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Unwind Quotes

By Alan Reiner | Jul 22, 2024 | 73 quotes

Knowing how to unwind is a skill, not a luxury. These quotes explore the art of switching off -- the different ways people recharge, why rest matters as much as effort, and the quiet satisfaction of finding your own rhythm for decompression.

Fitting for wellness blog posts, weekend social media captions, self-care newsletters, or journal reflections on balance. Have a look through the collection.

  1. “Finding ways to unwind and switch off is just as important as working very hard.”

    Francesca Hayward
  2. “After a long day, my favorite way to unwind is by going running. Not exactly the most relaxing activity, granted, but I always imagine I'm sweating out all the things weighing on my mind.”

    Becca Fitzpatrick
  3. “Typically a weekend retreat for the heart, soul and palate, brunch is the perfect way to unwind and reconnect.”

    Marcela Valladolid
  4. “I grind and I graft, but I will make sure that I get that time off here and there to unwind and relax and have a life.”

    Tulisa
  5. “I always tell people, 'The week after your fight is just a very good time.' You get to release, relax, unwind mentally - everything.”

    Frankie Edgar
  6. “Im a night owl so I tend to do a lot of my disconnecting past midnight. I love the feeling when the whole world has shut down for the day Im left to think and unwind without any interruptions.”

    Darren Hayes
  7. “I schedule 'me' time because, just like everyone else, I need to unwind. I try to remember to take it easy and breathe.”

    Mandy Ingber
  8. “I love how it feels to unwind by the ocean.”

    Miranda Rae Mayo
  9. “I have been practicing archery for a long time; a bow and arrow helps me to unwind.”

    Paulo Coelho
  10. “There's not much time to unwind, but you know what, it's because I love what I do. I look forward to the season. I look forward to playing games. It doesn't ever feel like work.”

    Tom Brady
  11. “Usually I'll go to San Diego to hang out with my parents if I want to unwind.”

    Mario Lopez
  12. “For years now, I've used gaming to unwind and relax during the season. It's also how I manage to keep up with my friends when I'm on the road.”

    Rudy Gobert
  13. “People come home from work, and they just want to unwind.”

    Alan Schaaf
  14. “I also always carry my flute. It's very important for me to try to relax when I'm travelling, and playing my flute helps me to unwind.”

    Andrea Bocelli
  15. “For me, shopping is a way to unwind.”

    Stacey Dooley
  16. “Cooking is the best way to unwind at the end of a long writing day. There's something mindless and hands-on about cooking, which makes it feel like the very opposite of writing, which is heady but inactive.”

    Lauren Kate
  17. “I generally unwind by having dinner with close friends.”

    Nelson DeMille
  18. “Music is how I unwind. I love going to see bands or DJs at a festival or a dive bar. My taste is pretty diverse.”

    Daniel Ricciardo
  19. “I ride a bicycle. I make artwork and do other kinds of stuff - but in terms of unwind, I like to play tennis and ride.”

    Lee Ranaldo
  20. “To unwind, I like to have a relaxing bath.”

    Hannah Bronfman
  21. “When you live on the road, going home is a place to escape and just be with your family to unwind.”

    Jonathan Davis
  22. “President Bush says he needs a month off to unwind. Unwind? When the hell does this guy wind?”

    David Letterman
  23. “I love to unwind and watch movies, especially those from the classic black-and-white era.”

    Fred Savage
  24. “I have been keeping myself fit. I am going on holiday next week in the Mediterranean so that I can really unwind after the football season and have a rest.”

    David Ginola
  25. “The Boomers have modeled a set of bad habits, and one grand gesture is not going to unwind all those bad habits.”

    Eric Liu
  26. “'The Bill Engvall Show' is a comedy about a middle-class family in the Midwest. It's a great family show to watch if you want to laugh and unwind.”

    Nancy Travis
  27. “I love to cook and really enjoy cleaning my house. People always tease me about getting a maid. My girlfriend tells me that they are only $40 and will do everything. But that is my time to unwind, put my hair in a ponytail, throw on sweats, and be myself.”

