscle memory is magical. If you work out consistently, you can afford to miss a few sessions and your body will gladly pick up where you left off. Votes: 3

We're from Athens, Alabama. That's my town. People think it's Muscle Shoals, but they have no idea. It's a quiet, sleepy little town, about 45 minutes from Muscle Shoals. It's really hard to be a band in Athens; there are no venues. Votes: 3

I'd proven to the world that maturity, experience, dedication, and ingenuity can make up for a little senescence. Muscle tightening is not the only thing that happens to our bodies over time. We gain knowledge, focus, and understanding, and those things can help us win. Votes: 3

The imagination is a muscle. If it is not exercised, it atrophies. Votes: 2

Gymnastics uses every single part of your body, every little tiny muscle that you never even knew. Votes: 2

The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous. Votes: 2

I think self-discipline is something, it's like a muscle. The more you exercise it, the stronger it gets. Votes: 2

I could feel his muscle tissues collapse under my force. It's ludicrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm. Votes: 2

It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment. Votes: 2

A muscle is like a car. If you want it to run well early in the morning, you have to warm it up. Votes: 2

I think men know to seduce women though words and conversation and nice gestures. That's much sexier than when a man uses muscle. Votes: 2

With every year of playing, you want to relax one more muscle. Why? Because the more tense you are, the less you can hear. Votes: 2

Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It's a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment. Votes: 2

Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me. Votes: 2

It's not about weight, it's about fitness, and one component of being fit is to have relatively low body fat, because fat is not very efficient, whereas muscle is. Votes: 2

It's now possible to have your body 3D-imaged from head to toe at a sub-millimeter accuracy, showing every ripple of muscle or cellulite, to allow the perfect-fitting jeans or shoes. Votes: 2

Indeed, the best way to think of willpower is not as some shapeless behavioral trait but as a sort of psychic muscle, one that can atrophy or grow stronger depending on how it's used. Votes: 2

Practicing is not only playing your instrument, either by yourself or rehearsing with others - it also includes imagining yourself practicing. Your brain forms the same neural connections and muscle memory whether you are imagining the task or actually doing it. Votes: 2

Flexibility is crucial to my fitness. Incorporating a good warm-up and cool-down into every session decreases my chances of injury. I use both dynamic and static stretching in my training. I've starting doing a few yoga sessions which incorporates muscle strength and flexibility. Votes: 2

But I work harder now because I have so much more exposure. And actually the harder you work as a writer, the better you get at it. It's like anything else. It's a muscle you have to exercise. I write more now than ever. Votes: 2

We're all just bags of bones and muscle and hormones; I'll never understand what makes our minds do the things we do. It's like that statue of the monkey holding a skull. We're trying to use a thing we don't understand to understand ourselves. Votes: 2

I served in all commissioned ranks from a second Lieutenant to a Major General. And during that time, I spent most of my time being a high-class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street, and for the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer for capitalism. Votes: 2

The point of the feminist movement wasn't simply to set our underwear on fire and muscle into small spaces in the male-dominated workplace, but to create a world where the contribution of both sexes was equally valued and no one's worth was judged on their take-home salary. Votes: 2

What happens when you have great grief in your life is the arteries of that heart begins to spasms down, just literally squeezes down like this because you're feeling the tension of your life and then the heart muscle itself will also begin - to get stressed out. Votes: 2

We've forgotten how to remember, and just as importantly, we've forgotten how to pay attention. So, instead of using your smartphone to jot down crucial notes, or Googling an elusive fact, use every opportunity to practice your memory skills. Memory is a muscle, to be exercised and improved. Votes: 2

The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides the champion from someone else who is not a champion. That's what most people lack, having the guts to go on and just say they'll go through the pain no matter what happens. Votes: 2

Truthfully, this is how I approach my workout: I want to be the best athlete I can possibly be. If I can out-perform some of the better athletes then I'm happy. When I look at the NFL or the NBA, these guys look how I want to look - it's useable, functional muscle. Votes: 2

I was a weed. Such a skinny little weed. I just couldn't put on weight; I couldn't put on muscle. I was the oddest shape. And I thought that was it: that's how I'd look for the rest of my life. And I'd beat myself up about it so much. But you change an awful lot. You're 16. Your body's not even halfway to what it'll end up being. Votes: 2

You have a right to say no. Most of us have very weak and flaccid 'no' muscles. We feel guilty for saying no. We get ostracized and challenged for saying no, so we forget it's our choice. Your 'no' muscle has to be built up to get to a place where you can say, 'I don't care if that's what you want. I don't want that. No.' Votes: 2

