Mental Respite Quotes

We have art in order not to die of the truth.

It's quite nice to switch off and not see anything to do with cricket.

Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you.

Comedy is saving me.

Blessed be he who invented sleep, a cloak that covers all a man's thoughts.

And sleep, that sometime shuts up sorrow's eye, Steal me awhile from mine own company.

'Time in a Tree' is a song about when you find yourself in a busy state of mind, which I often find myself in. Sometimes it can feel like you can't physically get out of it, or you can't mentally or physically bring yourself out of that... it's like having traffic in your brain.

You're open to minute-by-minute criticism which comes via Twitter, that starts seeping its way into your head, and it's easy to let that affect how you do the game... it was a nice moment when I got to take that off my phone.

Every December I take two or three weeks off. After an entire season of training and climbing, my body needs the break.

The things that prey on my mind in London seem to disappear as soon as I find myself in a different environment. Survival mode kicks in.

It's one thing to have forced time off as an actor, and another thing when you actually say, 'I don't want to read anything, and I don't want to talk to anybody.'

The world at large doesn't always make sense to me, and there are safe havens. Linda Manz in 'Out of the Blue' is one of them.

I'm sort of the comic relief after a hard day at work. My message is that it's OK to relax.

When I get time off, my brain is just, that's it. I sit. I veg. People will think that I'm upset or not happy, but I'm just exhausted. I'm just zoned out.

Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on.

The only friends who are free from cares are the goblet of wine and a book. Give me wine...that I may for a time forget the cares of the world.

The mind wants to forget because it weighs so much on the heart and soul. I am tired of crying and feeling so helpless. I want to breathe again -just for a little while.

I keep doing stand-up because the world needs laughter - there's always something happening in the country and in the world. That's why I wanted to become an entertainer: to help people forget about their problems for a little while.

Comedy was always an escape for me; I just happened to be a doctor.

The man whose bosom neither riches nor luxury nor grandeur can render happy may, with a book in his hand, forget all his torments under the friendly shade of every tree; and experience pleasures as infinite as they are varied, as pure as they are lasting, as lively as they are unfading, and as compatible with every public duty as they are contributory to private happiness.

For one quarter, Black Tiger lets me escape from my rotten existence for three glorious hours. Pretty good deal.

Everyone else has days when they don't want to smile, when you just want to come in and be regular.

To do nothing is also a good remedy.

There are a lot of people who are unable to take a break to clear their minds. I imagine they are the ones who need it the most.

Humor does not rescue us from unhappiness, but enables us to move back from it a little.