    Amy Weber
  28. “To unwind after training, I love to have a long hot soak in the bath, then veg out on the sofa with a box set. I'm a box-set junkie! I absolutely love 'Grey's Anatomy.'”

    Jessica Ennis-Hill
  29. “I only unwind at facials and massages.”

    Freema Agyeman
  30. “I'm a sucker for turquoise sea, white beaches and palm trees. I've been to the tropics every year since I could afford it. It's the perfect place to unwind. I can chill out, read, do a bit of yoga.”

    Bruno Tonioli
  31. “My favorite way to unwind is to go for a walk with my husband and the dog at the end of the working day, then we go to our local health club for a swim and to sit by the pool and read for a while.”

    Jacqueline Winspear
  32. “As the financial experts all over the world use machines to unwind Gordian knots of financial arrangements so complex that only machines can make - 'derive' - and trade them, we have to wonder: Are we living in a bad sci-fi movie? Is the Matrix made of credit default swaps?”

    Richard Dooling
  33. “I prefer to unwind by DJing. I learned that from Mike D from the Beastie Boys. After a show, he would DJ. Once I saw that, I wanted to do that. And now DJing is like my lifeline. I love the power it represents.”

    Questlove
  34. “The most luxurious thing to me is having an hour of my day, which rarely happens, to listen to my iPod and sit on my couch. That's how I unwind.”

    Grant Achatz
  35. “It's very important for me to try to relax when I'm travelling, and playing my flute helps me to unwind.”

    Andrea Bocelli
  36. “I love to go to the gym for a couple of hours daily. Besides, I love my dancing routines; dance helps me unwind, de-stress, and introspect.”

    Terence Lewis
  37. “I work in a business environment forty hours a week, and writing is what I do to unwind. It allows me to transport myself to a happy place where I can indulge my hopes, beliefs, aspirations and fantasies. It also allows me to live and breathe a topic for eighteen months while I'm researching and writing.”

    Ashwin Sanghi
  38. “I've learned that I can't have a packed work schedule and a packed social schedule and a packed personal life; I need to just have time to myself to sit and breathe and unwind.”

    Kim Cattrall
  39. “Stand-up comedy is the most relaxing thing I do. If I want to unwind and de-stress, I go out and do stand-up, often several shows in a night.”

    Judah Friedlander
  40. “I like to unwind by doing nothing. If I do get a day, I just like to vegetate and laze around.”

    Sonakshi Sinha
  41. “Sometimes I like to watch TV, though I never get to watch any of the shows in real time. I'm a fan of 'Downton Abbey,' 'Boardwalk Empire,' and 'Boss.' There's a British series called 'Luther,' but in England, they think a series means four episodes. And I like 'Mad Men.' Otherwise, it's always good to unwind with a book.”

    L'Wren Scott
  42. “For a lot of people, 4chan is their tree house - they go there to hang out. You can actually see the culture shift with time zone. Seeing how threads unwind and unravel is just a thrill, and you can't really share that magic.”

    Christopher Poole
  43. “I'm a bit of a wine snob and like a glass of Chateaux Margaux '82 with a meal or to unwind.”

    Suzi Quatro
  44. “When I was fifteen, I used to run around reading 'Adbusters' and dumpster diving, trying to find ways to make the U.S. government unwind into chaos through hardcore punk and metal.”

    Diplo
  45. “Typically, I don't get to unwind after a day at work.”

    Martin O'Malley
  46. “I am an emotional person, and soccer is sheer emotion. For me, it is the best way to unwind.”

    Martin Winterkorn
  47. “If you're making a social call, don't call past 8 P.M. The evening is a time when people need a respite from their work - a time to unwind, uninterrupted.”

    Letitia Baldrige
  48. “This is going to sound so boring, but I play golf in Hertfordshire at a club called Sandy Lodge just by Moor Park Tube station. It's where I unwind and don't think about anything else.”

