I think it's important to try to be present with whatever it is you're doing. And if you can't be present, take a break.
“Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.”
“You slam a politician, you make out he's the devil, with horns and hoofs. But his wife loves him, and so did all his mistresses.”