“I think I'm well on the way of overcoming a very big hurdle that's been in my way for several years. Which is trying to find a way to not let the insecurity of my profession get the better of me and make me crazy. I'm trying to find a way to maintain my own personal balance in the midst of everything.” ThinkingWayTryingYearsWellsBigsMy OwnCrazyBalanceOvercomingProfessionMy WayInsecurityMidstHurdle Author:Rebecca De Mornay
“You can detach your attention from yourself and go anywhere. You can wander the universe. Big deal!” BigsUniverseDealsAttentionBuddhismBalanceWanderBig Deal Author:Frederick Lenz
“The government must give proper weight to both keeping America safe from terrorists and protecting Americans' privacy. But when Americans lack the most basic information about our domestic surveillance programs, they have no way of knowing whether we're getting that balance right. This lack of transparency is a big problem.” WayGivingProblemBigsGovernmentAmericaKnowingInformationBalanceSafeProgramWeightTerroristPrivacyTransparencySurveillanceBig Problems Author:Al Franken
“For my diet, I choose mostly organic. But in general, I am a big believer in trying to strike a balance with everything.” TryingBigsBalanceStrikesBelieverDiets Author:Liya Kebede
“I think it's important to recognize that you can't have 100 per cent security and also then have 100 per cent privacy and zero inconvenience.... In the abstract you can complain about Big Brother and how this is a potential program run amok, but when you actually look at the details then I think we've struck the right balance.” ThinkingLooksImportantBigsRunningSecurityBrotherBalanceProgramDetailsComplainingAbstractPrivacyZeroCentsNsaInconvenience Author:Barack Obama
“I balance my meals. I have never been a big dessert guy.” BigsGuyBalanceMealsDessert Author:Robert Herjavec
“I don't want to be a great executive without being a great mom and a great wife. I don't want to look back and say I wish I had done things differently.” WantLooksDoneBigsWishWifeMomBalanceExecutivesGreat MomGreat Wife Author:Angela Ahrendts
“People think: 'If this photographer's looking like a big jerk-off, maybe it's okay if I do.' I like to catch my subjects off balance a bit.” PeopleIfsThinkingBigsBitsSubjectsBalanceOkayPhotographerJerk Author:Mick Rock
“We have heard all of our lives how, after the Civil War was over, the South went back to straighten itself out and make a living again. It was for many years a voiceless part of the government. The balance of power moved away from it--to the north and the east. The problems of the north and the east became the big problem of the country and nobody paid much attention to the economic unbalance the South had left as its only choice.” YearsWarCountryProblemBigsGovernmentChoicesLeftAttentionOur LivesHeardEconomicBalanceEconomicsPaidAdversityMovedSouthEastCivil WarReconciliationBig ProblemsVoicelessBalance Of Power Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“Balance is always tough with the kind of shows and my work ethic and all of that, but that definitely helps me do what I do in the big picture.” KindHelpingShowsBigsBalanceEthicsToughHelp MeWork EthicBig Picture Author:Hank Williams III
“I was more of kind (who was better at) building businesses and selling them. That was a big thing for me. I was very good at that. I wasn't good as a boss. I was either your best friend or your worst enemy. I didn't balance the two very well. (So) I sold them.” WellsKindTwoBigsEnemyWorstBuildingBalanceVery GoodSellingBossBig ThingsWorst EnemyYour Best FriendBuilding A Business Author:Drew Waters
“Without doubt, the foremost band for decades has been the One O'Clock Lab Band at the University of North Texas. Through its many incarnations and under various leaders, they have demonstrated the highest qualities of musicianship imaginable, plus a willingness to balance their big band tradition with creative exploration. Astounding ensemble work, insightful interpretations of the arrangements, imaginative writing, and above all, a loving attention to musicality . . . these people play beautifully.” PeopleWritingHas BeensPlayBigsAttentionQualityLeaderCreativeDoubtBalanceBandHighestTraditionUniversityVariousDecadesClockInterpretationPlusWillingnessExplorationInsightfulTexasArrangementsImaginativeIncarnationLabsEnsembleMusicianshipMusicality Author:Gary Burton
“I definitely have an eye on doing more work in features and playing different characters, but I am also a big fan of going on vacation and playing golf and going to the beach. With anything, it's about finding the balance.” DifferentCharacterBigsEyeFansBalanceFindingsGolfBeachFeaturesVacationDifferent CharactersPlaying GolfGoing To The BeachGoing On Vacation Author:Bailey Chase
“It's a balance. Like, we are shooting the big car chase at the end and it's me with everybody. And I got my stunt coordinator who shot some stuff and I'm like, you are right next to me, why don't we do it together.” EndsBigsTogetherNextStuffCarLike YouBalanceShotsShootingCoordinatorBig Cars Author:George Tillman, Jr.