I got a muscle of love. Votes: 0

The mind is just another muscle. Votes: 0

Failure builds muscle, determination, and dreams. Votes: 0

Exercise the writing muscle every day. Votes: 0

Showing strength is different than showing muscle. Votes: 0

The mind is stronger than any muscle. Votes: 0

Willpower is a muscle that can be strengthened. Votes: 0

If embarrassment were a muscle, I'd be huge. Votes: 0

Look for verbs of muscle, adjectives of exactitude. Votes: 0

I love American muscle cars. It's my thing. Votes: 0

Most female models don't have any muscle mass. Votes: 0

The mind, like any muscle, must be exercised. Votes: 0

I don't want to be all power and muscle. Votes: 0

If knowledge is power, then curiosity is the muscle. Votes: 0

Compassion is a muscle that gets stronger with use. Votes: 0

Freedom is a muscle... you have to exercise it. Votes: 0

Optimism is a muscle that gets stronger with use. Votes: 0

Strength is not measured in muscle, but in will. Votes: 0

Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it by use. Votes: 0

Top dog, top hat, move that muscle, move that fat. Votes: 0

Nothing is as important to muscle growth as good nutrition. Votes: 0

my heart no longer beats but is a tugging muscle, Votes: 0

The brain is a muscle that can move the world. Votes: 0

I drive a 1965 Shelby Cobra. I love classic muscle cars. Votes: 0

Put some muscle into it! Channel your inner Trent Reznor! Votes: 0

The imagination is like a muscle: it strengthens through use. Votes: 0

Prayer is the slender nerve that moves the muscle of omnipotence. Votes: 0

Your play account is also designed to strengthen your "receiving" muscle. Votes: 0

I think blogging is a muscle that most people wear out. Votes: 0

Prayer is the slender nerve that moves the muscle of omnipotence. Votes: 0

The brain is a muscle, and I'm a kind of body-builder. Votes: 0

Your ethical muscle grows stronger every time you choose right over wrong. Votes: 0

21st century leaders use their brain cells more than their muscle tissues! Votes: 0

I'm 190 pounds of rock hard muscle, underneath 40 pounds of sturdy protective fat. Votes: 0

Every pound of muscle burns approximately 50 calories every day, just doing nothing. Votes: 0

Burning fat efficiently boils down to one thing - building more muscle! Votes: 0

Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use. Votes: 0

The heart is a very, very resilient little muscle. It really is. Votes: 0

Write every day. Writing is a muscle that gets stronger with use. Votes: 0

Practice your swing until it becomes a habit of mind and muscle. Votes: 0

Hard work is a muscle that you develop, as is taking risks. Votes: 0

The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. Votes: 0

A champion isn’t made of muscle; a champion is made of heart. Votes: 0

The labourer's muscle is that of a cart-horse, his motions lumbering and slow. Votes: 0

Only when women rebel against patriarchal standards does female muscle become more accepted. Votes: 0

Commitment is a muscle. The more you use it, the stronger it gets. Votes: 0

Positivity is like a muscle: keep exercising it, and it becomes a habit. Votes: 0

If you don't fear the failure, then failures are the best muscle builder. Votes: 0

Any time you can get a muscle car back, it's a good thing. Votes: 0

We are adhering to life now with our last muscle - the heart. Votes: 0

Climbing is this lifestyle activity that really works every muscle in your body. Votes: 0

I was thinking about making a comeback, until I pulled a muscle vacuuming. Votes: 0

Adversity builds muscle. Adversity creates strength. Adversity, it turns out, is preparation for success. Votes: 0

I know I'm not supposed to like muscle cars, but I like muscle cars. Votes: 0

Yes it is better to keep training even if your muscle is still sore. Votes: 0

Opera singers, we're not muscle men; you have to be careful about your work. Votes: 0

The muscle and the mind must become one. One without the other is zero Votes: 0

Your mind is the strongest and most valuable muscle you can grow in the gym. Votes: 0

I love everything from old-school cars to whatever the latest muscle or luxury vehicles are. Votes: 0

It's amazing what a bit of soot and shaving can do for muscle definition, honestly. Votes: 0

I have enough muscle already. Now I want to use it in more efficient ways. Votes: 0

Its amazing what a bit of soot and shaving can do for muscle definition, honestly. Votes: 0

Our military doesn't defend our American people. Our military is the strong-arm muscle of corporations. Votes: 0

Style is like a muscle: you have to exercise it regularly or you'll lose it. Votes: 0

The tongue is the only muscle in the human body that never gets tired [talking]. Votes: 0

Gratitude, like faith, is a muscle. The more you use it, the stronger it grows. Votes: 0

Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like the muscles of the body. Votes: 0

Determination is like a muscle. If you do not use it regularly, it fades away. Votes: 0

You build your 'COURAGE MUSCLE' daily, by being courageous in little things. Just do right.. Votes: 0

It is defeat that turns bone to flint, gristle to muscle, and makes men invincible. Votes: 0

I believe the brain is like a muscle - like any other it can be improved. Votes: 0

Music brings a warm glow to my vision, thawing mind and muscle from their endless wintering. Votes: 0

My favorite muscle to train is TRICEPS! Always has been my stongest muscle group as well. Votes: 0

Belief in ourself is like a muscle - it is strengthened by constant and careful use. Votes: 0

We are all born with a muscle for courage, but our education has wasted it away. Votes: 0

You'll never have any mental muscle if you don't have any heavy stuff to pick up. Votes: 0

I got kicked out of ballet class because I pulled a groin muscle. It wasn't mine. Votes: 0

Golf is a game in which attitude of mind counts for incomparably more than mightiness of muscle. Votes: 0

I'd kind of like to have a classic old muscle car. I think that would be fun. Votes: 0

Write, write, and write some more. Think of writing as a muscle that needs lots of exercise. Votes: 0

You really have to have some muscle to be on the stage in front of the world. Votes: 0

Nervous? He's tighter than Pat Buchanan's sphincter muscle at a 4th of July soiree on Fire Island. Votes: 0

I don't rely on muscle power to dig, I use a sharp spade and I wear boots. Votes: 0

The brain is a muscle of busy hills, the struggle of unthought things with things eternally thought. Votes: 0

Imagination is like a muscle. I found out that the more I wrote, the bigger it got. Votes: 0

I stand for a strong state that safeguards freedom. I don't need to show muscle for that. Votes: 0

Think of your mind as a muscle. The more you use it, the stronger it will become. Votes: 0

When addressed, a Gentleman Cat does not move a muscle. He looks as if he hasn't heard. Votes: 0

I was a ballerina. I had to quit after I injured a groin muscle. It wasn't mine... Votes: 0

Guitar is just something I can do. So much of it now is muscle memory, just instinct. Votes: 0

You increase muscle bulk by training against resistance. For example, weights. And in ballet, this isn't the case. Votes: 0

Most of us have just learned to exercise our survival muscle. It's time to build our victory muscle. Votes: 0

... it is highly unlikely that a structural derangement could produce pain equal in severity to acute muscle spasm. Votes: 0

We all start out equal, little blobs of blood and muscle. It’s a set-up of awesome potential. Votes: 0

God desires that we develop spiritual muscle so we are strong enough to be His kind of wife. Votes: 0

When I did 'Dancing With the Stars,' everyone in Hollywood was saying I had too much muscle. Votes: 0

Your heart... it's a very fragile muscle. You have to take care of it, be old-fashioned about it. Votes: 0

It's all in the mind or it's all in the head. Surrounded by bone, it's nothing but muscle. Votes: 0

Nancy's got a guardian angel. Seven feet plus of muscle and mayhem that goes by the name of Marv. Votes: 0

The beautiful thing about L.A. is that you have 50 countries in one county. Diversity brings power and muscle. Votes: 0

The path to added muscle is consuming more calories than the amount needed to keep your current bodyweight unchanged. Votes: 0

Because muscle is heavier than fat, dancers weigh more than you might think, but they are usually very lean. Votes: 0

Write every day. You don't have to write about anything specific, but you should exercise your writing muscle constantly. Votes: 0

A story has to have muscle as well as meaning, and the meaning has to be in the muscle. Votes: 0

The higher the goal, the harder the climb, but after that the bigger the muscle the, smarter the mind. Votes: 0

If you want it to be, your heart can be your biggest and most powerful muscle in your body. Votes: 0

Writing is a muscle that needs to be exercised every day: The more you write, the easier it becomes. Votes: 0

If it is a clichй to say athletics build character as well as muscle, then I subscribe to the clich. Votes: 0

Getting enough protein is important when I train, to help build muscle and recover, so I'll supplement with protein shakes. Votes: 0

This body is fragile. It is just flesh. Listen to the heartbeat. Life depends on the pumping of a muscle. Votes: 0

Rebecca Goldstein is a rare find among contemporary novelists: she has intellectual muscle as well as a tender emotional reach. Votes: 0

Yoga changed my body 100 percent. It tones everything and leans you out. Dancer's pose is amazing. It works every muscle! Votes: 0

I guess mercy is a muscle like any other. You got to exercise it, or it just cramp right up. Votes: 0