    Tom Ellis
  49. “When I'm working, I need to be pretty disciplined, but I do like to enjoy my food. I like to keep it fresh and wholesome. Preparing your own food can be a great way to unwind.”

    Julia Stiles
  50. “I get a lot of Tweets from fans of 'The Great British Bake Off' asking me questions about different recipes or baking techniques, and I do enjoying getting back to people whenever I can. But as soon as I get home, I always make a point of turning my phone off, as I think it is really important to be able to unwind at the end of the day.”

    Paul Hollywood
  51. “I'm a horrible perfectionist and very highly strung. That's why I do yoga: to unwind.”

    Felicity Jones
  52. “During the season, most of my time to unwind is in my car ride home. When I get home, it's being with my kids.”

    Tom Brady
  53. “Sometimes, if I really just need to unwind and kind of watch something that isn't gonna stress me out or have drama in it, I watch 'Spongebob.'”

    Kelsea Ballerini
  54. “We're going to lose more species, acidify the oceans more, do damage that it will take millions of years - if not longer - to unwind. Exactly how much damage will we do? How deep will those scars run? We don't know yet. But we will turn the ship.”

    Ramez Naam
  55. “What I have found is that the best way to unwind is cooking. You only have two hands. If you are chopping veggies, you are forcing yourself to put the phone down or step away from the computer. It's extremely relaxing.”

    Whitney Wolfe Herd
  56. “For me, I'll unwind at the end of the day by soaking in Epsom salts. It's the routine I prefer for coming down after crazy days.”

    Zac Posen
  57. “For me, the best way to unwind at the end of the day while I'm pregnant is to take a nice, long soak. I get in my bathtub, download a show onto my computer, prop it up on a chair, and just lie there watching and relaxing.”

    Jessie James Decker
  58. “Walking in the mountains helps me unwind, but it also reminds me in a painful way that the real beauty in life is nature and animals, and that the human race, in all its arrogance, is intent on destroying it.”

    Sylvie Guillem
  59. “Tennis is my favorite way to unwind, and it's a great family activity.”

    Lara Spencer
  60. “Usually, I head for another performance or back to Mumbai right after my performance. But whenever I come to Delhi, I make it a point to stay back in the city for at least a day so that I can unwind.”

    Neha Kakkar
  61. “The cultural issues, I think, at Wells Fargo went very, very deep. They have to unwind these cultural issues.”

    Steve Eisman
  62. “I used to unwind the wire tags that labeled the crates of vegetables and took the fine brass and steel wires and braided and twisted them together to make bracelets, rings, and figures.”

    Ruth Asawa
  63. “Trump's cabinet picks seem designed to unwind government itself, leaving the average citizen completely exposed and vulnerable to full exploitation by corporate interests.”

    Joy Reid
  64. “Going to the spa is the ultimate way to unwind, but unfortunately with such a busy schedule, I'm not able to always get to there.”

    Camille Kostek
  65. “I have a really great bathtub, and I unwind by taking baths.”

    Erika Jayne
  66. “I unwind by watching TV, which is also how I wind.”

    Shobana
  67. “We'll just unwind in the evening by going out as a family for a pizza where we'll meet up with other families we know from the children's school.”

    Mary Nightingale
  68. “I enjoy mending leaking pipes and dodgy plugs, as it helps me to unwind when my mind is on something else. Im pretty good at it - no one has ever been harmed by one of my repairs.”

    Rick Stein
  69. “I actually listen to hip-hop to unwind, so that's really the music I use to clear my mind. I find listening to someone like Dr Dre helps me to take a break and find a groove again.”

    Hardwell
  70. “For me yoga is relaxing. It allows me to unwind after a tiring day at work.”

    Rubina Dilaik
  71. “My skincare regime in the evening really helps me relax, unwind and get ready for a decent night's kip.”

    A. J. Odudu
  72. “It takes me a long time to unwind when I'm on holiday - at least three or four days.”

    Monica Galetti
  73. “The party is always my favorite part of a press day. You get to laugh, unwind and just have fun.”

    Taylor Hill

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