Jeremy Hardy Quotes

Sometimes I catch myself stooping, and whenever I am like that, I am sure something is not quite right.

Most of the day I work standing up, as I once read somewhere that it's the best position for the back.

I think a lot of women have back problems.

People say the seats at sporting events are too small. My response is, 'That's why we're trying to work on the size of your rear end!'

Officials at the White House are saying that President Bush hasn't changed his schedule much since the war started. The main difference, they say, is that he's started watching the news and taping Sponge Bob.

The most important thing is posture: when you get old, it's the way you walk, the way you stand, that shows it.

You spend some time raising a child in London, carrying it around on one side of your body - it puts your back out!

I developed my love for the news because of my love for international news.

Yes, I slouch. My mother tells me that.

I would never encourage anyone to adopt a contractive posture. It's not good for you physically. It's not good for you psychologically.

Technology is transforming how we hold ourselves, contorting our bodies into what the New Zealand physiotherapist Steve August calls the 'iHunch.' I've also heard people call it 'text neck,' and in my work, I sometimes refer to it as 'iPosture.'

Remember to stand tall and tuck your tummy in - very important as you get older!

Standing in front of our hallway mirror, I am practising a few poses - one leg artfully bent, the opposite shoulder up - when the man of the house strides in and decides to share: a) I look like I have dislocated my shoulder and b) Has anyone ever told me I strongly resemble Tom Cruise?

A man can spend several hours sitting cross-legged in the same position if he knows that noting prevents him from changing it; but if he knows that he has to sit with his legs crossed like that, he will get cramps, his legs will twitch and strain towards where he would like to stretch them.

I found the secret of life to be body placement.

Writers tend to suffer from back problems because they spend their time bent over a desk.

You've got to stand as you exist. You can change the height of the podium to accommodate your height, but you cannot have a stool. You cannot have footstool or any of that.

Never slouch as doing so compresses the lungs, overcrowds other vital organs, rounds the back, and throws you off balance.

With public speaking, practicing congruence is very helpful - allowing the words to be expressed with the face and body. It helps to think of simply "turning up the nonverbal volume."

It’s hard to look in charge when you’re hunched over like Quasimodo.

Let me hear your body talk.

Hard news really is hard. It sticks not in the craw but in the mind. It has an almost physical effect, causing fear, interest, laughter or shock.

The spine is the tree of life. Respect it.

Body language is so important, as is composition. You can not say something, and then the body reacts, and it says a lot of things dialogue can also say.

I have very bad posture.