Quotes About Downtime

When you're writing two books a year, you really need some time off and don't want to use that down time for touring. I do like talking with readers, though; they can tell you important stuff.

I think everyone knows that I'm always the one that's the busiest in Maiden. When we're not touring or recording, I'm still doing loads of Maiden stuff - video editing and god knows what else - so I get a lot less downtime than the others.

My first job was as a groundskeeper at the local ballpark in the town where I grew up. There was a lot of down time, and I got to drive tractor, so it was pretty good gig. I've also taught creative writing, dabbled in reviewing and journalism, and toiled as a screenwriter.

Whenever I have free time, I love to just lay in my bed and watch YouTube videos, watch movies. Just basically do nothing.

Whenever I am not filming and not required to travel with work, I spend all my downtime in Scotland.

I got really into 'North of 60,' and I'll still watch reruns of 'Da Vinci's Inquest.'

Every day is intense and alive, whether it's travel, work, even down time, which there is so little of.

There's a lot of downtime where you're filling your car up with gas, you're driving to work, you're stuck in traffic - it's Los Angeles, and so much of it is a car lifestyle.

I do love acting the two seconds that you are in front of the camera - and this is going to sound like I'm complaining, and I don't want that because I'm blessed to even have a job - but there is a lot of down-time when you're just sitting in your trailer.

As athletes, we're used to reacting quickly. Here, it's 'come, stop, come, stop.' There's a lot of downtime. That's the toughest part of the day.

The two hours onstage is great. But I can only play a show and then take a night off. I have to sing for two hours, and then I've gotta rest it for a night. So it's the other 46 hours that are just boring as heck.

I've worked on products where they go down in the middle of the night, and no one notices. You get the 'site down' notice, but it doesn't matter.

I love having candles, especially when you get downtime. I could just pass out seeing the flame flicker with the lights off.

Eating and sleeping are the two periods in your life where writers get a pass for not reading. Check that. Only sleeping.

When I have time off, all I want to do is do nothing.

Every industry has slack times, and everyone has bad days at work.

My only time off is when I'm sleeping.

I do a lot of sleeping when I'm not working.

I wasn't shuffling from one sport to the next that much. I had downtime to just be a high school student.

Willpower has a limited battery life but can be recharged with some downtime. It's a limited but renewable resource. Because you have a limited supply, each act of will creates a win-lose scenario where win ning in an immediate situation through willpower makes you more likely to lose later because you have less of it.

I'm busy and that's the way I like it - when I have too much downtime I get into trouble.

Reason #1: Downtime Aids Insights

Reason #3: The Work That Evening Downtime Replaces Is Usually Not That Important

For these types of changes, I'll have my staff generate some reports on the changes' success rates and any associated downtime. This will help the business make more informed decisions around the changes.