“I've always had different diet kicks. I grew up in a big Italian family, kind of grew up a chubby kid, then went vegan in fifth grade. I did that for three years, then I went raw in high school. It's always been extreme, but in the last few years I've gotten into balance. I don't restrict myself like I used to.” YearsKindDifferentBigsKidsSchoolLastsUsedThreeGrewBalanceGrew UpHigh SchoolExtremesDietsKicksGradesItalianVeganThree YearsFifthFifth GradeItalian Family Author:Nico Tortorella
“Every time you have a big blast-out experience you think that's the ultimate-everything, and of course it isn't, although you can get hints. The key however, is not to take those hint experiences to be the ultimate experience. There always needs to be a balance. For example, when you find something, by having some experience, you always want to keep looking because there could be more to it.” ThinkingWantNeedsBigsCoursesExampleKeysBalanceUltimateHintsBlast Author:Robert Thurman
“Many painters had a clear idea of what fractals are. Take a French classic painter named Poussin. Now, he painted beautiful landscapes, completely artificial ones, imaginary landscapes. And how did he choose them? Well, he had the balance of trees, of lawns, of houses in the distance. He had a balance of small objects, big objects, big trees in front and his balance of objects at every scale is what gives to Poussin a special feeling.” GivingWellsIdeasFeelingsBigsBeautifulHouseClearTreeSpecialFrontsObjectsBalanceDistanceScalesPainterLandscapeClassicArtificialImaginaryLawnsFractalsBeautiful LandscapesSmall Objects Author:Benoit Mandelbrot
“The big difference is, as a man, I can go to a bar at two in the morning and people will be like "He's just a fun guy! That's cool that he can balance all these things." But if you see a person that you know who has two young kids and is a mom, there's no way those perceptions are the same. It's like "Oh, there must be a problem." That's usually what women face.” PeopleIfsKnowsMenWayPersonsI CanTwoProblemBigsKidsFacesYoungGuyFunDifferencesMorningMomBalancePerceptionBars Author:Robert Greene
“My first album was called Seven Waves, and was directly inspired by the ocean, and the ocean has been a leitmotif in my music. Nature was my inspiration even in NYC, because I needed that balance - I would travel out to nature. I loved the big city, I loved the energy, but I needed the balance.” FirstsHas BeensBigsInspirationEnergyCitiesNeededBalanceOceanSevenInspiredWaveAlbumsBig CitiesNyc Author:Suzanne Ciani
“I used to have to come home and write and then record work tapes of those new songs. So now I can do it all on the road and that has been a huge difference that has happened in 2016. It is the only way for me to really balance. There is a lot of overhead, but it's a big investment towards being a dad and a husband, which is ultimately my number one goal.” WayWritingHas BeensI CanHomeBigsUsedSongGoalCan DoDifferencesNumbersRecordsHappenedHugeBalanceDadHusbandInvestmentComing HomeTapeI Can Do ItOverheadNew SongsBeing A Dad Author:Granger Smith
“The fact that we all leave behind seemingly insignificant clues behind ourselves - emotional DNA or what I call Small Data - which are able to describe with an insane accuracy who we really are, our personalities and desires. But even more how we all represents out of balances - perhaps I feel too overweight, feel alone or feel I haven't achieved what I'd hoped for when hitting 40. These imbalances are surprisingly visible when visiting consumers' homes - and surprisingly invisible when relaying on Big Data.” FeelsFactsHomeBigsAbleDesireBehindsHavensEmotionalPersonalityBalanceInvisibleInsaneDataConsumersVisibleHittingClueDnaInsignificantAccuracyVisitingOverweightImbalance Author:Martin Lindstrom