They say you only go around once, but with a muscle car you can go around two or three times. Votes: 0

I'm already a tiny person, so now I'm trying to go to the gym to add muscle. I need it! Votes: 0

There was, I think, never any reason to believe in any innate superiority of the male, except his superior muscle. Votes: 0

Writing songs and looking for ideas is like blinking my eyes. It's an involuntary muscle. I do it without thought. Votes: 0

Strength is not just in muscle and bone," Rovender said"That is right," Soth added. "Emotional strength is more powerful. Votes: 0

Compassion is a muscle that gets stronger with use, and the regular exercise of choosing kindness over cruelty would change us. Votes: 0

I could never focus on my upper body as a skater, so I'm enjoying having symmetrical upper and lower body muscle. Votes: 0

The function of muscle is to pull and not to push, except in the case of the genitals and the tongue. Votes: 0

When I did Casual, I just let myself put on weight because he's a schoolteacher. He's not meant to be muscle-y. Votes: 0

Your ability to stand up for your truth is a muscle, and the more you exercise it the stronger it gets. Votes: 0

Patience can't be acquired overnight. It is just like building up a muscle. Every day you need to work on it. Votes: 0

I never run hills. My quads are already big enough. I don't run to build muscle; I do it for cardio. Votes: 0

Your eye is a muscle, you have to keep it in shape and the more you draw, the more you see. Votes: 0

My personal trainer suggested paleo to build muscle while staying lean, and it's one of the first plans that's worked for me. Votes: 0

There's a nimble quality to the way a television actor can work. When that muscle gets strong it's a very valuable thing. Votes: 0

I like when a guy wears a T-shirt, and you can see a little curve of the muscle sticking out. That's sexy! Votes: 0

I do cardio. I run. I strength-train using my own body weight. I don't like free weights, because I build muscle easily. Votes: 0

There is no pleasure in flying to the top! The pleasure is climbing up there step by step, feeling every single muscle! Votes: 0

I've had that experience many, many, times - when you don't get roles. I'd developed a good muscle for shaking it off. Votes: 0

I exercise three to four times a week, doing the Tracy Anderson Method, which involves toning and strengthening our small muscle groups. Votes: 0

Courage comes in different forms. There's strength--that's the muscle. But love's the heart. When you put them together, you can do anything. Votes: 0

I'm not a feminist. I hail men, I love men. I celebrate American male culture, and beer, and bars and muscle cars... Votes: 0

If we are not using our brains' capacity for challenge it feels to me as though it atrophies like an unused muscle. Votes: 0

A brain is like a muscle, a serial connection that you should train everyday; if you don't use it, you loose it Votes: 0

I'm always going to go up against movies with bigger muscle and money, so I need to have a strong grass-roots game. Votes: 0

Well, you're not [fat]. You have, like, the ideal balance of fat and muscle. ...If I were a cannibal, I'd eat you. Votes: 0

There's a moment in fighting when strength of muscle ain't everything because enemy has already given you enough energy to gain the victory. Votes: 0

Train children to bear responsibility as you would train them to build muscle. Add what they can handle, then prepare them for more. Votes: 0

There was never a man in the game who could put mind and muscle together quicker and with better judgment than (Jackie) Robinson. Votes: 0

There's no particular relationship between spending and educational results. Most education spending is actually on salaries, and that's allocated according to political muscle. Votes: 0

Every problem is a character-building opportunity, and the more difficult it is, the greater the potential for building spiritual muscle and moral fiber. Votes: 0

Theres no particular relationship between spending and educational results. Most education spending is actually on salaries, and thats allocated according to political muscle. Votes: 0

The soul is a muscle, and it needs to be exercised a little every day. Say a morning prayer just to say something. Votes: 0

I have no ability to develop muscle tone. I could do situps all day and still look like a condom full of walnuts. Votes: 0

Heart broken-he felt a deep ache in his chest, like that of a sore muscle, and each beat of his heart pained him Votes: 0

Small birds throw seeds out of the feeder; large birds pick them up off the ground, but the squirrels try to muscle in. Votes: 0

Mob guys had muscle, and where in hell do you think employers got the tough guys when they wanted to break a strike? Votes: 0

The heart is a muscle, and you strengthen muscles by using them. The more I lead with my heart, the stronger it gets. Votes: 0

The heart is a muscle, and you strengthen muscles by using them. The more I lead with my heart, the stronger it gets. Votes: 0

Have a purpose in life, and having it, throw into your work such strength of mind and muscle as God has given you. Votes: 0

I tend to build bulk and muscle easily, and running seems to make sure I stay kind of stringy, if that makes sense. Votes: 0

