Quotes About Work

You know, from age 17 on, my paycheck was coming from cooking and working in kitchens.

You either go through your life working for someone and getting a paycheck - and it can be a damn good paycheck, and I am not complaining as someone who has always been a salaried employee - or you can go out and become an entrepreneur.

You know, last season I didn't do anything on the show, so I was frustrated. I mean, don't get me wrong: It's nice to get a paycheck. But if you don't really do anything it's not very satisfying.

I don't know anyone who ever got deferred pay. I'm the first of my friends to ever actually get a deferred paycheck.

I didn't want to be the lead guy. That's too much work. But I thought that it might be fun to be the lead guy's friend. I'd have days off, and still get a paycheck every week.

I still have to work paycheck to paycheck. Being in show business doesn't indicate that you're a 'success,' in my opinion.

What you learn growing up in a place like Buffalo is that your job isn't just your paycheck, it's your identity. It doesn't just give you dollars, it gives you dignity.

I'd never put all my chips anywhere, because I don't want to close any doors, but I was raised in a very blue-collar family. I was raised by parents who said, 'If you don't go to work every day, you're not contributing', so that's my mentality. I have to work every day; I have to bring home a paycheck.

I've seen straight, partnered women explain their decision to stay at home by noting that childcare would have taken too much out of their paycheck - as if this cost was just theirs to bear!

People call me Benny. And as long as they put Benedict on my paycheck, I don't care.

Once you have been hot and cold, you get real appreciative when you got a place to go every day with decent material, a paycheck to come in, and nice people to work with.

I don't really have the desire, as far as love of the game. It's more about the paycheck I can make.

Each and every day, I think about the importance of earning my paycheck and playing well.

I never had a paying job that was not in theatre.

I used to do this as a kid. And now they're paying me for it, which is cool.

Writing isn't manual labor. Nor is it emptying the dishwasher or paying bills. It's work, sure, but sometimes it should be fun.

It's a brilliant job. I'm literally paying my mortgage by fighting imaginary dragons.

We're going to do everything possible to make sure that food safety is always paramount, and that we work with the industry as aggressively as we can to make sure that we're paying attention to the food-safety issues.

My first paying job, when I was 15, I was a day camp counselor.

When you have a lot of opportunities, which I am blessed to have had in terms of my work, you get into the habit of not paying attention to certain specifics. And as we get busy, anything we do is the same thing.

Google can say they are not in the content business, but if they are paying people and distributing and archiving their work, it is getting harder to make that case.

I'm far too middle-class to morally object to a paying job.

I have always had trouble paying attention. When I was supposed to be at work, I'd be doodling. But then when I was home, trying to draw, I would be working on math problems. I never end up doing exactly what I should be doing at at any given time.

I realized I didn't need to go to work every day. I could work for the pleasure and the challenge, not for the mortgage payment.