Louis D. Brandeis Quotes

I enjoy now doing what I do... playing golf, relaxing a little, enjoying life.

I don't think many people have a very good understanding of leisure and the importance it plays in our lives.

I definitely like not working sometimes. It's so fun. I just love sleeping in. In America, everyone is driven to succeed and wake up and do something. But I don't care. I want to sleep in. I want to relax. I don't want to have to get up every day.

This hiatus coming up I'm looking at a comedy because I need the balance.

There was a time when I wasn't working a lot. It ebbs and flows. Mostly I was just living my life and playing 'Fallout 3,' a very fun game.

As you grow older, you learn a few things. One of them is to actually take the time you've allotted for vacation.

Usually after I'm done with working, I just come home and play a little game and go to bed. After work, I have a lot time to do a lot of stuff. I think I've got a good balance of work and play.

Together with a culture of work, there must be a culture of leisure as gratification. To put it another way: people who work must take the time to relax, to be with their families, to enjoy themselves, read, listen to music, play a sport.

How to use your leisure time is the biggest problem of a ballplayer.

I think I need a little break. I've got a two-year old. I'll be part of The Leisure Class for a while.

I'd distract myself until finally it was a combination of things. The show was over and I had time on my hands. I had taken time and played and just relaxed.

After a long day at work, I want someone to come home, turn on my video and think, 'Oh my God, how girls get ready? This is hilarious. I love this; I'm forgetting about all my problems.'

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.

People work hard all week at their jobs. I want people watching TV to have a good time.

I work in the studio all day, and then I go for a walk with my dog, listening to music on headphones. And Saturday and Sundays, work is strictly out of bounds. It has to be.

I'm really trying to be relaxed on my days off.

For me, it is important to get away from football, to calm down, relax, and have fun with family and friends.

I'm not very good at vacationing or relaxing or planning any of that for myself. So I'm in the habit of piggy-backing off of gigs and deciding to stay an extra day.

No American can understand the need for time -- that is, simply space to breathe. If you have ten minutes to spare you should jam that full instead of leaving it -- as space around your next ten minutes. How can anything ripen without those 'empty' ten minutes?

People who work hard often work too hard. ... May we learn to honor the hammock, the siesta, the nap and the pause in all its forms.

Rest and play, are as vital to our health as nutrition and exercise

Arranging for and allowing ourselves to have fun is an important part of taking care of ourselves. It helps us stay healthy. It helps us work better. It balances life. We deserve to have fun. Fun is a normal part of being alive. Fun is taking time to celebrate being alive.

Doing nothing makes us crazy. But freedom comes when you don't have to work.

To enjoy each breathing day, you have to set time aside to play.

People have to understand how important it is for the players to let off steam, switch off and relax.