Quotes About Balance

Make lots of money. Enjoy the work. Operate within the law. Choose any two of three

Figure out what's good for you, then create a liking for it. You've got to work at living.

In this business, we have to travel so far away from our families. We have two children, so if we can work together, that's awesome. Before I met Lisa Bonet , it was a dream to work with her.

I don't like the idea of separating life and work. That notion seems dated and a bit alien to me.

You can work long, hard, or smart, but at Amazon.com you can't choose two out of three.

She [Mandy Ingber] brought yoga into my life. It completely changed my life . . . It's one of the most fun workouts I've ever had . . . So have fun and work hard because it will totally pay off.

I live at home and, if I want to start work at 11 o'clock, I can.

I'm the first to admit this whole salary thing is getting out of control. In the final analysis, it's still about the work.

I should have been thinking more about my family, how I raised my children, how I maintained life's work, so to speak.

We would like to carry out 100 percent, or maybe more, of our scientific program; I would like to devote some of my spare time toward extra scientific work.

I can't imagine doing an hour-long dramatic series because it's so much work. A sitcom is a wonderful gig. You work from 10 to 4 every day, it's fun, and you get to live at home.

I do enjoy a bit of the fantasy world that anime provides, but at the same time, I need the reality in it. I'm very much a stickler about the actual animation. I'm not into the cutesy, stereotypical animation with big eyes and a small chin. That annoys the hell out of me.

Frequently you have a clash between the more sterile letter of the law and the justice that underlies it, and I think one of the things I've been trying more or less, where it was possible, is to go with the justice rather than the letter of the law.

I think if I tried to be the stern parent, we would have slipped into Cinderella mode - with me as the evil stepmother!

I have often asked myself if I would have worked as hard if I was as ill as Steve Jobs. My answer is that my wife most likely would not have let me work, and I would have stayed home. But I am not Steve Jobs.

Steve was every woman's fantasy: macho but not a jerk, sensitive but not a wuss.

What is true environmentalism? I think it's environmental stewardship - not prohibition.

We're saying environmental stewardship and jobs in the economy. We can do both together.

When I'm not working, I would kill to have some sort of creative outlet other than, say, a coloring book. And when I'm working, I want to do all those things I was griping about - you know, make a turkey-and-cheese sandwich, put it in a zip-top bag, and stick it in a lunch box right now!

If you just stay away from junk, and stick with what your mom taught you, you're eating pretty healthy.

Juggling is a conversation with the stick, the body, the brain.

You can get a bit 'head in the clouds' - well, I do - and full of myself if I stick in front of the camera for too long. I forget there is hard work that needs to be done.

You want to stick with one sport and master one thing and be good, yeah, you might be able to go to more combines, but the life experiences and athleticism you get from playing three sports or whatever will stick with you and help you progress.

I'd love to see more businesses take this approach - intentionally rightsizing themselves. Hit a number that feels good and say, 'Let's stick around here.'