Quotes About Balance

I can't watch iceskating because the whole time I think they're going to fall! I get so uncomfortable.

I don't have the time to curl up on my couch with a good book.

and I try to draw the line but it ends up running down the middle of me most of the time.

I have as many pictures of my vocal cords as I do of my children. I have a great ear, nose and throat doctor, and we look at them - if there's some redness, maybe I'll take a little time off.

One of the surprises of being a grown-up is embracing the fact that you see your friends when you are both available. It's not like you hang out all the time.... It's just the reality.

Everyone needs some time to themselves.

I think any time you take on touchy subjects, you're going to offend some people, or you're going to please others.

I conveniently forgot to remember that people only have two hands, or, as another parent once said of having a third child, it's time for a zone defense instead of man-to-man.

Breaks are good because you need breaks to be more creative. It's hard to come up with that creativity and the stamina for that creativity, all the time.

For 10 or 11 years, I had my kids, I wrote four or five books, and I was working all the damn time.

Can you write a book and have children at the same time? Yes, if you're content to do it very very slowly.

My husband has spent more time with our children than I have. I don't think they're better or worse off.

I'm a housewife: I spend far more time on housework than anything else.

I have different hats; I'm a mother, I'm a woman, I'm a human being, I'm an artist and hopefully I'm an advocate. All of those plates are things I spin all the time.

Pop stars are so busy having a career that they don't really have a lot of time for activism.

World peace is the most essential outer realization of our time.

I'm a guy who should not have a lot of free time. But when it comes to vacation, I like to pull the plug completely. It's all about my daughter - I'm no longer the star of my own movie.

I run my household. Not all the time, well, sometimes.

It's time to sleep your way to the top.

I would say I'm 90 percent collaborative in everything I do, and 10 percent of the time I just make the call.

Of course I regret not having been able to spend time with my family.

Establishing and keeping a routine can be even more important than having a lot of time.

Maybe at the same time as I'm more confident today, I'm also more humble.

I don't have time for a job that doesn't leave me time to be quiet or still or to pray.