Skip to content
quotesby

I think the hard thing about this job [stand-up] - I mean, I think this part is great - but that the traveling is y'know, 'cause - 'cause I'm gone a lot from home and this time I'm out for three-and-a-half weeks without going home, and that's hard, to be gone three-and-a-half weeks 'cause then I have to ask my friends, 'Would you mind going to the house and watering the plants, and turn some lights on and make it look like somebody's home, and make sure that the mobile over the crib isn't tangled or the baby's gonna get bored...'

Ellen DeGeneres#2

WorkBalanceHomeTravel

About this quote

What does it mean?
Traveling for work makes it hard to be away from home and pets.
In plain terms
Leaving home for work is tough on family and pets.
What can you take from it?
Absence from home is challenging.

Where it applies

  • frequent travel
  • pet ownership
  • balancing life

Putting it to work

  • plan travel carefully
  • ask for help
  • check on home

Questions to consider

  • How do you manage time away?
  • What responsibilities do you worry about?

Another view

It focuses on the inconvenience of travel rather than the career aspect.

More from Ellen DeGeneres

  1. I remember one day I was coming home from kindergarten I--well, I thought it was kindergarten, it turned out later I'd been working in a factory for two years.…

    Permalink to quote #1
  2. Don't you hate when people are late to work. And they always have the worst excuses. 'Oh, I'm sorry I'm late, traffic.' 'Traffic, huh? How do you think I got h…

    Permalink to quote #3
  3. I'm a - I'm a, um, a godmother which is just, that's fun to be a godmother, she is so precious, she's the light of my life, she's two... or five or something, …

    Permalink to quote #4

Related quotes

  1. It took us two years to write, produce and arange the new album [90 Millas]. Aside from that, I wrote the two children's books based on Noelle, my bulldog, and…

    Gloria EstefanGloria Estefan quote #14
  2. Living [in France] has been good for me. It's given me the opportunity that when I do come back to Hollywood I can almost enjoy it. (2003)

    Johnny DeppJohnny Depp quote #92
  3. Sadly I roam, Still longing for de old plantation, And for de old folks at home.

    Stephen FosterStephen Foster quote #1