Painful Ballet

Too clever is dumb. - Ogden Nash

Upward spinal (spiral) - Archie Bunker

Only dumb people are happy. - Courtney Love

Act like a horse. Be dumb. Just run. - Unknown

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

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

Give your stress wings and let it fly away. - Gerri Guillemets

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

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

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

Most of life is choices, and the rest is pure dumb luck. - Marian Erickson

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

I'm due at the ballet. They're doin' Swoon Lake. - Archie Bunker

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

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

Dubm Waiter: One who asks if the kids would care to order dessert - Daffynitions joe-ks.com

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 nothing more than a socially acceptable form of mental illness. - Richard Carlson

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

God will never give you anything you can't handle, so don't stress. - Kelly Clarkson

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

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. - William James

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

My husband, Fang, is so dumb I once said, "There's a dead bird." He looked up. - Phyllis Diller

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

In times of great stress or adversity, plow your anger and your energy into something positive. - Lee Iacocca

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

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

Most ballet teachers in the United States are terrible. If they were in medicine, everyone would be poisoned. - George Balanchine

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

Thanksgiving is the language of heaven, and we had better start to learn it if we are not to be mere dumb aliens there. - AJ Gossip

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

My Mother: She is beautiful, softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel. I want to grow old and be like her. - Jodi Picoult

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

Go figure a crazy, mixed-up country where ballet outsells boxing. I wouldn't be surprised if their wrestling was on the level. - Bob Hope

You can imagine me as a kid growing up in redneck Texas with ballet shoes, tucking the violin under my arm. I had to fight my way up. - Patrick Swayze

Animals are not our selfie props. If there's any risk that your photo is going to hurt or stress an animal, it's not worth it. - Angela Henderson

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