Stress Comparison Quotes

I've been to war. I've raised twins. If I had a choice, I'd rather go to war.

I don't worry about terrorism. I was married for two years.

Forced to confront a reptile or an international financial crisis, I'll take the reptile every time.

I often think that presentations are more difficult than the work itself.

We have this amazing ability to turn on the exactly same stress response worrying about a mortgage that a zebra does when it's sprinting away from a lion.

By putting yourself in that intense form of stress, it makes regular life more peaceful.

Where'd the days go, when all we did was play? And the stress that we were under wasn't stress at all just a run and a jump into a harmless fall

There is a difference between executive producing and producing. Producing, you have no life for two years. You take everything personally, you want to kill everyone, you're depressed and angry, and then in the end you feel excited when it actually works. But executive producing, you can go home at the end of the day.

I wanted to have more time to play and reflect, but I find retirement more stressful than having a nice, steady job because I have to make decisions about where I want to be.

For 99 percent of the beasts on this planet, stress is about three minutes of screaming in terror after which it's either over with or you're over with. And we turn it on for 30-year mortgages.

Indie movies can be a lot more stressful than studio pictures. The stakes are just as high whether you're talking $3 million or $40 million.

Wars are Spinach. Life in general is the tough part. In war all you have to do is not worry and know how to read a map and co-ordinates.

The reason humans experience so much more stress than other species isn't just because we think more, but also because we think differently.

Working on television is much more stressful than working for a movie. The pace of work is relaxed while shooting a movie.

Stress never feels as natural as peace does

Anyone who thinks restaurants are hard should try working at a tech company.

There's way more pressure cooking for cooks than rowing at the Olympics.

Being on a soccer pitch is not the same as being in a kitchen when things are going wrong.

Writing a novel, when it's all going well, it's wonderful. You're lost in the world, and you have a relationship with your own mind. Also, as a novelist, you don't have to yell at anyone. But being an executive producer of a TV show, all you have is people coming at you with questions, and you're making decisions, decisions, decisions.

The reason humans experience so much more stress than other species isn't just because we think more, but also because we think differently.