“Some tribes [of monkeys] have taken to washing potatoes in the river before eating them, others have not. Sometimes migrating groups of potato-washers meet non-washers, and the two groups watch each other's strange behavior with apparent bewilderment. But unlike the inhabitants of Lilliput, who fought holy crusades over the question at which end to break the egg, the potato-washing monkeys do not go to war with the non-washers, because the poor creatures have no language which would enable them to declare washing a diving commandment and eating unwashed potatoes a deadly heresy.” TwoWarEndsSometimesLanguagePoorWatchesBreakTakenGroupsSocietyStrangeHolyCreaturesBehaviorEatingRiversEggsCommandmentsTribesMonkeysPotatoesHeresyWashingCrusadesDivingBewilderment Author:Arthur Koestler
“It's hard with ballet because your aesthetic really is important. It's different from acting and from film. Nobody wants to watch somebody who is sickly thin. And it's interesting because I have danced with people who are ill, have eating disorders, and a light goes off within them.” PeopleWantImportantDifferentHardLightFilmInterestingActingWatchesEatingIllDisorderBalletAestheticEating Disorder Author:Amanda Schull
“Marriage is a pretty amazing thing when you think about it. For two people to live together for so long under the same roof is a big accomplishment. Fifty-year anniversaries are becoming extinct, yet again proving that long marriages deserve awards and praise. Sometimes I see old people in restaurants sitting together eating their meals and I watch them. Sometimes it makes me sad. They don't even talk. Is it because they have nothing else to say, or can they simply read each other's mind by now?” PeopleThinkingYearsMindLongTwoSometimesBigsTogetherMarriageWatchesBecomingProveEatingSittingDeservePraiseAccomplishmentMealsRestaurantsFiftyAwardsRoofOld PeopleAmazing ThingsLong MarriageSitting Together Book:Life Laughs: The Naked Truth about Motherhood, Marriage, and Moving On Source: Life Laughs: The Naked Truth about Motherhood, Marriage, and Moving On
“Buy or borrow self-improvement books, but don't read them. Stack them around your bedroom and use them as places to rest bowls of cookies.Watch exercise shows on television, but don't do the exercises. Practice believing that the benefit lies in imagining yourself doing the exercises.Don't power walk. Saunter slowly in the sun, eating chocolate, and carry a blanket so you can take a nap.” BelieveBookSelfUseShowsLyingWalksWatchesPracticeSunTelevisionExerciseBenefitsEatingSelf ImprovementImprovementChocolateBowlsBedroomCookiesBlanketNapsEating ChocolateImagining Yourself Author:Sark
“The thing I love about television is that people watch you in their pajamas, and when they're eating dinner. You're part of the family.” PeopleWatchesTelevisionEatingDinnerThings I LovePajamasEating Dinner Author:Barbara Feldon
“I think I'm actually a mainstream, popcorn-eating kid. I've always been that, so I'd sit there watching action movies and American moves before I watch other movies quite often because I am that kid. But I've pushed into the more alternative area because that's where it gets really interesting creatively.” ThinkingKidsActionMovingInterestingWatchesEatingAreasAlternativesMainstreamGet RealReally InterestingAction MoviePopcorn Author:Eddie Izzard