Lighten Quotations

I'm not happy if other people aren't enjoying themselves, so I try to lighten the mood as much as I can.

Lighten up, just enjoy life, smile more, laugh more, and don't get so worked up about things.

It's a consoling notion that death is a very tiny hole, and you need to make yourself very small to get through it. One obviously needs to lighten off, and a rucksack full of bricks or a mantelpiece full of trophies will certainly have to be abandoned - the sooner the better, I say.

My uncle worked in emergency wards dealing with people who came in with terrible injuries. He talked about the sketch shows they would put on to lighten the atmosphere. You often find this sense of grim humor in hospitals. The injuries people are suffering are ghastly. You have to laugh at something or you'd otherwise cry.

Leonard Cohen has a way with words and with humor that remind me to lighten up, which I appreciate very much.

Whenever you get any new skill you really want to use it. I think he should lighten up a little.

We were trying to take a little bit of the edge off, give everybody a chance to relax. It's been a good hard week with a lot of concentration. We figured we'd lighten up a little here and be ready to go tomorrow.

We have really been moved by so much tragedy that I said to our guys that we need to do something that can lighten their load momentarily and give the people a fun evening. We hope we can get several thousand to come out and have a good time.

When the market sells off like it has in the last few days our software lets users know that they can lower their cost per share. When the market goes back up, the software will have those same investors lighten up on their holding.

I did some funny drawings. I tried to lighten us up a little bit, but that's about it.

For us, the case is now closed. We hope that in the coming weeks and months, relations lighten up so they can be re-established to their highest level.

I would tell people who are overweight in technology to use any bounces to lighten up in those areas, raise some cash and shift portfolios into more defensive positions.

Last night I got a little advice from my dad: Just have fun and lighten up the atmosphere. It's worked one game in a row, we'll see what happens Tuesday (at Montezuma-Cortez).

It gave sellers a chance to lighten up a bit, ... On balance, this just appears to be investors taking a breather.

Over-seriousness is a warning sign for mediocrity and bureaucratic thinking. People who are seriously committed to mastery and high performance are secure enough to lighten up.

Part of the path higher has been helped by the news from China that they don't plan to lighten their load of Treasuries.

Long-term to me, ... is a year in this business. If we're going to have a recession, you should probably lighten up on your airlines, because they're still cyclical. But there has been a lot of restructuring in the airlines, the way they run their business. I think they will come through the next recession.

I think one of the most interesting trends for spring is military. We saw it for fall, but for spring it's being shown with a floaty dress and I think it's made designers very creative, like, how do I do military but lighten it and make it soft?

That would be a perfect scenario, where he works with that offensive staff through the whole week and works with Steve to formulate how the game will be called. Maybe Steve calls the game in, with the help of Jerry. But anything that can lighten the load of what I've taken on will be certainly fun.

We feel good about the game being next Saturday, but the other day we thought we were going to be playing North Texas this Saturday. You never know. We think things might lighten up between now and then. But with the information we have now, I feel real good about the LSU-Arizona State game staying where it is.

We feel good about the (ASU) game being next Saturday, but the other day we thought we were going to be playing North Texas this Saturday, ... You never know. We think things might lighten up between now and then. But with the information we have now, I feel real good about the LSU-Arizona State game staying where it is.

When it's tense during practice, I tend to lighten up the mood a bit.

Well, maybe now everyone will lighten up. Maybe they'll get back on the bandwagon. We lost three games; the season's not over. We could very easily be 5-0 in the league, because we played well tonight, took 70 shots. That's a lot of possessions.

When asked if I miss being in government, I usually try to lighten the moment by responding that I awake most days, read the paper, and then observe that, 'It's yet another great day to be the former director of the Central Intelligence Agency.'

The reality of trade with China continues to fall short of the potential. If our economic relationship is to stay afloat, China needs to lighten the load by carrying out reforms and delivering results.