Don't wait until you're not afraid of something to do it. Do it despite the fear and you'll start to develop a 'fearlessness muscle'. Votes: 0

Death's a fierce meadowlark: but to die having made / Something more equal to the centuries / Than muscle and bone, is mostly to shed weakness. Votes: 0

The duty of labor is written on a man's body: in the stout muscle of the arm,, and the delicate machinery of the hand. Votes: 0

Rather than strive to 'lose weight,' most people would be better off striving to lose only fat and to build or maintain muscle. Votes: 0

I ruptured my plantaris muscle. It runs through the calf and goes down the side of your achilles and stretches right to the heel. Votes: 0

Flood your life with ideas from many sources. Creativity needs to be exercised like a muscle. If you don't use it, you'll lose it! Votes: 0

Remember the mind is your best muscle...BIG ARMS can move rocks, but BIG WORDS can move mountains... Ride the brain train for success.... Votes: 0

I don't need to worry about that, that's always there on a slow simmer. The muscle I have to work on is being more present. Votes: 0

Essentially, your voice is an instrument; its a muscle, and you have to treat it like a muscle, and so you have to work it. Votes: 0

If you don't set your writing - teaching - at a level that makes them stretch, they are never going to develop their intellectual muscle. Votes: 0

Our world faces incredible economic uncertainty. The notion of what is a super power has evolved, and who actually can carry what muscle has changed. Votes: 0

If you want to do something that requires willpower—like going for a run after work—you have to conserve your willpower muscle during the day, Votes: 0

In golf, driving is a game of free-swinging muscle control, while putting is something like performing eye surgery and using a bread knife for a scalpel. Votes: 0

Well," said Ronan, "I hope he likes it. I've pulled a muscle." Gansey scoffed, "Doing what? You were standing watch." "Opening my hood. Votes: 0

I subscribe to the idea that personality is like a muscle, and sometimes you have to let it go limp and detach yourself from any associations. Votes: 0

When your goal is to put on muscle mass you must increase your calorie intake as you increase the activity level being given to the muscle. Votes: 0

If you want to "tone and build," it is time to pick up some iron - that's the way we can get a muscle to grow. Votes: 0

I try to do yoga when I can to make sure that I'm flexible and that I'm not going to tear any muscle or pull anything. Votes: 0

It is shameful and inhuman to treat men like chattels to make money by, or to regard them merely as so much muscle or physical power. Votes: 0

It is an esoteric doctrine of society, that a little wickedness is good to make muscle; as if conscience were not good for hands and legs. Votes: 0

Between the journeymen, vampires crouched like monstrous gargoyles: hairless, corded with a tight network of steel-hard muscle, and smeared in lime-green and purple sunblock. Bubble-gum-tinted nightmares. Votes: 0

When your goal is to put on muscle mass you must increase your calorie intake as you increase the activity level being given to the muscle Votes: 0

Not everybody's a great singer, but people can get better at singing. There's great singing teachers out there. It's a muscle, you just have to train it. Votes: 0

I believe that we have the ability to change our lives using our imaginations. Imagination is a muscle"”the more you use it, the stronger it gets. Votes: 0

My parents had this incredibly vital relationship with an audience, like muscle with blood. This was the main competition I had for my parents' attention: an audience. Votes: 0

If it turns out that Barry Bonds used steroids to bulk up and add muscle mass, he could get four to eight years as governor of California Votes: 0

Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It's a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment. Votes: 0

Experience is an author's most valuable asset; experience is the thing that puts the muscle and the breath and the warm blood into the book he writes. Votes: 0

The fool has set in his heart that he can get more money through the tiring of his muscle and the starvation of his brain-but he can't. Votes: 0

I'm training two-and-a-half hours a day, pushing my body beyond its normal limits, putting on a lot of muscle mass and just making myself look like Superman, Votes: 0

For every thought supported by feeling, there is a muscle change. Primary muscle patterns being the biological heritage of man, man's whole body records his emotional thinking. Votes: 0

From breathing techniques, muscle toning to overall flexibility and relaxation, my Pilates sessions have become something of a weekly necessity that keeps me fit, happy and energized. Votes: 0

It takes more muscles to frown than it does to smile, which make sense because yesterday I frowned so much I ended up pulling my groin muscle. Votes: 0

For 'Rocky II,' I got a torn pectoral muscle, I got all beat up inside, I had to have an operation to splice things back together. Votes: 0

I like the idea of young readers using my stories as a sort of moral gym, where they can flex and develop their newly developed moral muscle. Votes: 0

