William James Quotes

I'd got to a point where I wanted a break.

As much as we adore what we do and we're eternally grateful, everyone needs a break sometimes. Everyone needs a few days just to breathe.

I always thought that it's important to have other things, not just work, and I often even suggested my managers take some time off and come back fresh and ready to fight again.

I have learned that I must take a holiday at least once each year if I want to survive!

Basically, between 1989 and 1994, I hadn't taken a vacation.

Days off always help. Even if people don't like it when they give you a day off, you've got to take a day off because sometimes you've got to clear your mind.

I don't get tired of my work because you can't get tired of something you love and enjoy! But, having said that, I wish to get a break of four to five days, or at least three days, switch off my cell phone, and do what I want to.

My juices needed restoring. I needed a sabbatical from the record business.

We've all been tired and thought we wanted a long vacation when all we needed was a few days off, but didn't know it.

As you grow older, you learn a few things. One of them is to actually take the time you've allotted for vacation.

I don't need a vacation in the traditional sense, like I would if I had a job I hated.

President Bush says he needs a month off to unwind. Unwind? When the hell does this guy wind?

When I go on the plane to fly home, I'm literally capable of forgetting what I do for a job. That also comes about because I choose to take massive breaks between projects, and because I choose to do this ridiculous thing of keeping home, home.

Year by year we are learning that in this restless, strenuous American life of ours vacations are essential.

There's something fun about the road because there's no 9 to 5. But I do find myself making the effort to take some time off. As much as I don't want to, I have to. I need to reset. I love weeks off, because I can go in the studio and just be creative again.

I like to vegetate when on vacation given my busy schedule when I'm at work.

Like every normal working person, you get tired and need time out.

I grind and I graft, but I will make sure that I get that time off here and there to unwind and relax and have a life.

I have a life beyond the camera. I like to travel. I need a breather between movies. And I don't think I can do that if I work on five films at the same time.

The opportunity to step away from everything and take a break is something that shouldn't be squandered.

I'm not very good at vacationing or relaxing or planning any of that for myself. So I'm in the habit of piggy-backing off of gigs and deciding to stay an extra day.

People who work hard often work too hard. ... May we learn to honor the hammock, the siesta, the nap and the pause in all its forms.

Every person needs to take one day away. A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future. Jobs, family, employers, and friends can exist one day without any one of us, and if our egos permit us to confess, they could exist eternally in our absence. Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for. Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us.

I've learned from the past that it's important to recharge and get time in-between jobs, and if I can't get time in-between jobs then when I know I've got some time coming up at the end of a job, really try and take advantage of that. And do very mundane things at home and putter in the garden and spend time with family and make music and, you know, play with the dogs. Just get back to being me.

I've always been very focused on my career. But, it's good to have people [say], "Okay, you need a vacation." "I do? Oh yeah, you're right. I think I do."