The painter who is familiar with the nature of the sinews, muscles, and tendons, will know very well, in giving movement to a limb, how many and which sinews cause it; and which muscle, by swelling, causes the contraction of that sinew; and which sinews, expanded into the thinnest cartilage, surround and support the said muscle.
Leonardo da VinciAll truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.
Friedrich NietzscheWhen I walk outside, people have something to say about it.
Lana Del ReyI don’t want to do free jazz! Because free jazz – which is the musical equivalent of free marketeering – isn’t actually free at all. It’s just constrained by what your muscles can do.
Brian EnoJust do some kind of workout. Doesn’t matter if it’s going for a walk around the block, going for a jog, doing some calisthenics, lifting weights, going to a pool and swimming – you name it. But do something that gets your blood flowing and gets your mind in the game.
Jocko WillinkI like to walk around with bare feet and I don’t like to comb my hair.
Beyonce KnowlesFront yards are not made to walk in, but, at most, through, and you could go in the back way.
Henry David ThoreauEverywhere is within walking distance if you have the time.
Steven WrightWalking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.
Helen KellerWalking is man’s best medicine.
HippocratesI had some eyeglasses. I was walking down the street when suddenly the prescription ran out.
Steven WrightLet a man walk ten miles steadily on a hot summer’s day along a dusty English road, and he will soon discover why beer was invented.
Gilbert K. ChestertonWhen I walk with you I feel as if I had a flower in my buttonhole.
William Makepeace ThackerayI was walking down the street wearing glasses when the prescription ran out.
Steven WrightI learned to walk as a baby, and I haven’t had a lesson since.
Marilyn MonroeSome folks look at me and see a certain swagger, which in Texas is called ‚walking.‘
George W. BushAfter one has been in prison, it is the small things that one appreciates: being able to take a walk whenever one wants, going into a shop and buying a newspaper, speaking or choosing to remain silent. The simple act of being able to control one’s person.
Nelson MandelaIn the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with his legs.
Ralph Waldo EmersonIf my critics saw me walking over the Thames they would say it was because I couldn’t swim.
Margaret ThatcherWalking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far.
Thomas JeffersonI suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.
Mahatma GandhiI’m an introvert… I love being by myself, love being outdoors, love taking a long walk with my dogs and looking at the trees, flowers, the sky.
Audrey HepburnI collect records. And cats. I don’t have any cats right now. But if I’m taking a walk and I see a cat, I’m happy.
Haruki MurakamiI sometimes have a tendency to walk on the dark side.
J. K. Rowling