Brad Bird Quotes

The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin.

People walk differently in high heels. Your body sways to a different kind of tempo.

Whether I was dancing around the house with headphones on or on stage with the Spice Girls... I learned firsthand that dancing was the key to shedding off the pounds and keeping them off.

There is no such thing as a 'correct' weight for any particular height - they are only averages.

Physical elegance, which is what I am talking about here, comes from the body. This is no superficial matter, but rather the way that man found to honour the way he places his two feet on the ground.

From the moment I open my eyes, I'm trying to free my body. I'm trying to get looser, more flexible, to gain control. Movement is medicine to me.

I was really gangly and uncoordinated as a kid. I couldn't even do a cartwheel.

That's the worst part about all of the injuries and the criticism. It would be one thing if I had been healthy for five years and just sucked when I was on the court. But I can't prove what I can do because I can't stay healthy. Not having control over the situation makes it tough.

When you're 250 pounds, you can push more people around, but you can't move as fast or jump as high.

Don't try to kid yourself that your game is about pace if it isn't. If you're a big guy like me you need to look at how similarly built players use that physical presence to influence a game. Accept that your build may have some limitations - but plenty of plus points too.

When I go to my constituency - in fact, when I walk around - you can almost now tell somebody's background by their weight.

Those who fat shame, I want to tell them being happy has nothing to do with body weight but how one leads his or her life.

The perception is if you are not 206lbs then you can't be considered main event talent, which is foolish.

Some people tap their feet, some people snap their fingers, and some people sway back and forth. I just sorta do 'em all together, I guess.

I don't want to be grotesque, but when you're 330 pounds, it's hard to wipe your a-. You know?

An ample arse helps you to be weighed down and be grounded.

Forget about calories - everything makes thin people thinner, and fat people fatter.

The brain is not an organ we are authorized to use. We are supposed to use only our hands and legs.

I mean I love movement. I mean the energy that comes from the way I move. We get energy from how we move. I mean the control I get from knowing everything about how my body feels and how it is working.

Outsider means "I will accept the possibility that I don't have responsibility for what is happening inside my domain."

For just as some people want a purely spiritual Christ, without flesh and without the cross, they also want their interpersonal relationships provided by sophisticated equipment, by screens and systems which can be turned on and off on command. Meanwhile, the Gospel tells us constantly to run the risk of a face-to-face encounter with others, with their physical presence which challenges us, with their pain and their pleas, with their joy which infects us in our close and continuous interaction.

Having a disability changes your whole life, not just your attitude.

I also use that centering process I mentioned as a way to focus my mind and connect it to my physical body. I feel that when we are aware of our physical bodies, we become more aware of how we exist on the earth and more considerate of others with whom we share the earth.

And the other was this: the doctor did want to take off my leg because he thought it was necessary. But you must remember boys in those days were raised for two things: work, and then they made their play; and if you couldn't play baseball and box and play football, why, your life was ended. That was in our boyish minds.

There is a hunger in this digital age to hear authors together, to participate in programs, to just be in a place, a community space.