#weigh

The proportion between the velocity with which men or animals move, and the weights they carry, is a matter of considerable importance, particularly in military affairs. ↗

— Charles Babbage

#between #carry #considerable #importance #matter

After a lifetime of losing and gaining weight, I get it. No matter how you slice it, weight loss comes down to the simple formula of calories in, calories out. ↗

— Valerie Bertinelli

#calories #comes #down #formula #gaining

I think a lot of people think because I was getting the divorce, that was really the catalyst for gaining so much weight. ↗

— Valerie Bertinelli

#catalyst #divorce #gaining #getting #i

The books or the music in which we thought the beauty was located will betray us if we trust them; it was not in them, it only came through them, and what came through was longing... For they are not the thing itself; they are only the scent of a flower we have not found, the echo of a tune we have not heard, news from a country we have never yet visited. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#beauty

Behold a republic standing erect while empires all around are bowed beneath the weight of their own armaments - a republic whose flag is loved while other flags are only feared. ↗

— William Jennings Bryan

#around #behold #beneath #bowed #empires

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

— Deborah Bull

#dancers #fat #heavier #lean #might

I'm not a weight lifter. I'm a seeker. Weight lifting is so insignificant in my life. ↗

— Sri Chinmoy

#insignificant #life #lifting #my life #seeker

I skate about 15 to 20 hours a week and also incorporate a lot of off-ice training. I take ballet and Pilates classes and lift weights with my physical therapist when I'm not on the ice. ↗

— Sasha Cohen

#also #ballet #classes #hours #i

The weight of the world is love. Under the burden of solitude, under the burden of dissatisfaction. ↗

— Allen Ginsberg

#dissatisfaction #love #solitude #under #weight

We were only on orbit a little over two days, so we had no adverse effects from being weightless. ↗

— Robert Crippen

#being #days #effects #had #little