“I probably described more times than I can remember how stressful it was advising the President [Barack Obama] about going after Bin Laden.” I CanRememberPresidentBarackMore TimeBin LadenStressfulPresident Barack Obama Author:Hillary Clinton
“I forgot how much I loved going to class, actually. But I also forgot what having school homework feels like: stressful!” FeelsSchoolClassHomeworkStressful Author:Karlie Kloss
“Some people are stuck in tedious things, like their jobs, and they are bored. Other people experience one stressful thing after another.” PeopleJobsStuckBoredStressfulTedious Author:Eckhart Tolle
“When you're doing physical comedy, everybody's involved, not just the actors. Everybody's behind the scenes following them, and we've got Jillian the cinematographer running after them, then we've got three guys behind her who are cable-wranglers running with her so she doesn't trip on it. Every day was a mad-dash to the finish line. Every day was so stressful. Every day was so fun.” RunningGuyThreeActorsFunLinesBehindsComedyInvolvedSceneMadFollowingCablesStressfulBehind The ScenesFinish LineCinematographersPhysical ComedyWranglers Author:J. Robert Spencer
“There are some people I've met and it's stressful just speaking to them, because they're really pretentious and I don't know how to talk to them without being pretentious back.” PeopleKnowsKnow HowMetsStressfulPretentious Author:Frankie Cosmos
“The music business, and the travel that comes with it, is stressful, challenging, redundant, exhausting, exciting, and often very depressing.” ChallengesExcitingDepressingMusic BusinessStressfulExhaustingRedundantVery Depressing Author:Mark Kozelek
“There's a price to pay for the speed, and that is danger. And to push that hard on a boat - it does take a lot out of you and is incredibly stressful.” DoeHardPayDangerSpeedBoatStressful Author:Ellen MacArthur
“There are about 50 or 60 recommendations [in "Win"] for how to communicate, not just the words themselves. All of them had to be tested. And in this short amount of time, it's just very time-consuming and very stressful to ensure that you get it right.” WinningAmountCommunicateTestedConsumingStressfulRecommendationsTime Consuming Author:Frank Luntz
“You have to hide what you are and it's really stressful and very bad for your self esteem. Because it's not obvious to people that you are ill, they treat you as if you're a pain in the ass, then you beat yourself up and you are already beating yourself up as a part of mental illness.” PeopleIfsSelfPainSelf EsteemBeatsTreatsIllIllnessObviousMental IllnessAssEsteemStressfulBeating YourselfBeating Yourself Up Author:Sinead O'Connor
“Ethnic stereotypes are boring and stressful and sometimes criminal. It's just not a good way to think. It's non-thinking. It's stupid and destructive.” ThinkingWaySometimesStupidBoringCriminalsDestructiveStereotypeGood WayStressfulEthnic Stereotypes Author:Tommy Lee Jones
“My fitness routine includes things that are not stressful on my body - swimming, yoga, stretching, and rebounding. When I used to kill myself in the gym, it had an adverse effect on me because my body would be so stressed out and constantly in fight-or-flight mode.” BodyWould BeUsedFightingEffectsYogaFlightGymRoutineSwimmingStressedStretchingStressfulAdverseStressed OutAdverse Effects Author:Laura Prepon
“The reality is that life, for all of us, is pretty stressful and we all need ways to cope.” WayNeedsRealityStressful Author:MC Yogi
“I don't think you can live without stress; I think the human life is stressful, and it probably always has been, although the forms of stress may change from culture to culture, and from time to time.” ThinkingHumansMayHas BeensFormLife IsCultureStressHuman LifeStressful Author:Andrew Weil
“Nature; it always inspires me. Living in New York, it can get quite stressful sometimes, so on the weekends, I like to go hiking.” SometimesNew YorkInspireWeekendHikingStressful Author:Valentina Zelyaeva
“Traveling around, it can get very stressful sometimes, and I found yoga, thank God, like a couple of years ago. I went to my first yoga class, and I got hooked on it, and I go almost every day when I'm in New York. I find that it really balances me. And also, morning meditation.” YearsFirstsSometimesFoundClassMorningMeditationNew YorkCoupleBalanceYogaYears AgoThank GodStressfulHooked Author:Valentina Zelyaeva
“I just got back from Hawaii on Saturday, and it's so depressing how quickly all the stresses and the stressful energy of L.A. comes bombarding back. Everyone's in a rush, you're annoying everyone, get out of their way, everyone's most important than you are, has got somewhere more important to be - very draining town. But I still love it in many ways. I wouldn't leave California. I think it's a fantastic state, if you can't be in Hawaii all the time.” IfsThinkingWayStillsImportantStatesEnergyStressTownsFantasticCaliforniaAnnoyingDepressingSaturdayHawaiiStressfulDraining Author:Natalie Maines
“Since learning Transcendental Meditation from Maharishi in December 1967, it has been a valuable practice which has enabled me to go through some very stressful life experiences while remaining centered.” Has BeensPracticeMeditationValuableLife ExperienceDecemberStressfulTranscendentalTranscendental MeditationStressful Life Author:Mike Love
“My fitness routine includes things that are not stressful on my body - swimming, yoga, stretching, and rebounding.” BodyYogaRoutineSwimmingStretchingStressful Author:Laura Prepon
