Quotes About Balance

If I could sew comedy and philosophy together, then I've done a good job. The primary goal is always going to be laughs and the secondary goal is always going to be saying something without it being a lecture. I think it's important to have substance for what you're saying.

Don't let form become more important than the substance of your heart and mind. Don't let commerce determine what you do exclusively.

I don't even drink coffee. I try to avoid becoming reliant on any substance.

For me, alcohol has this endless fascination that there's this substance that can enhance life so beautifully and destroy it so completely.

I want to do every kind of role with a reasonable amount of panache. I want to be a fair combination of style and substance.

I've added up all the hours of zzz's I've missed in my lifetime, and it turns out I'm running on a rather substantial deficit.

I think it's possible to bag substantial roles in meaningful cinema despite being a mother. My role in Yagavarayinum ' is the best example.

If something substantial comes my way - a very meaty and major role - which I would love to do, then of course one can make time for that.

Rules help govern and steer a relationship along, so they're good things. But they become bad things when they become the narrow gate though which the relationship must always pass. When this happens, the rules become the basis for the relationship and, in a sense, become a substitute for the relationship.

No government should ever be big enough to substitute for the family.

You have to eat well, drink enough water and get enough sleep to look your best, and no fancy creams will substitute that.

When I was not a body guard, I was a substitute teacher during the day, I was bounced clubs at night and yeah, I was working.

Dragon fruit is very subtle, very delicate. So you want to be careful not to kill it with things that have very strong flavor.

Nowadays, the process of growth and development almost never seems to manage to create this subtle balance between the importance of the individual parts, and the coherence of the environment as a whole. One or the other always dominates.

Tai Chi is not super masculine. It's not super pushing and strong, but it's has so much power in its movements. It's so smooth and it's so subtle.

It's not a good idea to match your shoes with a bag too stringently. Go for subtle similarity.

It's always a balance between something that touches you intimately and something that you think is going to be generous - I like to find intimate, subtle subjects and bring them into strong story telling.

When Dad stopped playing in a rock band and was done chasing that dream, he devoted himself to his family. I would love to do the same thing - just without driving a 1991 Suburban and wearing sweatpants, a fanny pack, and six-year-old Pumas.

When you're directed by social media, I think it's very easy to lose a sense of agency. And you can see it when you go to any subway station, you walk down any street in a city, you will see 70-80 percent of people staring into their phones as they walk or stand.

I don't think the way to succeed is by doing something aggressive. Aggression is weak-minded.

Decency must be an even more exhausting state to maintain than its opposite. Those who succeed seem to need a stupefying amount of sleep.

Middle America believes in fair play, an equal opportunity to succeed or to fail.

I believe happiness is a chemical imbalance - it's a silly thing to strife for. But satisfaction - if you seek satisfaction, you can succeed. Satisfaction is knowing that you're doing the best that you can do; you're living your life to the fullest.

Thorns and roses grow on the same tree.