Carrie Brownstein Quotes

People don't live in Austin to work, they work to live there.

What we don't talk about enough is Ohio's unique and remarkable quality of life. We are a state of cities, small towns and growing suburbs where life is affordable and destinations within reach. There is no better place to raise a family.

Fact: If standard of living is your number one objective, quality of life almost never improves. But if quality of life is your number one objective, standard of living invariably improves.

Who can worry about a career? Have a life.

I'm not interested in the mad race. I just like working with good people.

I want to live a good life and pay my taxes. 'The Killing' was a blessing. It was two wonderful years. But I had reached a point in my life, especially with a young son, that I was no longer willing to compromise my life for the sake of a paycheque. I was no longer willing to move where the tax credits are strong.

I'm originally from San Francisco. I might move there some day. But, I like L.A., I have fun in L.A. It's a fun town if you've got money in your pocket. It's a good town.

I probably shouldn't live in New York.

You want to enjoy life, don't you? If you get your job done quickly and your job is fun, that's good isn't it? That's the purpose of life, partly. Your life is better.

I was living down in this awful little redneck town in Oregon, and everyone else was living in Seattle, so we rented a house in Portland, between the two.

I think I'd work a little more if I lived in L.A.

I find that the standard of living does not go up in proportion with the cost of living. The trick in life is to do things that are fun all the time.

I grew up in Oregon, and then I lived in San Francisco and New York.

We shouldn't measure everything in terms of GDP figures or economics. There is something called quality of life.

Portland is quickly becoming one of those lovely, lush Third World countries where kinda-rich people retire with their money.

It would probably help my career if I lived in L.A., but I think it would be all-consuming. New York has its own little rat race going on, too. But it's also really diverse and has a lot of people doing different kinds of jobs. In L.A., work would be the only thing I'd think about, and sometimes, I need a break from that.

Everyone in New York wants to move to London, and everyone in London wants to live in New York. A few people want to live in L.A., but I'll never understand that. It's too much for me.

I'd rather live in the U.S. than Europe.

There are amazing behind-the-scenes technicians in Portland who didn't want to raise their families in L.A.

I don't mind travelling to and fro from Navi Mumbai for work because the calm and serene atmosphere I enjoy here is unparalleled.

In Iowa it's a low cost of living, a short commute. Your money goes twice as far. There are so many opportunities that exist in our state and we need to do a better job of touting that.

Being out at work in L.A. is the nicest place to be. You don't get depressed because of the sun shining every day. I love it there.

Athens is one of those cities that is very livable. And it's inexpensive. You can get by. And that makes for creativity. So people tend to stay there. I still have some friends there that never left.

If teams are doubting me and offering me such a small amount of money, it might not be worth moving my family.

It's a myth that all Scandinavians are happy, healthy, outdoors people. It's often more a matter of class whether you can afford to take time to take care of yourself.