Hozier Quotes

I don't go to a psychiatrist. I don't go to a gym. I run away from my accountant, I run away from my dentist. They are all supposed to help you, but I like to stay in bed, where I have a chance to reflect, like Rossellini.

'Worry' is a word that I don't allow myself to use.

Some people must go to extremes to get the world in balance for themselves. Some can't bear bright lights, so wherever they go they search for the dark; they turn the lights down, anything to sustain some level of comfort.

Stress is the reason for crime and all other kinds of frustration. To relieve it will eliminate everything else.

I find it very difficult to relax. I find it increasingly difficult to find outlets for my frustration.

From 1994 to 1997, I did nothing. I slept and slept and slept. If I was awake, I had to deal with things, I had to do things. In order to avoid that, I would just stay in bed.

Everything is so chaotic. My nervous system can't handle it. I need my peace, so, every once in a while, while the kids are at school, I lie in bed, close the curtains, watch television and eat food.

I have such difficulty calming down - my stomach, my head, reality, everything. That is the reason I live in Faro.

I'm not a big worrier because I just think stress is just not a good thing... it's just like, what's the point?

Yes, people can crack under pressure, but I think people can also let things slip out when they're comfortable.

Neurotics would like to sleep all the time, and to be awakened only when there is good news.

Sunday is the day people go quietly mad, one way or another.

Men, in whatever anxiety they may be, if they are men, sometimes indulge in relaxation.

Yeah, all those things, responsibility, pressure. It's a bit stressful. I try and come to terms with it by not thinking about it.

If I'm in a rotten mood, I stay in and watch television.

I just can't relax. That's my problem.

Stress is not the spice of life any more than arsenic is. And without it, you won't feel bored.

I have an advanced degree in procrastination and another one in paranoia.

It's hard to wind down, but then I beat myself up because I have a tense back.

My natural response to a stressful situation is to shut down. I do weird things, like, I don't cry, I get really cold.

How do I relax? Meditate, I guess. I quit golf. You twist your back and get all cranked up.

People who suffer from anxiety are very good at hiding it. That can often be a contributor to the anxiety because the gap between the internal perception and the external impression can feel so large.

There's so much going on in the world. There's so much information being thrown at us - so many things are being sold to us, and we're being told how we should appear and how to be more successful, blah, blah, blah. How does that manifest itself? In the pressures, the stress, this need to escape.

I am so busy doing nothing... that the idea of doing anything - which as you know, always leads to something - cuts into the nothing and then forces me to have to drop everything.

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.