Painful Ballet

Too clever is dumb. - Ogden Nash

Upward spinal (spiral) - Archie Bunker

Stress makes you stupid. - Unknown

There are no dumb customers. - Peter F Drucker

Wrestling is ballet with violence. - Jesse Ventura

I may be dumb, but I'm not stupid. - Terry Bradshaw

I can't brain today. I have the dumb. - Unknown

The spine is man's Achilles' heel. - Andre Brie

Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie. - David Mamet

Ballet is good, because it makes you stand up tall. - Carine Roitfeld

If stress burned calories, I'd be a supermodel. - Unknown

He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up. - Paul Keating

Stress should be a powerful driving force, not an obstacle. - Bob Phillips

Smile. It will bring serenity to the most stressful situations. - Garnet Hill

Reality: The leading cause of stress among those in touch with it. - Lily Tomlin

Too much homework can cause stress, depression and even lower grades. - Unknown

The early bird would never catch the worm if the dumb worm slept late. - Milton Berle

Stress is an important dragon to slay - or at least tame - in your life. - Marilu Henner

Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. - Natalie Goldberg

Retirement means no pressure, no stress, no heartache... unless you play golf. - Gene Perret

Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one. - Hans Selye

Yoga is the fountain of youth. You're only as young as your spine is flexible. - Bob Harper

Stress depletes willpower, which diminishes your ability to control those emotions. - Roy F Baumeister

Do not be afraid to ask dumb questions; they are easier to handle than dumb mistakes. - Unknown

Stress is your body's way of saying you haven't worked enough unpaid overtime. - Scott Adams

When other little girls wanted to be ballet dancers, I kind of wanted to be a vampire. - Angelina Jolie

Man should not try to avoid stress any more than he would shun food, love, or exercise. - Hans Selye

Stress exacerbates any problem, whether it's diabetes, heart trouble, MS, or whatever. - Mary Ann Mobley

The ballet toe shoe is one of the few instruments of torture to survive intact into our time. - Unknown

You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy. - Erica Jong

Although I am not stupid, the mathematical side of my brain is like dumb notes upon a damaged piano. - Margot Asquith

Boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other. - Jack Handey

Then she thought bitterly that it would be much easier to resist chocolate if her life were less stressful. - J K Rowling

Transformation also means looking for ways to stop pushing yourself so hard professionally or inviting so much stress. - Gail Sheehy

One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity there ain't nothing can beat teamwork. - Mark Twain

I'm not just retiring from the company, I'm also retiring from my stress, my commute, my alarm clock, and my iron. - Hartman Jule

If one can only see things according to one's own belief system, one is destined to become virtually deaf, dumb, and blind. - Robert A. Wilson

Keep your sense of humor. There's enough stress in the rest of your life to let bad shots ruin a game you're supposed to enjoy. - Amy Alcott

Being in politics is like being a football coach; you have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it's important. - Eugene McCarthy

To be a champion, you have to learn to handle stress and pressure. But if you've prepared mentally and physically, you don't have to worry. - Harvey Mackay