Time Off Quotes - Page 6

• I really enjoy my time off. If I'm going to go to work, it has to be something I really believe in, or else it's totally tedious.

  John C. Reilly

  Believe, Enjoy, Working It

  Interview with Scott Tobias, www.avclub.com. September 15, 2004.

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• I took a lot of time off after Mobsters and although I did something I had never done before, which was to direct a play, The Laughter Epidemic, it felt like a vacation.

  Christian Slater

  Laughter, Vacation, Epidemics

  "Christian Slater: Clean Slater". Interview with Stephen Rebello, movieline.com. July 1, 1993.

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• Show business has been really, really good to me because I can work and take a lot of time off, and I'm extremely undisciplined person.

  Meryl Streep

  Undisciplined, Because I Can, Show Business

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• I am often criticized for spending too much time off the ice, but if you were in my shoes, you'd see how necessary it is.

  Johnny Weir

  Ice, Shoes, Too Much

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• These days, government employees are better off in almost every area: pay, benefits, time off and security, on top of working fewer hours.

  Mortimer Zuckerman

  Government, Benefits, Pay

  "America’s public servants are now its masters". www.ft.com. September 10, 2010.

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• Whenever I'm taking time off, all I'm thinking about is working.

  Scarlett Johansson

  Thinking, Take Time

  "Scarlett Johansson...That Voice" by Chris Jones, www.esquire.com. October 7, 2013.

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• It takes a lot of courage as an actor to take time off for family. But family is everything.

  Shari Sebbens

  Actors, Family Is Everything, Take Time

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• Where would Christianity be if Jesus got eight to fifteen years with time off for good behavior?

  James B. Donovan

  Jesus, Eight, Years

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• I've worked for 55 years. I'm going to take a little time off, to tell you the truth. It's just that now in the last couple of weeks, Gelman is pouring it on. 'Farewell to Regis!' It's getting embarrassing.

  Regis Philbin

  Couple, Farewell, Years

  "Jerry Seinfeld interviews Regis Philbin on his television career". Interview with Jerry Seinfeld, www.newsweek.com. November 13, 2011.

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• To be honest, when I'm home, every day is a Friday for me. It doesn't really matter what day it is for me. A lot of my friends actually have time off during the week, and so it doesn't prohibit me from enjoying myself when I am home on a Monday or a Tuesday.

  Danica Patrick

  Friday, Monday, Home

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• We are at our very best, and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the journey toward the goal we've established for ourselves. It gives meaning to our time off and comfort to our sleep. It makes everything else in life so wonderful, so worthwhile.

  Earl Nightingale

  Inspirational, Motivational, Uplifting

  Dr. Robert C. Worstell, Dorothea Brande, Claude M. Bristol, Earl Nightingale, Napoleon Hill (2017). “Mindset StackingTM Inspirational Journal VolumeSS01”, p.92, Lulu.com

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• I always supported the women I worked with having time off to go to parent-teacher conferences and doctors' appointments or bringing their infants into the office.

  Hillary Clinton

  Teacher, Doctors, Office

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• The best situation is being a single parent. The best part about is that you get time off, too, because the kids are with their mom, so it's the best of both worlds. There's a lot to be said for it.

  Larry David

  Mom, Mother, Kids

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• People talk about retiring. I never said that r-word. People though I went away after the Olympic Games. I took time off to do something I've always wanted to be - a mother.

  Gail Devers

  Mother, Games, People

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• We needed time off from each other after our last tour because there was a lot of personal stuff we had to take care of. Eddie needed hip replacement surgery. Al needed his back worked on. And I was going to have a baby.

  Sammy Hagar

  Baby, Stuff, Als

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• I know I did the right thing by taking time off to raise my son. But it also came at a price. I turned down many opportunities over the years because I didn't want to leave him for long periods of time. And in Hollywood, as in any business, the calls stop coming when you don't answer.

  Arsenio Hall

  Son, Opportunity, Years

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• Anybody who spends time off of Louisiana's shores can recognize that these oysters are not endangered. To classify them as such risks great harm to not only fishermen who make their living collecting oysters in the Gulf, but also to Louisiana's economy in total.

  Bobby Jindal

  Oysters, Risk, Louisiana

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• When working abroad you work pretty hard, but with time off, this is the greatest job in the world. You drive. You explore Memphis, or wherever you've landed, or go and see Dr John, or the Californian landscape. And, yes, I've had a few good meals.

  Toby Jones

  Jobs, Meals, Drs

  "Toby Jones: ' So Robert de Niro booked us a table at El Bulli'" by Euan Ferguson, www.theguardian.com. August 18, 2012.

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• By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class.

  Anne Morrow Lindbergh

  Mothers Day, Mom, Motherhood

  Gift from the Sea ch. 3 (1955)

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• I want to win an Oscar. I want to be known for more than, like, going out. For being the 'party girl'. I hate that. I bust my ass when I'm filming and when I have time off, yeah, I like to go out and dance.

  Lindsay Lohan

  Inspirational, Girl, Dance

  "In brief: Watching Babel may make you sick". www.theguardian.com. May 03, 2007.

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• Oh yeah, our first tour in Europe they wouldn't give me the time off from work.

  Tom Araya

  Europe, Giving, Firsts

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• 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.

  Kathryn Minshew

  Home, Ideas, Trying

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• I realized that improvisers should probably always have time off. But musicians are always gigging and never have a chance to stop for a minute - unless something drastic occurs.

  Keith Jarrett

  Musician, Chance, Should

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• I don't take time off.

  Wiz Khalifa

  Take Time

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• I'm really kind of boring - I'd rather go to bed early and get up early because I really value my time off, my time away from work.

  Mandy Moore

  Up Early, Bed, Kind

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