Logo
Quote by Harold Brodkey
Athletes have studied how to leap and how to survive the leap some

Athletes have studied how to leap and how to survive the leap some of the time and return to the ground. They dont always do it well. But they are our philosophers of actual moments and the body and soul in them, and of our maneuvers in our emergencies and longings. – Harold Brodkey

Other quotes by Harold Brodkey

I awake with a not entirely sickened knowledge that I am merely young again and in a funny way at peace, an observer who is aware of times chariot, aware that some metamorphosis has occurred. – Harold Brodkey

Category:
Knowledge
Author
Harold Brodkey
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Exercise
category

A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts. – St. Jerome

Category:
Exercise

I believe that the Good Lord gave us a finite number of heartbeats and Im damned if Im going to use up mine running up and down a street. – Neil Armstrong

Category:
Exercise

If the poor overweight jogger only knew how far he had to run to work off the calories in a crust of bread he might find it better in terms of pound per mile to go to a massage parlor. – Christiaan Barnard

Category:
Exercise

Aerobics: a series of strenuous exercises which help convert fats, sugars, and starches into aches, pains, and cramps. – Author Unknown

Category:
Exercise

Random Quotes

I am told that there have been over the years a number of experiments taking place in places like Massachusetts Institute of Technology that have been entirely based on concepts raised by Star Trek. – Patrick Stewart

Category:
Technology

It takes more strength of character to withstand good fortune than bad. – La Rochefoucauld, Reflections, 1665

Category:
Prosperity

While I dont often use the word, the technically precise term for my orientation is bisexual. I believe bisexuality is not a choice, it is a fact. What I have chosen is to be in a gay relationship. – Cynthia Nixon

Category:
relationship

Movies about space raise those questions of what were doing here, and that inevitably introduces a spiritual dimension. – Danny Boyle

Category:
movies