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Quotes About Downtime

I never used to be able to work on the road, I was always strictly in the studio. But not everything's gotten smaller - I have Ableton on the laptop now and a sample library, which means I can use that downtime to pour it into the music.
~ Bonobo
You have to strike while the iron is hot. You have to take downtime to see friends and family, but my passion is acting: pursuing those scary, challenging characters and working with passionate people.
~ Colin Morgan
When I'm not dancing, I usually just like to keep it comfy. Even if I'm just going to dinner, I'll wear jeans or something, but if I'm not dancing, I usually just have a comfy outfit on.
~ Maddie Ziegler
The music that I listen to on set really varies. When I need lots of energy and I'm dying down towards the day, I need to play hip hop or rap or else my energy just crashes after a long day. When I'm shooting something moody or where I have to play it down a bit, I'll play Lana Del Rey or something more mellow.
~ Camila Morrone
Everyone enjoys downtime at home, I'm sure, for various reasons, but I find the whole system of being out there and doing shows for people - the more of it you do, in fact the more energizing it is, for me individually.
~ Chris Squire
He lacks much who has no aptitude for idleness.
~ Louise Wilder
I like to take a break, but at the same time, I think most actors are not very good at sitting around doing nothing because we like to work.
~ Mike Colter
The computer is down. I hope it's something serious.
~ Stanton Delaplane
I just realized that sleep sometimes is the only precious wage for the hard working man.
~ Akilnathan Logeswaran
We both find during interviews that "downtime-revealed preferences" are more interesting than "stories about your prior jobs.
~ Unknown
If I leave my phone in the car and go to dinner or something for a few hours, I'm very proud of myself.
~ Spike Jonze
The more downtime we have, the more time you have to play games like 'Ghost Recon Future Soldiers,' so for me it's a fun way to get integrated into video games and for me to have fun with my buddies and team up and go into battle with 'em, kind of like out there on court.
~ Kevin Love
If I ever have downtime, I'm usually sitting in my place playing video games. Or eating sandwiches somewhere, or watching sports some place.
~ Hannibal Buress
Our down time at home consists of hikes and video games and trying to cook - because we are awful at it.
~ Lights
Because it is less structured than work leisure time leaves workaholics at a loss for what to do. Workaholics practically climb the wall when they can't work.
~ Unknown
One of the most feared expressions in modern times is 'The computer is down.'
~ Norman Ralph Augustine
With any kind of artistic thing, it's a muscle, like any athlete, and the moment you're not doing it, you lose all confidence. That's why I'm terrible with down time.
~ Daniel Radcliffe
And I love having the job to go to every week. With movies, there's a lot of downtime. I like working, and television really does that.
~ Margo Martindale
Don't get me wrong - I like to rest a little bit. But I don't do well with downtime.
~ Megan Hilty
I was part of a generation where kids had a lot of freedom and aimless downtime. I had no scheduled after-school activities. As long as you came home for dinner, everything was fine.
~ Laura Lippman
Whenever I have too much downtime, I start to get sad.
~ Tyler Posey
When your career and your passion one in the same there is very little downtime.
~ Jinkx Monsoon
Social breaks are effective
~ Daniel H. Pink
Chinese cooking is noisy - a multitasking activity that requires constant vigilance. There is no downtime.
~ Jennifer Lee