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Quotes About Contentment

The sloth lives his life upside down. He is perfectly comfortable that way. If the blood rushes to his head, nothing happens because there is nothing to work on.
~ Will Cuppy
When men are employed they are best contented.
~ Benjamin Franklin
Just doing any kind of work - even an interview for breakfast television - makes me feel happy.
~ Bruce Forsyth
When you feel good about the work you're doing, that's what's important, not the budget or anything like that. If you're happy about the actors you're working with, that's what's important.
~ Chazz Palminteri
I don't need to work.
~ Christopher Lambert
I'm not worried about dying. I consult with God, my maker. And I don't have a lot of problems to work out. I'm pretty squared anyway.
~ Elizabeth Taylor
I never wanted to have any extra money, if it meant having to have any extra work.
~ Fran Lebowitz
Work as joy, inaccessible to the psychologists.
~ Franz Kafka
Not everyone has a Life's Work. Some people simply have a Life.
~ Garrison Keillor
I'm a happy man because whatever I'm doing, I do for myself and I do a little creating here and there for others, and they work out very well.
~ Jack Kirby
Believe it or not, I don't own a TV. Crazy huh? I'm not a big movie-goer either. I just feel like I'm watching work. I am always outside and couldn't care less about what's on TV these days.
~ Jeffrey Donovan
I'm wearing pajamas, every day, at work. It's the best thing, ever!
~ Unknown
Please give me fifty more years of work and fun, then an instant death when I'm sleeping.
~ John Grisham
I often think how unadventurous my life must seem from the outside, though I do like my job.
~ Mary Hoffman, City of Flowers
When you do your work happily, work will disappear.
~ Mehmet Murat Ildan
I've three children, three grandchildren, I work, I travel, and I'm very happily married. I'm very satisfied and happy with my life and there really isn't anything I want.
~ Joan Collins
In the afterlife you don't have to worry about looking for work.
~ Ed Wood
It was good work, the kind of work that let you sleep soundly at night and, when you awoke, look forward to the day.
~ Jeannette Walls
I believe people work for satisfaction.
~ Akio Morita
A rain-tight roof, frugal living, a box of colors, and God's sunlight through clear windows keep the soul attuned and the body vigorous for one's daily work.
~ Albert Pinkham Ryder
My job ... I do nothing, it pays nothing, but - you guessed it - it's better than nothing.
~ Amy Hempel
The funny thing is, about the time I let go of any aspiration toward worldly success, that's about the time I started writing decent work.
~ Ben Fountain
The fact of the matter is I'm 21 now. I stay home. I feed my dogs. I don't really go out. I work.
~ Bijou Phillips
I don't want clever conversation, I never want to work that hard, I just want someone I can talk to, I want you just the way you are.
~ Billy Joel