Quotes About Balance

They say you can smoke 400 cigs a day and drink 20 cups of coffee, but you can't have a line or a drink again.

If someone is being absolutely critical of me as a driver, what could they say? I am also critical of myself to try and keep things in perspective. That is very important.

They say that structure is freedom, and in a sense it is. When you're dealing with multiple constraints, you have to figure out what you can get out of that.

I have always said to myself, 'I never want to say I'm leaving a job because I want to spend more time with my family.' I feel sorry for people when they say that. But my advice to them is that you shouldn't have taken the job in the first place.

People want to say something negative before they say something good.

In government, you are pressed by the security agencies. They come to you with very good information, and they say, 'You need to do something.' So you do need the breath of scepticism, not cynicism, breathing on them.

You have to have something in your life that's more important than the work. People don't really like to admit that. They say, 'Oh, my work is my most important thing.'

I think the goal is parity: I try to be pro-woman without being anti-man, and I hope and wish that men could do the same in that when they look at the screenplay, they say, 'Wait, wait, wait - is my daughter represented here, is my wife represented here? Is my sister represented?'

When people come to write about my period of office, I would be very happy if they say that I made a contribution to finding the happy medium again for the Germans.

The first 'Wii Fit' games I tried were the slalom and ski jumping. I believe my spectacular failures here had more to do with the board resting on thick carpet than my shoddy balance.

I love the plie squat. I love that because I can feel my glutes and inner thighs, and it makes me feel grounded.

Inner-thigh strength is important, and not just for appearance sake. If you enjoy - or have always wanted to try - ice skating or roller blading, strong inner thighs will come in handy.

Civilization is like a thin layer of ice upon a deep ocean of chaos and darkness.

To see the line between being good and bad is really thin. It's not easy for anyone, not the manager, the players or the staff.

I don't think I'm too thin at all. I understand when people say, 'Well your face gets gaunt,' but to get your bottom half to be the right size, your face might have to be a little gaunt. You choose your battles.

There's a thin line between narcissism, even if it's a healthy narcissism, and entertainment.

When you're feeling overtired and stretched too thin, it may seem incomprehensible to squeeze in a little 'me time.' But, the times when you feel like you can't possibly spare a minute for yourself, are likely the times when you need 'me time' the most.

I like looking nice, but I always put comfort over fashion. I don't find thin girls attractive; be happy and healthy. I've never had a problem with the way I look. I'd rather have lunch with my friends than go to a gym.

This is suicidal... our home is the biosphere. That's a very thin layer of air, water and land where all life exists. It's fixed, it can't grow, and yet we cling to this idea that the economy can grow forever. And it must. Well, it can't.

But there's a thin line between songwriting and arranging.

In a maturing market it's not advisable to be always everybody's darling, because you get too thin.

I just try to keep healthy more so than trying to be thin.

I'm not going to starve just to be thin... I want to enjoy life and I can't if I'm not eating and miserable.

I don't think I got thin. I think I got healthy.