If you’re 50, exercise your mind and body regularly, eat well, and have a general zest for life, you’re likely younger — in very real, physical terms — than your neighbor who is 44, works in a dead-end job, eats chicken wings twice a day, considers thinking too strenuous and looks at lifting a beer glass as a reasonable daily workout.

More quotes by Ken Robinson

View all
"Every day our children spread their dreams beneath our feet. We should tread softly."

- Ken Robinson

Awareness

"Human resources are like natural resources; they’re often buried deep. You have to go looking for them; they’re not just lying around on the surface."

- Ken Robinson

Awareness

"If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything original."

- Ken Robinson

Creativity

"My contention is that creativity now is as important in education as literacy, and we should treat it with the same status."

- Ken Robinson

Creativity

"If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original."

- Ken Robinson

Creativity

More Health Quotes

View all
"Nature has given us all the pieces required to achieve exceptional wellness and health, but has left it to us to put these pieces together."

- Diane McLaren

Health

"Exercise should be regarded as tribute to the heart."

- Gene Tunney

Health

"Your health account, your bank account, they’re the same thing. The more you put in, the more you can take out."

- Jack LaLanne

Health

"Exercise is king. Nutrition is queen. Put them together and you’ve got a kingdom."

- Jack LaLanne

Health

"To enjoy the glow of good health, you must exercise."

- Gene Tunney

Health