“China hasn't only existed for one day. Now, the whole nation has become richer and it's become a problem. The problem is universal. The factor is big. Everybody has to rethink the balance of the world and the whole landscape.” WorldWholeProblemBigsNationsBalanceOne DayUniversalChinaFactorsLandscape Author:Ai Weiwei
“The importance of balance is huge but I think it is for everybody. It's a big issue for at least anyone that I talk to in any career.” ThinkingBigsCareersIssuesHugeBalanceImportance Author:Emma Stone
“Australia seems to strike a balance between big and small. It's big enough to have that diversity, but not so big that it disintegrates into something that is not connected.” EnoughBigsSeemsBalanceDiversityConnectedStrikesAustralia Author:Michael Bierut
“I have gone up in the Pyramids and the stones are so close together you can't force a playing card between them and (they are) in perfect alignment. So those people must have had some hydraulics or something. You take 20 men, put them around a big stone, their legs would get in the way. Even if they could lift it, 20 pairs of legs hitting against each other would throw it off balance. And they would not have it in exact alignment. Not even a fraction of an inch off.” PeopleIfsMenWayBigsTogetherForcePerfectGoneBalanceStonesLegsCardsLiftsPairsInchesHittingPyramidsFractionsAlignmentPlaying Cards Author:John Henrik Clarke
“I'm actually big into meditation, transcendental meditation, and that really helps create not only a sense of balance, but all the other stuff this is gonna sound cliché... serenity and kind of a calm state of mind. And not that I'm like that all the time, but it helps me deal with life's ups and downs, coming from more of a centered place. Also it helps with creativity.” MindKindStatesHelpingBigsStuffSoundDealsCreativityMeditationBalanceCalmHelp MeState Of MindSerenityUps & DownsTranscendentalTranscendental Meditation Author:Eva Mendes
“We need to upgrade and modernize America`s infrastructure.Our budget is going to have to figure out how to balance those priorities and pay for it and our big goal is to leverage the private sector dollars as much as possible so that the public taxpayer isn`t paying for all of this.” NeedsBigsAmericaGoalPayFiguresBalanceDollarsPrioritiesBudgetsInfrastructureTaxpayersPrivate Sector Author:Paul Ryan
“I don't have the Big Idea. I don't have the arrogance to even want to have the Big Idea. But I believe the physics of resisting power is as old as the physics of accumulating power. That's what keeps the balance in the universe... the refusal to obey.” WantBelieveIdeasBigsUniverseI BelieveBalancePhysicsArroganceRefusalResistingBig Ideas Author:Arundhati Roy
“Ridiculous yachts and private planes and big limousines won't make people enjoy life more, and it sends out terrible messages to the people who work for them. It would be so much better if that money was spent in Africa - and it's about getting a balance.” PeopleIfsLifeBigsWould BeEnjoyBalanceTerribleMessagesCharityRidiculousPlanesPhilanthropyEnjoy LifePhilanthropicYachtPhilanthropy InspirationLimousines Author:Richard Branson
“It’s never something huge that changes the everything, but instead the tiniest of details, irrevocably tweaking the balance of the universe while you’re busy focusing on the big picture.” BigsUniverseHugeBalanceBusyDetailsBig Picture Book:Lock and Key Source: Lock and Key