Ernest N. Morial Quotes

I'm not the type to get ulcers. I give them.

I don't have ulcers; I give them.

My father put it right when he said: 'I don't get ulcers. I give ulcers.'

Stress is part of life. It is something we all experience from time to time. Sometimes it reflects our own busy lifestyles or key moments such as exams, moving house, organising an event, or coping with a bereavement. Often it is associated with work: meeting a deadline, dealing with difficult people, or meeting stretching targets.

In the early days I was incredibly creative and productive - I loved the research trips, I loved the creation and finding technical solutions to creative challenges. I didn't need alcohol and the pills for that. What changed was, I was afraid to say no - that little word, N.O. Because I thought it showed weakness. And with more and more success I would just say yes. And keep on taking more work on - which took its toll.

I don't deal at all well with the relative amount of stuff I have to face already.

The number of stressors has multiplied exponentially: traffic, money, success, work/life balance, the economy, the environment, parenting, family conflict, relationships, disease. As the nature of human life has become far more complicated, our ancient stress response hasn't been able to keep up.

There are plenty of brilliant people who are too stressed out to read challenging literary novels.

I would rather not work than be a neurotic mess.

I always have stress.

Stress is a designer ailment that many of the so-called afflicted suffer from with pride.

Stress is a killer.

I must make decisions every five minutes and give the impression of being sure of myself! Sincerely, this is the cause of my verbal violence.

It's real easy to be in the WWE and let your passion or your pain or the schedule put you in a bad place.

I never feel like I should have any time free.

Americans of all backgrounds and in all kinds of circumstances are stressed out by feeling overwhelmed and being over-committed.

Most of the stress we feel here in Silicon Valley is self-inflicted.

Most everyone I know feels frazzled and overwhelmed most of the time.

Please don't tell me to relax, it's only my tension that's holding me together.

I don't really compartmentalize well. I'm in a state of anxiety and panic a lot, but it's for different reasons. It used to be because I had nothing going on, but I work very hard and there doesn't seem to be an end to it.

The challenge in my life really is keeping the balance between feeling creatively energized and fulfilled without feeling overwhelmed and like I'm in the middle of a battlefield.

Stress is something that is sort of out of your control. You get stressed out over looking at the finish line. Stress is something that is an outside thing. Stress is an anxiety.

We use work to numb out. We can't turn off our machines because we're afraid we're going to miss something.

Life is stressful.

Stress is the negative whirlwind of emotions that gets imposed on top of our stimulation and engagement.