Throughout the developed world,we have moved from "man power"to "mind power."We have moved from the use of physical muscle to the use of mental muscle. Votes: 0

Action is transitory, a step, a blow, The motion of a muscle, this way or that, 'Tis done--And in the after-vacancy, We wonder at ourselves, like men betrayed. Votes: 0

In the study of Zen you can learn how to strengthen and clarify your finite mind. Your finite mind is like a muscle; when exercised it becomes stronger. Votes: 0

There's no set time or schedule for developing one's skills as a professional golfer, and it certainly doesn't come overnight. It's a muscle-memory exercise that comes over time. Votes: 0

I believe that we have the ability to change our lives using our imaginations. Imagination is a muscle - the more you use it, the stronger it gets. Votes: 0

One of the fundamental characteristics of striated muscle, and the one involving the greatest difficulty in investigation, is the great rapidity with which changes take place in it. Votes: 0

... where does strength come from? It is not muscle strength any more. It is not also mere intellectual strength. What is strength? Strength is the support of the people. Votes: 0

Courage is a muscle that develops through use. It's no use waiting for some inner fire to conveniently become apparent at the moment of crisis - that's cartoon stuff. Votes: 0

Life is glorious when it is happy; days are carefree when they are happy; the interplay of thought and imagination is far superior to that of muscle and sinew. Votes: 0

Kellogg's and Campbell's moats have also shrunk due to the increased buying power of supermarkets and companies like Wal-Mart. The muscle power of Wal-Mart and Costco has increased dramatically. Votes: 0

The only way to isolate specific back muscles - whether it is upper. or lower back - or make any progress is through the power of the mind-muscle connection. Votes: 0

I race historic muscle cars back in Australia, and that's my hobby. And I try to race home as soon as I've finished a movie but don't tell anyone. Votes: 0

The c**k isn't a muscle so it doesn't grow in relation to the shoulders, say, or the pectorals. You can't make it bigger through exercise, that's for sure. Votes: 0

I think the best exercise that I do is singing for an hour-and-a-half out on the stage, because, yes, I use the lung, the biggest muscle in your body. Votes: 0

If you want to grow a muscle, you must lift something out of your comfort zone. Push beyond what is comfortable, if you don't there will be no growth. Votes: 0

Germany is an economic giant but a political midget, and with the end of the Cold War she has started to muscle her presence throughout Europe and the world. Votes: 0

I came to see that what constitutes strength is not just a muscle or will. It can also include the most desperate vulnerability, the saddest heartache, the lightest, sweetest laughter. Votes: 0

A stem cell is essentially a blank cell capable of becoming another, more differentiated cell-type in the body, such as a skin cell, a muscle cell or a nerve cell. Votes: 0

There are some very significant changes in the way the fluids are distributed in our body, the way our heart functions initially, and as well as our bone and muscle. Votes: 0

I look at myself and pick out the things I don't like. No matter how much I work out, I never get muscle tone in my butt and hip area. Votes: 0

I haven't seen Iowa people get so excited since the night Frank Gotch and Strangler Lewis lay on the mat for three and a half hours without moving a muscle. Votes: 0

With any kind of artistic thing, it's a muscle, like any athlete, and the moment you're not doing it, you lose all confidence. That's why I'm terrible with down time. Votes: 0

Vin Diesel is the best kisser in the world, better than anyone else I've ever had. The most attractive thing about Vin is his brain. That's his most attractive muscle. Votes: 0

Who cares if there are lumps on my thighs? I'm guilty of having human legs made up of fat, muscle, and skin, and sometimes when you sit, they get bumpy! Votes: 0

I'm always busy. You know, the more I do, the more ideas I have—that's the funny thing. The brain is a muscle, and I'm a kind of body builder. Votes: 0

The more we stretch the muscle called compassion and generosity, the stronger we get, the better we feel about ourselves, the more loving we become to the world around us. Votes: 0

Fly flight is just a great phenomenon to study. It has everything - from the most sophisticated sensory biology; really, really interesting physics; really interesting muscle physiology; really interesting neural computations. Votes: 0

Mohammed al-Qahtani was not alleged to be a leader of the Sept. 11 plot. He was not trained as a pilot. If he was involved, he was one of the 'muscle' hijackers. Votes: 0

From middle age on, there's nothing more vital to your health and weight control than building lean muscle mass, and the only way that happens is with weight training and exercise. Votes: 0

Successful resistance to temptation may result in an increase of moral muscle, but that is because one is going to need it. A temptation resisted may become more, not less, fierce. Votes: 0

Everyone has a 'risk muscle.' You keep it in shape by trying new things. If you don't, it atrophies. Make a point of using it at least once a day. Votes: 0

