Marvin Minsky Quotes

It is the same with people as it is with riding a bike. Only when moving can one comfortably maintain one's balance.

I have excellent balance. That's a learned behavior.

A lot of people think jugglers defy gravity or do stuff. Well, I kind of, from my childhood and golf and all that, it's a process of joining with forces.

You can't have problems with hand movement, if you're going to be a good putter.

I could take an umbrella and balance it on my chin or on my foot. And I just got interested in that kind of thing. And as I played games more and more and got stronger physically, I just became more coordinated.

It takes a lot of physical and spiritual energy to balance on one wheel. Seen?

How do I take a step? How do I lift my foot off the ground, move it through the air a little bit and then bring it down? I had to teach myself to walk again.

I have to relearn how to walk again. It's not that you have to reteach yourself. But your mind and your foot have to get back on the same page, and remind yourself that it's OK to do this. You've done this before. It's reminding it what it's supposed to do again.

I'm no good at really anything that involves motor skills.

I feel comfortable in the air, me as a person. I feel very in control of my body. You can toss me from the weirdest angle. I just know where I'm at. I don't even know how to explain it.

I try to play with balance.

Balance is really important.

When you're using your upper body to live, you get to know how to move every muscle.

I'm a very coordinated individual.

There's a process to everything. If you fast track or make shortcuts in any way, and you get too much of one thing, you're just out of balance.

From the ground, I'm pretty solid from both sides. My form really helps me a lot and my backend complements it.

I've lost my equilibrium, my car keys, and my pride.

When you are balancing perfectly in a tree pose, everything is easy; your breath is deep and relaxed, and your muscles are working for you just as you'd like. It's pure and simple. Efficient. When you are having a great day, the same things occur. Your breathing is relaxed, your body is working harmoniously with your mind; everything just feels easier because you are in a state of balance.

One step, two...three...Soon she was in front of Aeron, smiling at her success. "What was that?" he asked. "Walking." "Took you so long, I'm officially fifty years older." She raised her chin, pride undiminished. "Well, I didn't fall.

My balance is really bad. I just hope my clumsiness doesn't show through.

If you think your hands are more important in your golf swing than your legs, try walking a hole on your hands.

Reality might be described as the eternal equipoise of positive and negative.

What I dream of is an art of balance.

I occasionally go to a yoga class. Everyone looks so limber and coordinated compared to me. I feel like I scare my classmates.

I can always paint very well with my eyes, but with my hands it doesn't always work out.