Jan Fields Quotes

Not that I believe you can have it all: I believe you can have it all, just not at the same time.

You CAN have it all. You just can't have it all at once.

You can have it all, but not all at once.

Finding one important thing in your life doesn’t mean you have to give up all the other important things.

I feel that life is short, so we should be disciplined, but at the same time we should have a good time.

I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.

It's a hard job. It means giving up some things, but on the other hand they keep saying you can have it all. You can't really have it all so easy. You can do a little of this and little of that.

I don't want to abandon one work for the other, and I don't think I need to sacrifice anything to put my all into either one of them.

In any job, you have to give up certain things, and I believe that having a good quality of life means enjoying certain things only in moderation.

I would let climbing slide away if I had to maintain my relationship with my family. Because it really is the big adventure.

You can't have it all, all at once. Who - man or woman - has it all, all at once? Over my lifespan, I think I have had it all. But in different periods of time, things were rough. And if you have a caring life partner, you help the other person when that person needs it.

You have to sacrifice sometimes. There are so many things in life you might want to do, but you have to know when to let go.

One thing I didn't want to believe in is that I couldn't have a family and do music at the same time.

Since you have to do the things you have to do, be wise enough to do some of the things you want to do.

Middle age is when you're faced with two temptations and you choose the one that will get you home by nine o'clock.

You can have it all, just not all at the same time.

Life is made up of compromises.

It's like a garden: Whatever you water the most will do the best. At some point, you decide whether you'll water your career or your relationship more.

You can't have everything you want, but you can have the things that really matter to you.

We all can't shine at the same time.

It's a new skill to have two children that want you at the same time.

Nobody's life is ever all balanced. It's a conscious decision to choose your priorities every day.

Sometimes you'll have some things, and sometimes you'll have other things. And you do not need it all at once; it's not good for you.

It's difficult to keep in touch with someone when you're moving around all the time. I've decided that you can have it all, but you can't have it all, all of the time.

I worked with John, but I had enough sense to walk just a little ways behind him. I could have made more records, but I wanted to have a marriage.