Quotes About Balance

We want our government to protect us, to make sure something like 9/11 never happens again. We quickly moved to give law enforcement more power to do this. But that now begs the question, did we move to fast? Did we give too much power away? I don't have the answer.

When I'm not acting, I do like to take a year off at a time, at least if I can, just in order to keep acting exciting - otherwise I get bored very quickly.

I did a paper round as a kid, but the early mornings were too much. My dad took it over, so I was getting paid 15 quid a week, but he was doing it!

The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.

I try to be as quiet as I can at the plate, but still aggressive.

I want a bit of peace and quiet in my life after burning the candle at both ends.

I like the country, the peace and quiet, because the music business is so hectic.

I live in a flat in central London. I do like it there; there's always stuff going on. But I do crave a bit of peace and quiet.

I love my peace and quiet. I love to be with my family.

There always needs to be some excitement and some peace and quiet - otherwise you'll have a heart attack.

I can write pretty much anywhere if you give me time and some quiet. The home is not usually the best place because I have four children. It's usually pandemonium around here!

Sadness is a very interesting idea, this idea of sadness being some kind of default setting that artists will go into. And then I started thinking about this idea of sadness and happiness, and the idea that sadness is very loud, and happiness is quiet.

I've got to be able to get my time off whether it's just enjoying my house or the peace and quiet of my family and being there and cooking for them. I love doing that. I also love doing leisure things. I ride horses. I love to shop. I love to drive!

I felt like I could write about quiet, self-contained moments and also about those moments when the world rushes in again.

Alright, alright, I admit it: my husband is the quiet, kind, accepting parent, and I'm the one who wants so much to be part of our two daughters' lives than I can't even let them finish a story without interrupting.

It's dangerous to accept crisis as your baseline. It gets harder and harder to see the anti-crises that are so requisite to happiness: the quiet times, the crucial pauses - like those in a poem.

I find that when I write, I need things to be quiet, but when I design, I can't bear it if it's quiet.

Anything for a quiet life.

I like a quiet life.

I want a quiet life.

I feel like I live a pretty quiet life. I like to focus on work and friends, and I love being in nature.

It's a quiet life. Normally it's training, house, gym.

I have my life on the field, but when I finish that, I want a quiet life with my family.

Don't get me wrong: if I'm having fun, I'm going to have fun. But I need a lot of quiet time.