My workouts include aerobic exercise for a healthy cardiovascular system; strength training to maintain muscle tone and bone density; core strength exercise for a stable mid-section; and stretching to maintain mobility. Votes: 0

Observation is like a muscle. It grows stronger with use and atrophies without use. Exercise your observation muscle and you will become a more powerful decoder of the world around you. Votes: 0

That a strong stimulus to such an afferent nerve, exciting most or all of its fibres, should in regard to a given muscle develop inhibition and excitation concurrently is not surprising. Votes: 0

When our hearts open, when we know that we are in fact the world, when we experience the pain of others in our own blood and muscle, we are feeling compassion. Votes: 0

Marriage is a linchpin in many womens lives, but many other things can create a satisfying life. I adore my career. It stretches every physical, emotional, and intellectual muscle I have. Votes: 0

Marriage is a linchpin in many women's lives, but many other things can create a satisfying life. I adore my career. It stretches every physical, emotional, and intellectual muscle I have. Votes: 0

It's a muscle that everybody needs to develop: the ability to see themselves in someone else's circumstances without having to paint that person white, make that person straight, or a man. Votes: 0

Giving is like a muscle. To be strong, you have to exercise it, and to grow as a person, giving is the exercise. You can't really enjoy anything without sharing it. Votes: 0

The terminal path may, to distinguish it from internuncial common paths, be called the final common path. The motor nerve to a muscle is a collection of such final common paths. Votes: 0

The warmth of his body shouldn't have felt good. He was angry and every muscle was tense. It was like being leaned on by a very heavy, warm brick. A sexy brick. Votes: 0

He was dressed just like on TV, with lots of silver chains and bracelets, ripped jeans, and a black muscle shirt (Which was kind of stupid, since he didn't have any muscles). Votes: 0

I consider conversations with people to be mind exercises, but I don't want to pull a muscle, so I stretch a lot. That's why I'm constantly either rolling my eyes or yawning. Votes: 0

The law of the heart is thus the same as the law of muscular tissue generally, that the energy of contraction, however measured, is a function of the length of the muscle fibre. Votes: 0

In the entire history of the human species, every tool we've invented has been to expand muscle power. All except one. The integrated circuit, the computer. That lets us use our brain power. Votes: 0

Consider the biggest animals on the planet: elephants, and buffaloes, and giraffes. These are vegetarian animals. They grow to thousands of pounds of muscle and bone without ever eating cheeseburgers and pepperoni pizzas. Votes: 0

The silence is death. It comes each day with its shock to sit on my shoulder, a white bird, and peck at the black eyes and the vibrating red muscle of my mouth. Votes: 0

I know my mind is made of matter but I need to know exactly what is the matter at it's core? Because my heart is just a muscle and simply put, it's sore. Votes: 0

There's some muscle group around your shoulders that seizes up during the perfection dance and doesn't let go until you are asleep, or alone. Or maybe it never really lets go at all. Votes: 0

When you're running around and playing, it's amazing ground for imagination, and that's really the biggest muscle you need for anything in the arts. I think it's probably the biggest training I've had. Votes: 0

I was 15, and the years of hard swimming had packed muscle on my frame and made me very strong. Not as strong as a football player, but strong enough to inflict heavy damage. Votes: 0

Right now I'm 185, which is really good for me yet very hard for me to maintain. My weight seems high for the average woman, but I've got big bones and I'm maintaining muscle. Votes: 0

We choose forward. We choose inclusion. We choose growing together. We choose American economic might and muscle, standing strong on the bedrock of the American ideal: a strong, empowered and ever-growing middle class. Votes: 0

Budget cuts are a sad reality in most newsrooms, and I am concerned that they reduce the collective muscle of journalists who are doing the expensive, and often dangerous, work of on-the-ground reporting. Votes: 0

Over my tenure as governor, I have come not only to respect the political muscle of the Federation; I've come to respect the brains. All of us depend on your efforts and energies. Votes: 0

In comedy writing, a sitcom plot is basically the same thing: What's the worst thing that could happen? But you're playing it for comic effect. It's a similar muscle being used with Black Mirror. Votes: 0

I never focus on contraction. I'm focusing on my muscle. I'm not focusing on a certain style of lifting or contracting. I'm just trying to get the weight up. I'm trying to build muscle. Votes: 0

RADIO IS DEAD. The once-bright star that was public broadcasting has been destroyed by greed and corproate muscle to the point that even the music that is completely repugnant is positioned to be popular. Votes: 0

A hydrogen atom in a cell at the end of my nose was once part of an elephant's trunk. A carbon atom in my cardiac muscle was once in the tail of a dinosaur. Votes: 0

