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Quotes About Downtime

It's good to be busy on a film set because there is a lot of sitting around, so if you've got two roles to play at one time, then that's great to do.
~ Damian Lewis
Wasting time is negative, but there is something positive about idleness.
~ Russell Lynes
It does us all good to unbend sometimes.
~ Mark Twain
When some downtime is allowed, it loses the fascination associated with rule-breaking and secrecy. It gains respect and is thus often shown respect by those who take advantage of it.
~ Eric Chester
Give yourself more opportunities for privacy, when you are not bombarded with duties and obligations. Privacy is not a rejection of those you love; it is your deserved respite for recharging your batteries.
~ Wayne Dyer
I like to relax and get my mind off of business for a few hours.
~ Malik Jackson
I watch football sometimes at home, but in my downtime, I play pool with my friends. Darts - I enjoy darts now, and when there is a game not coming up, I enjoy playing golf as well. I'm not very good at golf, but I enjoy being able to relax.
~ Ashley Cole
It's nice to come away from training and relax, get away from the pressures and get away from football and enjoy the downtime!
~ Neil Etheridge
I'm the type of person who always has to be doing stuff. I have a hard time relaxing.
~ Nyjah Huston
It's a tougher gig than what people think it is. The proper, real, genuine, worldwide movie stars don't get a lot of downtime from the world outside. That's a tougher price, I think, than what people's fantasy of fame account for.
~ Ben Mendelsohn
Keep going on hikes, keep having your friends in your life, keep that downtime sacred as well because as hard as you work in any job, it's really nice to have the relaxing de-stressors. Stress is the worst thing. That's the ultimate demise of any good thing.
~ Dianna Agron
As an actor, you have a ton of downtime, so it's always good to have a hobby, especially another creative outlet outside of acting.
~ Chandler Riggs
Even though it seems like there are a lot of parts, there is really tons of downtime in the acting world.
~ Taryn Manning
As an actor, I'm familiar with having bursts of energy, where you're giving things a try, and then you have down time.
~ Iain Glen
There's always down time when you're an actor, especially a character actor.
~ John Cariani
Any extra free time you have, you are sleeping, or you're trying to sleep
~ Jordin Sparks
I enjoy touring and traveling because that's the time when I get to read, and listen to music. You have all that downtime, which is great for that.
~ Julia Kent
Site Reliability Engineering is an approach to the operation and improvement of software applications pioneered by Google to deal with their global, multi-million-user systems. If adopted in full, SRE is significantly different from IT operations of the past, due to its focus on the "error budget" (namely defining what is an acceptable amount of downtime) and the ability of SRE teams to push back on poor software.
~ Matthew Skelton
There's a lot of magic involved in movies that as a child I really appreciated. So I love bringing my son to set. It reminds me of what I loved doing as a child, and also, as an actor, you have a lot of down time.
~ Jennifer Jason Leigh
Increasingly, football fans are arguing that the game is bloated with too much down time. The officiating is clumsy.
~ Mary Pilon
Weekends do not count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless
~ Bill Watterson
Weekends don't count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless.
~ Bill Watterson
During the downtime on tour, I simply walk from room to room, staring into my computer.
~ Mark Hoppus
I'm actually at home when I'm not on tour, and I have a lot of downtime.
~ Austin Carlile