Every good teacher and every good parent has somehow learned to negotiate the paradox of freedom and discipline. We want our children and our students to become people who think and live freely, yet at the same time we know that helping them become free requires us to restrict their freedom in certain situations.
Be cautious, but not too cautious; do not be too much afraid of making a mistake; a man who never makes a mistake will make nothing.
Because you don't notice the light without a bit of shadow. Everything has both dark and light. You have to play with it till you get it exactly right.
Perfectionism is the enemy of profitability.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
In everything, it is no easy task to find the middle.
He, that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly between The little and the great, Feels not the wants that pinch the poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Imbitt'ring all his state.
I think it's OK to talk about your military service, but there's a fine line between, you know, too much and just about right.
There's a fine line between giving the sense of freedom and being too free.
With maturity comes the wish to economize - to be more simple. Maturity is the period when one finds the just measure.
Success is the result of a delicate balance between making things happen and letting things happen.
In the end, it’s all a question of balance.
You have to be very cautious that you're hitting the right beats and making sure it's funny, but at the same time when those notes are serious, you're trying to get your point across and it's not about the comedy.
People make mistakes in life through believing too much, but they have a damned dull time if they believe too little.
I do not think that safety should be bought at the cost of complicating the expression of good solutions to real-life problems.
The fine line that you do when you do political comedy is, as long as you have that laugh, you're fine.