You can't live in a dialect without tremendous work. Like any muscle, accents and voices and languages are all formed out of the muscles that we have in our mouths and faces and tongues. Votes: 0

If you do not use a muscle or any part of the body, it tends to become atrophic. So is the case with the brain. The more you use it, the better it becomes. Votes: 0

If you develop just one muscle, one skill, make it the ability to focus and just get on with it. It will not only make you desirably employable, but it will make you happy. Votes: 0

A hydrogen atom in a cell at the end of my nose was once part of an elephant's trunk. A carbon atom in my cardiac muscle was once in the tail of a dinosaur." Votes: 0

It's harder to reveal sides of yourself that make you vulnerable but it's another muscle that can be developed and one that I think is worthwhile. That said, everyone finds their style. It's personal. Votes: 0

There's something in us that lives just beyond our normality - and I think we've all got a song in us. If only we could master that tiny muscle and make it sound listenable. Votes: 0

Your brain, like your tongue, is a muscle. Practicing thinking by yourself really helps develop your brain, which you need throughout your day. I like to practice my thinking in a darkened room, alone. Votes: 0

I spent thirty-three years in the Marines, most of my time being a hlgh class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer for capitalism. Votes: 0

I enjoy getting to work on 'Saturday Night Live', where I get to do people like David Paterson. And then, its like a different muscle to do someone like a bicycle guy on' Portlandia'. Votes: 0

By the time I sat down to write 'Family Pictures,' I hadn't written anything in almost two years, and writing, I have discovered, is a muscle: if it isn't exercised, it will atrophy. Votes: 0

I tried to tell you. You said you didn't care, remember?" A muscle ticked below his eye. "You should have told me anyway." "While you had barbells within your reach? Please. I'm Disease, not Stupid. Votes: 0

Creativity is a force moving through us, and only through practice do we learn how to cooperate with it. The 'process' is like a muscle. It needs to be exercised in order to function effortlessly. Votes: 0

Our imaginations are strong as children. Sometimes they get shoved aside, these imaginations. They get dusty and mildewed with age. The imagination is a muscle that has to be put to use or it shrivels. Votes: 0

I know what it is to put on weight. But when I got back to my routine, my body knew how to react. That's muscle memory, and you'll be amazed at what it can do. Votes: 0

They thought that athletes that worked out with my system wouldn't be able to throw a ball because they'd be too muscle bound. Those are the misconceptions I had to go through for about 40 years. Votes: 0

There are some things that money can't buy: peace of mind, for starters, and lean muscle mass. Neither the Queen of England nor the founder of Microsoft can put in an order for either one. Votes: 0

Every child is born blessed with a vivid imagination. But just as a muscle grows flabby with disuse, so the bright imagination of a child pales in later years if he ceases to exercise it. Votes: 0

In life's small things be resolute and great To keep thy muscle trained; Know'st thou when Fate Thy measure takes, or when she'll say to thee, "I find thee worthy; do this deed for me?" Votes: 0

You can muscle your way to the top as long as you're part of the production, which I am. I'm knitted into the money, so it's very hard to extricate me from the decision-making dynamic. Votes: 0

Being optimistic is like a muscle that gets stronger with use. Makes it easier when the tough times arrive. You have to change the way you think in order to change the way you feel. Votes: 0

Making a film, it uses a certain... 'pretend-muscle,' I don't know what you want to call it. It exhausts something in me, I find. It has to be really something to get me interested. Votes: 0

God’s Word is the living seed that brings new birth. It is the milk that nurtures the new life of a young Christian and the meat that builds the muscle of a mature believer. Votes: 0

I began to exercise a lot of cinematic muscle with the precepts I had learned in the New York art world. Film was intriguing. I began to think of art as elitist; film was not. Votes: 0

I wanted so much to forget the past, but it wouldn't go away, it hung around like an open wound that refused to scar over, an open window that no amount of muscle could shut. Votes: 0

I wanted to look sexy and I felt like I was too skinny so I started working out with a trainer trying to build some muscle because I was like this skinny little scrawny girl. Votes: 0

I have nice muscle tone in my arms. I can't really take credit for it, though - all the members of my family do. A lot of arm wrestling happened in our family growing up! Votes: 0

Any little touch a defender can make on me when I'm in the air literally moves me. On the ground, I can use my muscle, but in the air, it's harder to fight that off. Votes: 0

He pressed himself into me and kissed my neck, and it was as if everything strong and solid inside me, heart and bones and muscle and gut, softened and melted from the heat of him. Votes: 0