“I think that becoming a parent kind of made me try to be more responsible. And it made me much more stressful.” ThinkingTryingKindMadeParentBecomingResponsibleStressfulBecoming A Parent Author:Etgar Keret
“"Dollhouse" was really insane. We shot it at this top house studio in Brookyln. It was really cool. I designed a mini dollhouse that we used. I made it all by hand and decorated each room, and we based the actual set off of that. The Dollhouse was just plain wood and I put roofing on it and everything. I got real carpet for it. It was crazy. It was definitely an interesting experience. It was the first music video I've ever made. It was definitely stressful but awesome. Everybody was really amazing on set; we just had a blast doing it.” FirstsMadeRealHandsUsedHouseInterestingRoomsCrazyShotsStudiosWoodsVideoInsaneMade ItCarpetReally CoolBlastStressfulReally AmazingDollhousesRoofing Author:Melanie Martinez
“It was a very intense and stressful situation. There was playing in the Johnny-pump (an opened fire hydrant) and the ice-cream man coming around and all of these games that we'd play, and suddenly it would turn just violent and there would be shootings at 12 in the afternoon on any given day.” MenPlayWould BeTurnsGamesGivenSituationFireViolentIntenseIceShootingAfternoonCreamIce CreamStressfulPumpsStressful Situations Author:Jay-Z
“Family values represent the core values and guidelines that parents and family members hold in high regard for the well-being of the family. Sincere family feelings are core heart feelings. They are the basis for true family values. While we have differences, we remain family by virtue of our heart connection. Family provides necessary security and support, and acts as a buffer against external problems. A family made up of secure people generates a magnetic power that can get things done. They are the hope for real security in a stressful world.” PeopleWorldWellsHeartMadeRealDoneFeelingsProblemValuesParentDifferencesSupportVirtueSecurityMembersConnectionsBasesRegardCoreSecureWell BeingSincereThings DoneStressfulFamily MembersMagneticFamily ValuesCore ValuesGuidelinesTrue Family Author:Doc Childre
“You're just always growing. I feel like it's been very fast growth, but super exciting and I know I'll look back and feel like 'Yes, things were stressful, but it was also such an exciting time.'” KnowsFeelsLooksGrowthGrowingExcitingStressful Author:Jillian Hervey
“It was just a terribly stressful situation and dreary. A few months after [Eva Braun] suicide attempt, [Adolf] Hitler moved us both to the apartment, it was in the summer.” SituationMonthsSummerSuicideMovedApartmentStressfulDrearyStressful Situations Author:Gretl Braun
“It's a very stressful thing, directing a movie. You have the budget, you have the schedule, you are in certain confines, and you have everybody giving you advice about what to do.” GivingCertainAdviceBudgetsSchedulesStressful Author:Robert De Niro
“One morning in February 1986, out of nowhere, I experienced a realization. In an instant, I discovered that when I believed my stressful thoughts, I suffered, but when I questioned them, I didn't suffer.” SufferingMorningRealizationInstantStressfulFebruaryKatie Author:Byron Katie
“To be able to do it in the warmth and - of the White House and to do it around people who do care about my kids in a country that has been respectful of my children and their privacy, it has been less stressful than I would have imagined for me.” PeopleChildrenHas BeensCountryCareKidsAbleHouseWhiteMy ChildrenPrivacyWhite HouseWarmthRespectfulStressful Author:Michelle Obama
“Questioning our stressful thoughts, we come to see they're not true.” QuestioningStressful Author:Byron Katie
“If our stressful thoughts aren't true, what does that leave? It leaves, "I am loveable" - the very thing I could never make myself believe, because "I'm unloveable" overrides it when the chips are down.” IfsBelieveDoeChipsStressful Author:Byron Katie
“They say, "Katie, you're wrong." And if I say, "How dare you say that? I have studied and studied." Or, "I am an expert in" whatever area we're talking about. Or, "No, you are wrong! And I think you're rude!" Or anything like that, and if we don't say it out loud, maybe we think it, but that's stressful. The moment I've defended, in any way, I've started the war.” IfsThinkingWayWarMomentsTalkingAreasDareLoudExpertsRudeStressfulKatie Author:Byron Katie
“I don't like credit cards. They make overspending very easy. They can make life a lot more complex and stressful.” EasyComplexesCreditCardsStressfulCredit CardOverspending Author:Elizabeth Warren
“It was stressful [to live as a child in a Sylvian Hills]. It's always been complicated, honestly... I do not really want to tell you, actually. It bothers me that you want me to tell this.” WantChildrenComplicatedHonestlyHillsBotherWant MeStressfulYou Want Me Author:Young Thug
“Unless you're one of the five billionaires out there who don't have to worry about anything, every aspect of everything is stressful, no matter what your job is.” MatterJobsWorryFiveAspectNo Matter WhatBillionaireStressful Author:Peter Gallagher
“Pressure's healthy. It becomes stressful when you can't handle that. I mean, if you don't want to become pressurized in this environment, then don't be a chef.” IfsWantMeanEnvironmentHealthyPressureHandleChefStressful Author:Gordon Ramsay
“In real life, holidays are extremely stressful. They're the best of times and worst of times because you have got people trying to get along with people that you don't always get along with.” PeopleTryingRealWorstReal LifeHolidayStressful Author:Will Packer