We will do everything possible to lighten their burden during this terrible time,

was considerably tongue-in-cheek, and some of the responses have been notably humorless. Lighten up a little bit!

Festivals cause diseases, since they lighten cares but increase gluttony.

After last week's sell-off a lot of people were caught underwater on positions. So after the market's bounce this morning, traders took it as an opportunity to lighten up on their positions . . . to buy back on some of their loss incurred Friday.

Approximately 42 percent of Americans never eat a whole grain. Yet, whole grains can help reduce the risk of diabetes and heart disease, and may even help with weight maintenance. Helping Iowans understand those connections is one of the goals of the Lighten Up Iowa program.

Another thing we've tried to do is lighten practice a little bit. We're on the ice 22 times this month (for games) so we're trying to make it fun.

They (the people) put us in positions of power so that they should thrive and not so that we should seek to lighten the burden of our ponderous titles by transforming ourselves from elected and accountable politicians into self-serving tycoons,

You can't lighten up. Keep the pressure on them until they start feeling their legs die out.

There was plenty of dysfunction in my family and I went to Catholic School with these psychotic nuns. I would always try to be funny to lighten the mood.

There's a real heaviness to our team and I feel it. I'm trying to lighten it up. Because there are so many distractions and so many things going on, it's heavy and it wears on guys. We don't want this. We want to win. We are winning, but we're not winning at the rate people want us to win.

It was a really tough 12 months for Greg. He had to cope with a lot and while we tried to lighten the burden as much as we could, the way he handled it all, it was a real credit to him. He is incredibly mature for his age.

Football is a tough, demanding game. If you can't laugh a little, it can really wear on you. If I didn't laugh, I'd cry. You've got to be able to enjoy what you're doing. Whenever you can find a moment to lighten up a little, it's good. Our players are understanding how to do that.

It's the kind of market now where (investors) have to get out -- to lighten up, ... Interest rates are making people do that, and fear of a slowing economy and higher inflation. If that's the fear, then prices come down.

Not only will they keep you from getting a quick sale, but they will also cut down on the amount of money you'll get in offers. On the other hand, if you lighten up these dark spots, you can very quickly improve the value of your property.

Any time you've got players with these sorts of personalities, they're bound to lighten up the entire mood. It's great for everybody.

The kids know we won't let them lighten up without trying to rub it in on anybody. We still want to play hard. The whole time you're on the field you want to play hard and play fair. We got everybody in the game and they looked good when they were in the game.

I made a promise to myself that I would lighten up this year, and have some fun.

I never heard (Rich) go off on a musician unless there was a reason, ... However, (Rich) never knew when to lighten up. He'd state his case and then continue until he had blown his stack.

I'm not surprised the stock is down. We all expected that. There are some people out there who expected to get more Hughes shares than they were able to get, and are trying to lighten their position with GM.

I hope that I have achieved what I set out to do and that is to make your days more memorable, a little more bareable, lighten your troubles, and fill your heart with love.

I tend to be hard on myself and worry about things. Dr. Waddington helps you get at the root of why you think the way you do and to lighten up on yourself and relax. That's valuable.

If I thought that a smile of mine, might linger the whole day through and lighten some heart with a heavier part, I'd not withhold it -- Would you?

He?s one of the most driven people I know. But out of the four of us in the secondary, I would consider him the clown of the group. He always has something to lighten the mood, but he knows when to change that mentality and get serious about the game.

However, with more projects on the table, I am teaching myself to delegate and rely on a good team of professionals to lighten the load.

Gratitude is a burden upon our imperfect nature, and we are but too willing to ease ourselves of it, or at least to lighten it as much as we can.

You've got to lighten up because our lives are jokes, ... My whole idea is that we just have to accept the idea that stuff is going to happen. Life is humiliating and let's just have a good laugh about it.

The General Education program does a good job of building breadth for students at the University and we don't need to add more to it. You've got the upper level and the language strengthening, and I think you have to lighten up on this other little piece.