The Olympic Snatch is gymnastics with a bar

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.

The difference between being mediocre and achieving excellence is you.

Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read

No longer possessed by possessions, we may become open enough to become possessed by God.

Perhaps it is God's will to lead the people of South Africa through defeat and humiliation to a better future and a brighter day.

Let me get you all some punch,” I said. “You're leaving us?” said Isabel, sounding panicky. “I'll be right back,” I promised. “If anyone comes near you, just scream and run.

As I've got older, I've got more understanding of relationships and how they work - but every single relationship has different dynamics, so you can't paint everyone with the same colour.

The deadliest foe of democracy is not autocracy but liberty frenzied.

[Politicians] - they'll give you everything you want to your face - and then, as you walk away, they'll shoot you in the back because it's fun to watch you die.

If you have breakouts, it can be really healing, it's a little bit stinky, but if you're not sleeping over at your boyfriend's, it's really effective

My favorite film is Gene Tierney and Tyrone Power in The Razor's Edge.