“Living in stressful situations there are chemicals in your brain that are released that essentially degrade the neuron connections that allow you to function as a normal human being.” BrainSituationStressful Author:Chris Murphy
“It's just a challenge doing live television every week, you know, it's a challenge to come up with new material every week and stuff like that and try to keep it current, you know what I mean, like it's just, you know, it's a kind of a stressful environment. Like I didn't really realize that we had a show this Thursday until yesterday.” TryingKindMeanRealizingChallengesEnvironmentWeekStressful Author:Kenan Thompson
“Starting writing is stressful and scary and hard, but also, it's just like going to the gym. You're just stiff and weird, and you can't do it as well.” WritingScaryGymStressful Author:Tamara Jenkins
“I don't know what I am on set. I can be many different things on set depending on how stressful a situation is. But at the end of the day we're making movies, we're not saving the world... we're not an army, no one's lives are at risk and we're just trying to make art, so I think as long as you keep reminding yourself that's what it's about you can have fun.” ThinkingWorldTryingLongArtDifferentFunSituationRiskArmyHaving FunStressfulSave The World Author:Cary Fukunaga
“Qualifying for this Olympic team has been the most stressful experience of my athletic career. It has taught me so much about myself and how to handle high-pressure moments. I've learned to become my own biggest cheerleader, always feeding myself positive thoughts, visualizing myself winning, and most importantly focusing on each individual point.” MomentsWinningIndividualTeamAthleticStressfulCheerleader Author:Ibtihaj Muhammad
“To do business with a friend is difficult. The business itself is so stressful, so if you're havin' a bad day you can easily take it out on somebody, and then you takin' it out on somebody can easily turn into a blowup. It's weird, because you might really get to know a person by doin' business with them, then you probably decide you don't even wanna be around them, and that can really launch it off.” DifficultBad DayStressful Author:Bow Wow
“Honestly, it's really hard improvising and it's really stressful and humiliating at times. You're taking really big swings that potentially are eating up a lot of people's time and resources at set in your attempt to discover something funny.” EatingHonestlyStressfulHumiliating Author:Seth Rogen
“There is so little time on a set to build up a working relationship with a new member of crew. It is tough to be polite, especially in an extreme location where we will not get a second chance to get the scene. It is such a stressful process that I like to work with people I know and can trust.” PeopleChanceSceneToughPoliteSecond ChanceStressful Author:Asif Kapadia
“I feel more comfortable in drama. Comedy's is a high-wire act. I find it stressful. It's a precision science, in a way. And when you're filming, the thing comedy depends on becomes a much more difficult commodity. The thing you depend on is spontaneity.” DifficultComedyDramaCommoditySpontaneityStressful Author:Colin Firth
“The function of president in France is one of significant symbolic value; it can't be compared with that of prime minister or cabinet member. Everything you do, everything you say - but also what you don't say - suddenly has meaning. That might sound quite formidable or even stressful, but I think it is a product of the history of this role.” ThinkingValuesPresidentSignificantStressful Author:Emmanuel Macron
“There are new studies showing that young men and men with more progressive views of what a father should be - which is not just a helper and fun parent, but actually a partner - are beginning to feel more work-life conflict than mothers are. They're trying to do what women have been doing for 30 years, and they're having a very stressful time of it - a harder time at work because we still expect men to be on 24-7, working 40 years straight.” MenTryingMotherFatherFunParentStudyConflictProgressiveStressful Author:Brigid Schulte
“Istanbul is divided by time, not space. The first Istanbul is the Istanbul of the past. A long time ago, during the empire, it was beautiful, it was the glorious time of our nation, people say. Then, when they talk about today, they complain about it: It's very melancholic, it's very stressful. We've lost our golden age in the past, and now we're living in our dark era.” PeopleLongAgeTodayPastBeautifulDarkComplainingGloriousStressful Author:Burhan Sonmez
“When you're a touring musician, you're always turning over new rocks and there's always a certain level of tension in your life. The music business, and the travel that comes with it, is stressful, challenging, redundant, exhausting, exciting, and often very depressing. After all of these years, I'm still trying to cope with aspects of it.” TryingChallengesMusicianExcitingTensionDepressingMusic BusinessStressfulRedundant Author:Mark Kozelek
“I think there's more stressful periods than others when you're launching new things or going into a new business, or there are many things that can stress you out. Having to let people go, that's stressful. Never fun. But for the most part, I try to manage a schedule that's achievable and try not to make a schedule that's not. And a lot of times, sometimes it becomes a little unmanageable, but in spurts. So I think being able to make an achievable schedule, one that I know I can accomplish.” PeopleThinkingTryingSometimesFunStressAccomplishManageStressfulNew Business Author:Venus Williams