Ellie Kemper Quotes

I feel fine as long I'm not running around.

Even nice things don't make you happy when you're tired.

Life isn't a 24/7 merry go round. If it were, you wouldn't get the 7 hours of sleep necessary to keep you fit and sane.

I eat really healthy, and if I'm tired, I take a nap.

If I manage to get seven hours' sleep, I'm a pretty good parent.

It's tough to find time to get rest.

I believe in stopping work and eating lunch.

We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don't allow our bodies to heal, and we don't allow our minds and hearts to heal.

Put off thy cares with thy clothes; so shall thy rest strengthen thy labor, and so thy labor sweeten thy rest.

I have 3 kids and a cat and a busy, noisy house. I get more time to relax when I'm working.

Sleep is the real beauty secret, but I don't get enough of that.

I like to work for a while, and then do nothing for some period.

Day-to-day life is a lot of work. I work a lot on stand-up stuff, and then day-to-day life and, you know, just living. It's always different. Try to work out, try to stay in shape, and try to have some fun.

I spend a lot of time obsessing about getting a dignified eight hours' sleep.

I don't know how to get bored. I need to learn to rest.

Getting as much sleep as possible and following a healthy diet will stop you from feeling run-down if, like me, you're super-stressed.

I get a lot of the ideas when I'm resting - either when I'm meditating or getting some kind of work done on my back, like physical therapy or acupuncture. That's where I get my best ideas, maybe because I'm balancing my body.

The siesta provides a delightful detour from the working day and it also has a practical value as far as productivity is concerned. Winston Churchill had a good long siesta every day during the Second World War, and he said it was the thing that enabled him to cope with the pressure.

When I get ready for a high-profile event, it's really about sleep and making sure I'm eating something healthy, and then it's always important to stretch to stay limber. No matter what, you want to feel as loose as possible, because it's easy to get full of excitement or tension with all that's going on.

When I'm in meetings until 5am and then have to get up two hours later for filming, sometimes I ask myself 'why?'

I think I'd have done better if I had been a little more relaxed-if I had not pressed quite so hard, if I'd not lost quite so much sleep.

I still find it almost impossible to relax for more than one day at a time.

I don't usually have time for TV. When I get home at night, I just want to fall asleep.

I'm picking and choosing in terms of the stress factor. If it's not fun, I'm not going to do it.

Sleep is the best time to repair, but it's hard to get a good night's rest when we don't dial the inner chatter down.