Henry Petroski Quotes

Noise is a parasite. Anything noisy is poorly designed.

I used to say I would never run unless I was being chased by someone with a gun. Now I'm a little obsessed with it!

The first thing I tell clients is get off the couch! Just start making some small lifestyle changes such as walking to work instead of driving or taking the stairs instead of the lift. The small things you can change all add up.

The exercise I do now is a mammoth change for me because I never did any exercise ever.

Focus on your problem zones, your strength, your energy, your flexibility and all the rest. Maybe your chest is flabby or your hips or waist need toning. Also, you should change your program every thirty days. That's the key.

The mind is the most important part of achieving any fitness goal. Mental change always comes before physical change.

I started working out, doing a formal workout right around 1980. That's when I really decided I needed to get in shape and it may have been because you just start to see a decrease - a change in your body.

I don't stress about things I can't change, so if I have a day when I don't look great, I don't look in the mirror! I try to fit in one session of Bikram yoga and one run a week and, if I can, one swim, but that's pushing it.

In the game of life, less diversity means fewer options for change. Wild or domesticated, panda or pea, adaptation is the requirement for survival.

American products are marvels of production and functionality, but were unnecessarily and unbearably ugly, noisy smelly and offensive.

Variety is what I would recommend: As variety is the spice of life in food, so it is in exercise. Change it up. But most of all, don't overdo it.

As a consequence, geneticists described evolution simply as a change in gene frequencies in populations, totally ignoring the fact that evolution consists of the two simultaneous but quite separate phenomena of adaptation and diversification.

I didn't start jogging or running until I was 37 years old. It was something that really helped me change my life.

I love doing Pilates and dance. It's fun to mix things up and change your program every ten days.

I skate a lot with my shirt off, so working out has always been important to me. I almost have as much fun working out as I do skating. And seeing your body change, and seeing yourself get bigger and more toned and cut, makes a big difference in how you feel about yourself.

I was always very physical, growing up, and did sports. I like to get out and do different things, and walk in different shoes. I like change. I like challenge.

Change your plate. Change your fate.

In my experience, if you have to keep the lavatory door shut by extending your left leg, it's modern architecture.

It's fun to change your body and find new things that your body does because of the weight.

I keep my weight low, although you need to be able to move your weight around the race car to change the balance. I'm 6ft and I'm 70kg so I haven't much fat on me.

15 minutes a day! Give me just this and I'll prove I can make you a new man.

I think if you look at Andre then and now, you look at two different models. Of course it's personal preference, I think Andre now is a great role model for the kids. He has started training differently than he was before, and so on and so on.

Rest is the best thing for your body rather than working out or dieting. Sleep can change your whole metabolism, so it's my number one priority when it comes to looking good.

Far too few designers put any thought into usability, ending up with a great product that's completely inaccessible.

All we're trying to do is change how people think about fitness. And build Under Armour into the biggest brand in the entire land.