Painful Ballet

Too clever is dumb. - Ogden Nash

Upward spinal (spiral) - Archie Bunker

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

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

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

I was deaf and dumb and blind to all but me, myself and I. - Loretta Young

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

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

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

A diamond is just a piece of coal that handles stress exceptionally well. - Unknown

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

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

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

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

It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions. - Mark Twain

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

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

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