Quotes About Stress

I can look back at different times in my life when I felt I could not find my way out of whatever it was. I'm not necessarily talking about marriage, but I wanted to pack it in. I wanted to disappear. A lot of that has to do with being in the public eye.

Being in the public eye, especially, can be hard sometimes. It's kind of like anything you do is... if you make any mistake... It can definitely be overwhelming sometimes.

Cops, more than firefighters, EMTs or other public safety employees, almost always get the first glance of the human condition at the worst, most lethal moments; nobody calls a cop with good news.

I went through my entire public school career going to bed crying because I was getting Ds.

If I had to work a 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. job in the public service, I'd freak out.

I am not into publicity. I'm not good at it. I get anxiety about it.

I would hate to be that person who is, you know, the mystery writer who has to deliver a book every year to publisher X.

The last thing I want to do is complain; I love what I do, and I know every job comes with a downside. But boy, this one's a doozy...You pull out of your driveway, and the paparazzi literally chase you, running red lights - I'm a really careful driver, especially with my kids in the car, but I worry they're going to cause an accident.

It's like, the front door of the office is like a Cuisinart, and you walk in, and your day is shredded to bits because you have 15 minutes here, 30 minutes there, and something else happens, you're pulled off your work, then you have 20 minutes, then it's lunch, then you have something else to do.

I have anxiety every day about being pulled over.

Bankers don't get to do this. For all the hours, the late nights, lack of sleep and hours of pulling your hair out from dealing with 18- and 19-year-old kids, it's a pretty cool job.

When you're under pressure and your heart's pumping, you almost go back to what you know.

Imagine if every airport would blast Brian Eno. I bet going through security wouldn't be as difficult. I can't imagine someone being aggressive with me with Brian Eno music pumping through the terminals at LAX.

I actually have a punching bag right outside in my garden.

Sometimes punching a bag for half an hour was pretty cathartic and pretty necessary.

Just as a puppy can be more of a challenge than a gift, so too can the holidays.

I've been told so many times that I should go to the gym to get my anxiety and frustration out. But it just makes me feel pure, concentrated dread.

Service Personnel and their families no longer should have to endure the stress of pursuing lengthy claims in court.

One, I push my deadlines closer than anybody else, or let's say it this way: I'm really late.

I push every day against forces that say you have to go faster, be more effective, be more productive, you have to constantly outdo yourself, you have to constantly outdo your neighbor - all of the stuff that creates an incredibly productive society, but also a very neurotic one.

I've had to learn how to say no to things, and have people around me that don't push me too hard, because I'll go until I just crash. I don't have a stop button.

I love playing really strung out characters, and characters that are really pushed to their limits and losing their mind.

Being a parent can make you a horrible person at times, because you're pushed to the limit constantly.

There were a coupla times when I had had it. And when I'm pushed to the limit, I scream.