Quotes for All
The most obvious – and easiest! – way to gain perspective is to put your work away for a while. The truth is, we don’t know how taking a break frees up the mind, but it does: Somehow it freshens our little neurons, or perhaps it prompts the brain to create more cleverness molecules. If … Read more
It’s true that I’m taking a break from writing a regular column to do other things but it’s got nothing to do with what dear Simon has or has not written. Ferdinand Mount
A lot of people in a LA need to take a break from taking a break. Dov Davidoff
Sometimes the things I learn making paintings or drawings – composition, colour, expressionism, texture – can directly influence the making of a film. Sometimes it’s great that they are different, and simply taking a break from one medium to spend time with another, recharges the batteries and I feel refreshed. Dave McKean
As an actor, I think you can get really bad habits, if you do the same thing, every day. You can get stuck in a rut. So, I like jumping between genres, and then taking a break and learning something new. I like feeling like I’m still learning. Brie Larson
I’m just kind of taking a break now and enjoying the freedom of making my own choices. When you’re on a television show for six years, they run your schedule. Andrew Shue
There is virtue in work and there is virtue in rest. Use both and overlook neither. Alan Cohen
I’m working on poems about work, I guess. Or related to work. Which sounds dull as drywall but I’m having great fun working the vernacular of work into poems. I’m also writing some poems about family. And I don’t know, just writing. Taking breaks. Writing some more. Randall Mann
Today, we’re taking a break from the concerns and the bustle of the work-a-day world. But we’re also making a new beginning. As we gather around our dining room tables for the midday meal, let us thank God for life and the blessings He’s put before us. High among them are our families, our freedom, … Read more
Today, we’re taking a break from the concerns and the bustle of the work-a-day world. But we’re also making a new beginning… Let us renew our faith that as free men and women we still have the power to better our lives, and let us resolve to face the challenges of the new year holding … Read more