Quotes About Balance

Acting is just playing the violin in an orchestra. Directing is being the conductor.

We have a lot of pressures on children very young. We have ambition. We over-schedule our children. We want them to have soccer lessons and violin lessons... I think children need to have at least an hour of fun a day.

If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. therefore, respect every musician in his proper place.

Working with a bunch of actors is like trying to tune each violin.

Most kids are very seriously interested in something - friends, math, shopping, sports. For me it happened to be music and the violin. I had the chance to pursue it without having it get in the way of my life.

I grew up playing piano and violin, and then basketball took over.

Anything that controls my state of mind I never really want to do because I always want to be under control. That might be part of me being a Virgo. I never want to do something that stops me from being in control of who I am and my actions.

My wife loves to get all dressed up and go out, and I'm this gloomy Virgo. It works because of the mutual recognition that we are two democratic narcissists. She does what she has to do, and I do what I have to do. We respect that.

When I was dancing, I felt in control and happy. I'm a Virgo, so I really like to be in control.

The virtual world can never be a substitute for real world experience. And the more it takes over our lives, the more we forget to feel the sun on our skin, the more we forget that there is an entire universe to be discovered even during a 10 minute walk to work.

We need to re-create boundaries. When you carry a digital gadget that creates a virtual link to the office, you need to create a virtual boundary that didn't exist before.

I know when I grew up, it was, if it was daylight outside, get outside. Well, now, with the technological age of computers and everything, everyone's inside virtually going everywhere they want to go, virtually having relationships, virtually traveling across the neighborhood, virtually going to that island.

Faster roads are not always safer roads - and virtually all societies, democratic or authoritarian, prefer safety over speed, even if many of their citizens enjoy fast driving.

Every year, virtually every governor balances the budget.

Virtue can only flourish among equals.

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

Virtue is harmony.

Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience.

In order to know virtue, we must first acquaint ourselves with vice.

Conservation may be a sign of personal virtue, but it is not a sufficient basis for a sound, comprehensive energy policy.

Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind.

Virtue is simply happiness, and happiness is a by-product of function. You are happy when you are functioning.

Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as it were, a trifle sharp to allow for an inevitable fall in playing.

Impatience is a virtue.