Quotes About Balance

If I just swam all day, I'd lose it. That's why I do so many other activities. It keeps me sane.

R. Kelly is an image, a brand. That's my job. There's a whole other side of me that's Robert, who is a father, a friend. But then I put on the game face and go into the studio and do the music. That's just another day at the office.

I know that from my own experience, after I had my daughter Kelly, I felt great. I just wanted to get back on that court.

I had the opportunity to be around my kids a lot. I guess I could have kept working, but I had them when I was 47. You only get to see all this stuff once. I just chose to work at home and watch them.

I have always kept a pretty healthy separation between my work in my film and my life outside of it.

I've kept my sanity in this business by trying out for a role and then going home and trying to forget about it.

I was in good control of my body, and I kept my head still.

I've found that balance is key. I'm no longer an extremist in any one direction.

To heal from the inside out is the key.

Money will not give you happiness; it's part of the key.

I never used to drink water. I am drinking six liters of water every day now. That's the key.

I can be quite serious sometimes so laughing is key.

The key to success for any woman who wants to have a really serious career and a family is to marry a guy who is going to take at least half the responsibility for the house and kids - and sometimes more than half.

I try to work the hardest I can without burning myself out. It's not that I think working all the time is the key to success. It's just the way I was raised.

It's not easy to strap yourself down to a desk and bash on a keyboard when you know you can direct lots of films, because directing films is fun and interactive and gregarious. Writing isn't.

I'm on a health kick! I'm drawn to cheeseburgers, so I've got to just try and keep it on an even keel.

A thing can be too pretty and perfect, so if you kick some dirt on it, then it feels like you wore it around a bit.

So, I have those spurts where I get completely mad because I have those stories to tell but if I don't have, I'm happy to kick back also.

Just to keep my mind sharp. When you have like one job, you want to think about it enough to do well, but you can't over think it. It's not rocket science. It's just trying to kick the ball through the uprights.

Congress needs to stop kicking the proverbial spending can down the road and make the hard decisions necessary to rein in our debt and balance the federal budget.

My kids give me the balance to live right.

The kids are a big part of my schedule.

When you have kids, it limits you. That was a choice I made.

Having kids, you can't function with a hangover.