Quotes tagged ‘Balance’

“I think it's just a healthy way to be, that you're not a liability to the planet and that you're doing something positive. It seems like a necessary balance to life, being part of the community.”

— Eddie Vedder, avclub.com

“Now Europe balanc’d, neither side prevails: For nothing’s left in either of the scales.”

— Alexander Pope, oll.libertyfund.org

“Every force has its equal. Fear, peace, dark, light…one can’t exist without the other.”

— Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, Michael Jones-Morales, Sunny, Daniel Wu, imdb.com

“I had to sacrifice a marriage because of the lure of the great job, the fabulous workplace. But, I don't regret it at all, because what I've done is something bigger and better than just one marriage....People who are happily married don't hate me for saying that. But for me, it's true. It's impossi…”

— Martha Stewart, money.cnn.com

“I just don't think equality is there at all. And it's not only women. It's inequality for young people, old people, women, minorities—there's no balance. We're seeing that in the world. People feeling that there's an incredible lack of genuine fairness.”

— Danny DeVito, theguardian.com

“You’re gonna find your balance, Randall. And then you’re gonna lose it, and then you’re gonna find it again. That’s the ride. And you’re gonna make a lot of choices, and I’m probably not gonna be around for all of them. The choices you make are gonna be spectacular, because you are spectacular, son.”

— Shukree Tilghman, Jas Waters, Jack Pearson, Milo Ventimiglia, imdb.com

“It's the fine balance of caffeine and alcohol that bookends my days.”

— Tim Minchin, goodreads.com

“Something in human nature causes us to start slacking off at our moment of greatest accomplishment. As you become successful, you will need a great deal of self-discipline not to lose your sense of balance, humility, and commitment.”

— Ross Perot, logomaker.com

“My cannibal friend likes to eat tight-rope-walkers... As part of a balanced diet.”

— africkenamerican, reddit.com

“I pity the man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth will starve in the process.”

— Benjamin Harrison, presidential-power.org

“Smartphones have been around, in their current form, for about 10 years. Humankind is 200,000 years old,” Greenfield says. “Is it possible that we’ve distorted how important this technology is to our lives?”

— Jamie Ducharme, Dr. David Greenfield, fortune.com

“Dr. David Ballard, head of the American Psychological Association’s Center for Organizational Excellence, agrees it’s healthy to unplug—but adds that everyone detoxes differently. Some people prefer to power down completely during their time off, while others feel less stressed if they allow themsel…”

— Jamie Ducharme, fortune.com

“There’s a lot of medical evidence to suggest that we live in a hyper-elevated state of arousal and activated stress hormones due to being so accessible and ever-vigilant for electronic input.”

— Dr. David Greenfield, fortune.com

“There’s a lot of medical evidence to suggest that we live in a hyper-elevated state of arousal and activated stress hormones due to being so accessible and ever-vigilant for electronic input.”

— Dr. David Greenfield, fortune.com

“There will be found to exist at all times an imperious necessity for restraining all the functionaries of the Government within the range of their respective powers thereby preserving a just balance between the powers granted to this Government and those reserved to the States and to the people.”

— John Tyler, azquotes.com

“You can have work-life balance. It is your job to take care of your mind, your body, your health, your soul, your family, your friends, your health. Your job, not our job.”

— Jamie Dimon, youtube.com

“Balance – the key to success. I show balance in my personal life when I put my family in their proper place which is #1.”

— Emmitt Smith, briandoddonleadership.com

“There are different kinds of justice. Retributive justice is largely Western. The African understanding is far more restorative - not so much to punish as to redress or restore a balance that has been knocked askew.”

— Desmond Tutu, newyorker.com

“The federal government is the balance wheel of the federal system, and the federal system means using counterweights.”

— Pierre Trudeau, en.wikiquote.org

“What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity, devoid of troubling or disturbing subject matter, an art which could be for every mental worker, for the businessman was well as the man of letters, for example, a soothing, calming influence on the mind, something like a good armchair wh…”

— Henri Matisse, amazon.com