Unplugging Quotes

Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.

Try putting your iPhones down every once in a while and look at people's faces.

I usually just end up at home on my couch - reading.

I have to fight the impulse to use my phone as an alarm clock rather than leaving it in another room. If I don't, I will wake up in the middle of the night and think, 'I'll check my messages. Or the number of my book on Amazon.'

It's quite nice to switch off and not see anything to do with cricket.

I could give up my phone any day. I don't need it.

When I feel like I'm getting overwhelmed, I take a break from my phone and social media to regroup.

There are plenty of reasons to put our cellphones down now and then, not least the fact that incessantly checking them takes us out of the present moment and disrupts family dinners around the globe.

I've found throughout the years that I needed a place where I can go with no TV, no computer, no phone and just have no distractions and just be able to sit and think and just not be disturbed.

We do so much better when television isn’t watching.

Technology celebrates connectedness, but encourages retreat.

Give yourself more opportunities for privacy, when you are not bombarded with duties and obligations. Privacy is not a rejection of those you love; it is your deserved respite for recharging your batteries.

I don't read work emails after 7 P.M. or on weekends.

The goal of Sunday is to leave my home as little as possible.

It's bad for your brain not to unplug.

I like to shower for a really long time; that's a distraction-free zone for me.

There are times when you sit down, and you're just like, 'Man, I don't know if I can do it right now.' Take a second - go to the woods and just hang out, or go to Yosemite and check it out. Be in nature for a little while; clock out - which is super healthy, especially for creative types. Honestly, for everyone. Everyone needs that at times.

I think it's nice sometimes not to be plugged in 24/7 to email and the Internet and everything else. It's nice to get away.

A wild and crazy weekend involves sitting on the front porch, smoking a cigar, reading a book.

I shut down social media because I needed to shut out online distractions and engage with the people, issues, and work right in front of me.

True luxury is being able to own your time - to be able to take a walk, sit on your porch, read the paper, not take the call, not be compelled by obligation.

If you're always worried about being on your phone, then you really are missing out on everything that's happening in front of you.

As a parent, I tell my boys to keep away their smartphones and go outdoors and play. I take them to our farm where my father does a bit of farming, where they get their hands dirty. It is their digital detox.

If I was a parent or a kid, I would need a cell phone, and those things are invaluable, but my kids are out of the house now, and I am thrilled when I wake up to not have a cell phone, and feel like today is stretching out in front of me for 1,000 hours, as it seems.

I don't have a high-powered life out of work. I like to go to the country for the weekend with the kids and the dog and play tennis. I am very good at turning off.