I don't even like Greg Glassman. I don't have a cult like allegiance to the guy. I really don't like him. He's too hard to get on the phone and he doesn't drink my kind of scotch.

You can't make people smarter. You can expose them to information, but your responsibility stops there.

There is never an absolute answer to everything, except of course that you have to do your squats.

Strong people are harder to kill than weak people and more useful in general.

An adult male weighs at least 200 pounds

If you insist on wearing gloves, make sure they match your purse.

A squat cannot be performed on a Smith machine any more than it can be performed in a small closet with a hamster.

You don't get big and strong from lifting weights - you get big and strong from recovering from lifting weights

I welcome you to the community of people who have decided that EASY will no longer suffice!

There is no such thing as "firming and toning." There is only stronger and weaker.

The deadlift also serves as a way to train the mind to do things that are hard.

She read about people she could never be and adventures she'd never have.

If you meet an angel, you will have not peace, but a fever.

If the condition of grief is nearly universal, its transactions are exquisitely personal.

Preach! Write! Act! Do any thing, save to lie down and die!

They will envy you for your success, your wealth, for your intelligence, for your looks, for your status - but rarely for your wisdom.

You haven't lost anything when you know were it is. Death can hide but not divide.

Communism destroys democracy. Democracy can also destroy Communism.

I think that part of being a good journalist, part of being an awake member of the world youre in, is to view yourself as an outsider, and I always have, to some degree.

Nature has a way of deadening us to traumatic events, until we're ready to deal with it. And once you do, it's a volcanic reaction.

The Kingdom of Heaven is within us. God is within us. He is the Soul of our souls. See Him in your own soul. That is practical religion. That is freedom.