Edward Abbey Quotes

When it stops being fun, stop.

The bow cannot always stand bent, nor can human frailty subsist without some lawful recreation.

If I cannot rest and relax, all the work I do is for naught.

Diligence is a good thing, but taking things easy is much more restful.

Arranging for and allowing ourselves to have fun is an important part of taking care of ourselves. It helps us stay healthy. It helps us work better. It balances life. We deserve to have fun. Fun is a normal part of being alive. Fun is taking time to celebrate being alive.

A lot of actors work too much. There comes a point where it's hard to mask your basic personality. It's a bit like a relationship. If you're always there, they can't desire you.

I believe you have to have balance in your life.

When you work too much, you are boring - that is possible. But to have a happy life, if you can do several things in the correct way, that is perfect.

Somebody said the key to life is to work hard, play hard, rest hard, and I've pretty much adopted that.

Fun is a good thing but only when it spoils nothing better.

I try to do my best to have fun off the court.

Pay mind to your own life, your own health, and wholeness. A bleeding heart is of no help to anyone if it bleeds to death.

I don't believe in overdoing myself.

People who cannot find time for recreation are obliged sooner or later to find time for illness.

Being exhausted is all part of the fun. I'm cool with it. I'm not going to wish that it would slow down.

I've always liked working really hard and then doing nothing in particular. So, consequently, I didn't overexpose myself; I guess I maintained a kind of mystery. I wasn't ambitious.

I'm certainly not a workaholic.

Your life is more important than your work.

You need a balance in life. You just cannot be all the time on an adrenalin peak. You need to recharge.

I like to have fun! And everything that's good for you is not fun, and that bores me.

When you work too much, it affects your health. Then you start working out and dieting. And, more importantly, you miss your family.

If by being overstudious, we impair our health and spoil our good humor, let us give it up.

A man who knows how to mix pleasures with business is never entirely possessed by them; he either quits or resumes them at his will; and in the use he makes of them he rather finds a relaxation than a dangerous charm that might corrupt him.

I'm a big believer in doing what you've got to do, but taking a breather when you can.

To do good work one must eat well, be well housed, have one's fling from time to time, smoke one's pipe, and drink one's coffee in peace