Temple Grandin Quotes

I've learned from the past that it's important to recharge and get time in-between jobs, and if I can't get time in-between jobs then when I know I've got some time coming up at the end of a job, really try and take advantage of that. And do very mundane things at home and putter in the garden and spend time with family and make music and, you know, play with the dogs. Just get back to being me.

I'm such a damn workaholic, that it's interesting to be like, "Oh, what do I do for fun?"

I've learned I'm rarely able to stay at home and not work. If I try to 'just sit on my couch for a little while,' I am going to grab my laptop and just knock out a few more emails, or start sketching up some product ideas for TheMuse.com. So when I want time off, I schedule dinners out, movie outings, and on occasion a flight lesson from Groupon.

You really don't have a life when you're working. I always think "oh, I'm gonna see everybody on my days off. I'm gonna read so many books and see so many films" and then three months go by.

If you go to school and practice for five days a week, it still gives you two days you can go and see your friends, you can go to the movies, you do whatever you like to do.

My downtime tends to resemble my uptime. Weekends are workdays, but toned down. Over the whole weekend, I may have five meetings, as opposed to six on a weekday. I used to play piano for 30 minutes at night, but I had to pull that out of my schedule. I don't have time for nonwork stuff.

I do virtually nothing except my work. No hobbies.

My time is focused on family and work. I need to find a way to spend more time with my friends - and cycling.

I grew up with the mindset that when you get home from work, you go to dinner and watch a movie. I don't want to be going to a club and taking off my panties.

To me, it's very important to have time at the restaurant but also time with family and time for myself.

You need to have a life outside your career.

I surf - that's the one thing I make time to do. I definitely surf a lot, but when you're working 15 hour days... all I want to do is get home to my baby.

I work too hard and don't play enough.

I work very, very hard, so when I do get the chance to go out socially, it's a relatively big night. I also have hobbies on the side, and quite often, one runs into the other.

We want to have a life outside of Pearl Jam, too.

At night, I don't do business meetings, because I think it sends the wrong message. I do dinner with friends, game night, or concerts.

I still have my life outside of Formula One. It has always been the same.

I work from mornings to late nights, even on weekends and holidays. I hardly have any free time, let alone time to play other games.

I try to, like, hang out with my family as much as possible. Hang out with the band, go hiking when I'm in the mood for that. Watch Netflix. It's really important for me; like, health comes before everything else.

I work all the time and find it hard to switch off.

I've been asked whether I have a hobby, and have felt strangely offended that anyone would assume I have the time.

I don't mind it. I just space it out. Every other week I go out. I used to get some time to myself but I've been pretty busy lately. But I've had it the other way, where I'm staring at the phone waiting for it to ring, so this is definitely better.

I don't miss teaching. I'm learning to take my time for myself.

I don't ever rest. It's a problem and hopefully something I will get a better handle on in the coming years.

I'm such a workaholic. I'm always thinking about work.