“Golf cannot be played in anger, or in any mood of emotiional excess. Half the golf balls struck by amateurs are hit if not in rage surely in bewilderment, or gloom, or in cynicism, or even hysterically - all of those emotional excesses must be contained by the professional. Which is why balance is one of the essential ingredients of golf. Professionals invariably trudge phlegmatically around the course - whatever emotions are seething within - with the grim yet placid and bored look of cowpokes, slack-bodied in their saddles, who have been tending the same herd for two months.” IfsLooksHas BeensTwoCoursesEmotionHalfEmotionalMonthsBalanceEssentialsBallsGolfRageMoodBoredIngredientsExcessCynicismHerdsGloomGrimTwo MonthsSaddlesBewildermentGolf BallPlacidSeething Author:George Plimpton
“I read at least one periodical every month by a political group I dislike - to keep some sense of balance. The overwhelming stupidity of political movements is caused by the fact that political types never read anything but their own gang's agit-prop.” FactsPoliticalGroupsMovementTypeMonthsBalanceStupidityOverwhelmingDislikeGangPropsPolitical MovementsPolitical Groups Author:Robert Anton Wilson
“to balance my own checkbook each month, I simply record whatever is necessary in the following manner: '37 cents to cover embezzlement by somebody at the bank.” My OwnRecordsMonthsBalanceFollowingCentsEach MonthEmbezzlement Book:Up a Family Tree Source: Up a Family Tree
“I couldn't stand to be separated with my wife for months. It became quickly apparent to me that I needed to find a balance between my absolute work obsession and a private life that we could share without my disappearing all the time.” WifeShareMonthsNeededBalanceAbsolutesMy WifeDisappearObsessionPrivate Life Author:David Bowie
“But acting is my main profession so it's about finding the right balance. I don't know how, if I went any further with the music, I would manage to do both - I would have to take time off from acting because I couldn't do both at same time. I could do six months on and six months off perhaps. But I'm really proud of the record. I've worked on it for a while and I'm really glad to finally get the album out, having done three EPs prior to its release.” IfsKnowsDoneThreeActingKnow HowRecordsMonthsProudBalanceSixFindingsAlbumsProfessionGladManageReleaseTake TimeSix MonthsTime Off Author:Iwan Rheon
“There was a precarious balance during those crucial months between composition and decomposition - what the world gained and what a great city lost. Even then, some part of Detroit was dying, and that is where the story begins.” WorldStoriesLostCitiesDyingMonthsBalanceCrucialCompositionDetroitPrecariousGreat CitiesDecomposition Book:Once in a Great City: A Detroit Story Source: Once in a Great City: A Detroit Story
“We see each other [ with Iman Abdulmajid] a lot. I couldn't stand to be separated for months. It became quickly apparent to me that I needed to find a balance between my absolute work obsession and a private life that we could share without my disappearing all the time.” ShareMonthsNeededBalanceAbsolutesDisappearObsessionPrivate LifeIman Author:David Bowie
“When I think about work-life balance, I don't imagine it as a perfect day where I got to spend the exact right amount of time having an impact at work and snuggling with my kids at home. I never achieve that. But over the course of a month, or a quarter, or a year, I try to make time for the people and experiences I value.” PeopleThinkingTryingYearsHomeKidsValuesCoursesPerfectImagineAchieveMonthsAmountBalanceImpactQuartersWork Life BalanceMaking TimeLife BalancePerfect DaysSnuggling Author:Jane Park
“If you are worried about job security and do not have an adequate emergency fund (ideally eight months' worth of living expenses stashed away in a federally insured bank or credit union), you need to focus more on saving money than paying down the balance on your credit cards.” IfsNeedsJobsFocusSecurityMonthsBalanceUnionsEightCreditCardsSavingWorriedFundExpensesEmergenciesAdequateCredit CardSaving MoneyCredit Unions Author:Suze Orman
“Those carrying a credit card balance should scale back to making the minimum payment each month so they have more money to put into savings.” ShouldMonthsBalanceCreditScalesCardsSavingMore MoneyMinimumPaymentSavingsCredit CardEach Month Author:Suze Orman
“I get so frustrated when people tell me it's unrealistic to create an eight-month emergency savings fund, or have money saved for a home down payment, or pay off their $5,000 credit card balance.” PeopleHomePayMonthsBalanceEightCreditSavedCardsSavingFundFrustratedEmergenciesPaymentSavingsCredit Card Author:Suze Orman
“I see around 100 shows a month, going from Niketown-size palaces where you feel like yelling, to storefronts in Bushwick. Each has to pay the bills; keep artists happy; and cope with collectors (oy!), curators (ay-yi-yi), critics (woo-hoo!), and occasionally plumbers. That their fiscal life often hangs in the balance only adds to the energy.” FeelsShowsArtistEnergyPayMonthsBalanceBillsAddCriticsSizePalacesCollectorsYellingPlumberCurator Author:Jerry Saltz
“Our holiday food splurge was a small crate of tangerines, which we found ridiculously thrilling after an eight-month abstinence from citrus.... Lily hugged each one to her chest before undressing it as gently as a doll. Watching her do that as she sat cross-legged on the floor one morning in pink pajamas, with bliss lighting her cheeks, I thought: Lucky is the world, to receive this grateful child. Value is not made of money, but a tender balance of expectation and longing.” WorldChildrenMadeValuesFoundMorningFoodMonthsBalanceLuckyExpectationsCrossesGratefulLongingEightBlissSatHolidayChestsCheeksThrillingDollsLightingLiliesAbstinencePajamasUndressingCitrusTangerines Author:Barbara Kingsolver