Quotes About Work

But as Freud and Elvis both remarked, apocryphally at least, work and love are the two things that make life worthwhile.

Fitness is not an option. It's part of my job.

That evening the men worked late to finish and I raked the fields in the dusk with Alison, stopping to pick the dog-roses which were like white stars in the hedges, then hastening after my sister. Dumbledores boomed as they struck our dresses, a hedgehog walked in the path, and we could hear the barking of a fox in the wood. Night

Any notion of the serious life of leisure, as well as men's taste and capacity to live it, has disappeared. Leisure [has become] entertainment.

All their lives they've said how Folks that don't Work should Starve. Now they can't work but they ain't ready for what they been wishing on the shiftless of all races.

Till the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, most American men wore hats to work. What happened? Did our guys—suddenly scouting overhead for worse Sunday raids—come to fear their hatbrims' interference?

Men should not trust in God as if God did all, and yet labor earnestly as is he himself did all.

I really would like to stop working forever—never work again, never do anything like the kind of work I'm doing now—and do nothing but write poetry and have leisure to spend the day outdoors and go to museums and see friends.... Just a literary and quiet city-hermit existence.

Cuando empezaba a trabajar, ya estaba cansada, pero eso era una ventaja y no un inconveniente. La rutina de la casa, los niños, las reuniones de padres de alumnos, los disfraces de Navidad, de carnaval, de fin de curso, las citas con los tutores, el calendario de vacunaciones y todo lo demás, la agotaba de tal manera que los días laborables no se lo parecían tanto.

Labor Day is a day to recognize the dignity of work and the contributions of working people to our society.

Quand on ne travaillera plus les lendemains des jours de repos, la fatigue sera vaincue.

I have nothing but sympathy for the people who are forced to work with me. I'm better now at picking out those that want to play that game with me, and those that don't.

We should concentrate our work not only to a separated housing problem but housing involved in our daily work and all the other functions of the city.

I am trying to show the world that we are all human beings and that color is not important. What is important is the quality of our work.

In Israel, living kidney donors are now offered forty days' pay at their current wage, even if they don't miss that many days of work, and they are promised priority on the deceased-donor waiting list, in case they should ever need a transplant themselves.)

George Harrison was also a pleasure to work with. He was one of the most famous people I've ever known, but in spite of that fame, he was such a nice and friendly guy.

They have decided to tour under the name of Ten Years After which I don't think is very cool. To be honest, they have had to do that as it's the only way they can get any work.

From the senior officer down to the lowest and newest pantry boy, each crewman reflected the Scandinavian concept of rigid devotion to duty and work. The company cared for the welfare of the crew

My wife and I, unlike many intellectuals, spent five years working on assembly lines. We came to fully understand the criticisms of the industrial age, in which you are an appendage of a machine that sets the pace.

People with menial jobs conjure up what Nietzsche calls a background world, forcing themselves to believe in an earthly or heavenly paradise. Their mental Eden is as seductive as their job is repugnant.

En vérité, on passe son temps à lutter contre la terreur du vivant. On s'invente des définitions pour y échapper : je m'appelle machin, je bosse chez chose, mon métier consiste à faire ci et ça.

L'un des maux de cette époque est que l'on ne peut plus demander aux gens ce qu'ils font. Cette question jadis innocente entraîne aujourd'hui un malaise trop profond. Le chômage y est pour beaucoup. Je trouve cela dommage. Si quelqu'un me disait très simplement qu'il ne faisait rien dans la vie, j'aurais pour lui de l'admiration. Il est magnifique de ne rien faire. Si peu de gens en sont capables.

programas tan estrictos, ocio incluido, y su vida laboral se verá sometida a tales obligaciones horarias, que el oasis de los estudios se dedica cuidadosamente a la vaguedad, a lo incierto, incluso a una suntuosa nada.

Poi riparte il tran tran. A ciascuno il suo: caffè-sigaretta, tè-toast o cane-guinzaglio, il percorso di tutti noi è organizzato in modo che si abbia meno paura possibile. In realtà, passiamo il nostro tempo a lottare contro il terrore della vita. Per sfuggirgli, inventiamo definizioni: mi chiamo tizio, sgobbo per conto di caio, il mio lavoro consiste nel fare questo e quello.