Orson Scott Card Quotes

Nobody wants to sit there and study lyrics the whole time, driving back from work when they just got their check after a long shift. It's not the same. Everybody just wants to be happy with life.

I tell my staff, 'Give me your best, and then go home and live your life.' I've never asked anyone to work harder, but I've told plenty that they needed rest.

I always thought that it's important to have other things, not just work, and I often even suggested my managers take some time off and come back fresh and ready to fight again.

Being a professional woman, I function the best when I don't distinguish between work and play.

I don't need a vacation in the traditional sense, like I would if I had a job I hated.

I think when you're done with work, you go home.

You play one game after another, meet new people every day, and travel a lot. That is why I try to disconnect and relax as soon as I get some time off.

My career is my whole life, so if I'm not happy with that, it affects everything else.

For me, I stay pretty focused on football, and then at the end of the day, you just go home and relax.

My work makes me a better mom. It gives me a little door to step out of my parenting and bring the excitement from my day back home.

My life at home gives me absolute joy. Having so much time there with the family has just been incredible. My life has changed and I work less, but I was never really one to work too much.

When I committed to playing a little tennis in some exhibitions, it was the best thing for me. It got me in shape. It got me out of the house. It got me doing something I love to do.

My work is like my vacation, so in a way every day is like Saturday.

I was working straight for nine months and I'm exhausted. I'm ready to relax for a little while and read. I don't want to work for work sake; I have to be excited about it.

We've all been tired and thought we wanted a long vacation when all we needed was a few days off, but didn't know it.

Most people are looking for a challenging, interesting job. I wanted a boring, undemanding job so that I could forget about it at 5, so that I would have something left over at the end of the day to do my own stuff.

There are days like any normal human being where I wake up and I don't feel like going to work.

It is so important to me to have my time away from hockey. Obviously, hockey is my passion; I love it. But definitely for me, time away from the rink and time when my mind isn't thinking about hockey is important.

I've done a lot of drama, and as a lifestyle, going to work and laughing every day is just great. It's great for your mental health, and it's great for setting up a nice year.

You know I used to sit there and I'd go outside and play ball and everything, but now in my free time I just kind of lay back and relax because this atmosphere is so busy and stressful, so anytime I can sleep, you'd best believe I'm sleepin'.

Blythe Danner is somebody whose career I admire. She's a great actress and does good work, but also has a life of her own. I love my job but, at the end of the day, I want to come home and watch a movie and drink a bottle of wine with my husband.

Typically, I don't get to unwind after a day at work.

It's good to get away from the editing suite. It's very unhealthy to be sitting in front of the screen for too long.

The character I play in Star Quality says acting is the be-all and end-all of her life. I'm not like that. I do enjoy working and I give every job my best shot but I never feel, What on Earth am I going to do now?

You cannot be happy with your family while being personally unhappy with your work. It's a Catch-22 kind of thing.