Charles Lamb Quotes

Reading allows me to recharge my batteries.

Look, I get it; you come home, you work hard, and you turn on your TV... You kind of want to escape a little bit and be taken away by something. Our show required you to pay attention, and if that's not what you wanted to do, then it wasn't going to be for you, and that's OK.

It is sweet to let the mind unbend on occasion.

When I'm feeling a little empty in the head, I like to go see movies or read to loosen things up there.

Reading serves as a good escape when you're in the middle of doing crazy things.

It strikes me that golf's great virtue is that it gets you out of the house, away from everyday bothers, away from the endless round of looking for this, that and the other.

From time to time, I need a rest from the exercitation of my intellect.

The mind ought sometimes to be diverted that it may return to better thinking.

It's really helpful to be physically engaged in something that's completely different from my day-to-day work.

A couple of seats at a good picture house cost comparatively little but give a generous return in the shape of freshened minds and freedom from the worries that even the best regulated homes cannot always avoid.

I've never known any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.

I try to read for pleasure whenever I can - it's a great way just to shut it off for a while so your brain doesn't get fried.

When most people come in from work, 95 percent of them reach for the remote control. Then they read before they go to sleep, to get off to sleep. They do that because reading feels like a duty, and TV feels like fun.

I yearn for intellectual sustenance on vacation but want, of course, to avoid tedium or boredom. I want to read something that will entertain me but also help me appreciate what I am seeing.

To relax, I love sitting back and turning my brain off and watching TV.

Some people say it is relaxing to fish. But not with me. I simply cannot switch off my competitive instincts.

I looked to books to stimulate my mind and create a daily sense of purpose.

Activities that promote mind-wandering, such as reading literature, going for a walk, exercising, or listening to music, are hugely restorative.

I'm pretty disciplined. But your brain needs boredom. It needs routine.

I really love the category on the site called Brain Massage.

I always tell people, 'The week after your fight is just a very good time.' You get to release, relax, unwind mentally - everything.

I want leisure to read—an immense amount.

For me, off the field, cartoons are something that can ease my mind and get me back into having fun and just relaxing.

I used to read every, well, most nights. I think reading helps me in terms of relaxing... It helps me to get my mind off the game a little bit more and it helps me to be a little bit more focused.

One of the things I enjoy most is to be left alone with a book.