"Most of the exercise I get is..." - Quote by Thomas Edison
Most of the exercise I get is from standing and walking around laboratory tables all day. I derive more benefit and entertainment from this than some of my friends and competitors get from playing games like golf.
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“A lawsuit is the suicide of time.”
“The first requisite for success is to develop the ability to focus and apply your mental and physical energies to the problem at hand - without growing weary. Because such thinking is often difficult, there seems to be no limit to which some people will go to avoid the effort and labor that is associated with it.”
“There cannot be overproduction of anything which men and women want. And their wants are unlimited, except by the size of their stomachs.”
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“I have found out that though the ways in which I can make myself useful are few, yet the work open to me is endless.”
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“Take some exercise, try to recover the look of a human being.”
“The cruelty of nature is you have to work out harder when you get older ... It should be the other way around: Work out hard when you're a kid you should be able to coast when you get older. But unfortunately you have to do more to stay in the same position.”
“A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks.”