Quotes About Work

O God," he thought, "what a demanding job I've chosen! Day in, day out on the road. The stresses of trade are much greater than the work going on at head office, and, in addition to that, I have to deal with the problems of traveling, the worries about train connections, irregular bad food, temporary and constantly changing human relationships which never come from the heart. To hell with it all!

Under the conditions prevailing here the servant could not work unerringly, some time the accumulated annoyance, the accumulated uneasiness, must break ou t, and if it manifested itself only in the tearing up of a little piece of paper it was still comparatively innocent.

Their inability to disengage from work in the evening deprives them of the only possible respite from labor, and life without some kind of rest is torture. The worst irony is that taking care of the verminous Gregor is a filthy chore. Gregor, by escaping work, has not only forced his former dependents into labor, but has become work: disgusting work that only his disgraced family can perform.

Dann aber kehrte er zu seiner Arbeit zurück, so wie wenn nichts geschehen wäre.« Das ist eine Bemerkung, die uns aus einer unklaren Fülle alter Erzählungen geläufig ist, obwohl sie vielleicht in keiner vorkommt.

Cînd eÈ™ti cameriste, odat? cu trecerea timpului, ai impresia c? eÈ™ti cu totul pierdut? È™i uitat?, e ca munca în min?, cel puÈ›in aÈ™a e pe coridorul secretarilor, zile întregi nu vezi pe nimeni în afar? de cîÈ›iva petenÈ›i care se furiÈ™eaz? de colo colo, neîndr?znind s? ridice privirea, È™i de celelalte dou?-trei cameriste, la fel de am?rîte de soarta lor.

he spent many an hour in only the most superficial appearance of actual work

Orice om poate fi pentru o vreme în incapacitatea de-a lucra,dar atunci e momentul cel mai potrivit pentru a-È›i aduce aminte de realiz?rile lui anterioare È™i a te gândi c? mai târziu,de-ndat? ce dificultatea va fi învins?,va depune cu atât mai mult? sârguin?? È™i str?danie în munca lui.

En un momento dado puede uno ser incapaz de trabajar, pero después llega el momento preciso de acordarse de los servicios prestados y de pensar que después, una vez superado el obstáculo, uno trabajará, con toda seguridad, con más celo y concentración.

Ah, mon Dieu!, pensa-t-il, quel métier exténuant j'ai donc choisi ! Jour après jour un voyage. Les ennuis professionnels sont bien plus grands que ceux qu'on aurait en restant au magasin et j'ai par-dessus le marché la corvée des voyages, le souci des changements de trains, la nourriture irrégulière et médiocre, des têtes toujours nouvelles, jamais de relations durables ni cordiales avec personne. Le diable emporte ce métier !

What a fate, to be condemned to work for a firm where the smallest omission at once gave rise to the gravest suspicion!

It always amuses me that the biggest praise for my work comes for the imagination, while the truth is that there's not a single line in all my work that does not have a basis in reality. The problem is that Caribbean reality resembles the wildest imagination.

I'm a huge fan of the game. It's beyond a fringe benefit of obviously getting to work at the league office. I watch a ton of games in person, on television, on all forms of new media I follow the league. And so it's just beyond my wildest imaginations to me to now be the commissioner of the NBA.

My compulsion to always be working has become less strong and my current business is purely down to this enormous alimony. If I wasn't doing this I'd be making documentaries about wildlife and other subjects that interest me.

For years, I never knowingly went on a holiday. When I travelled, it was for work. Now I am a huge advocate, particularly to places which have amazing wildlife, such as Antarctica, India and Patagonia.

Steve worked tirelessly to promote conservation, wildlife, and the environment, and his work enabled the plight of endangered species to reach a whole new audience.

If you're a wildlife filmmaker and you're going out into the field to film animals, especially behavior, it helps to have a fundamental background on who these animals are, how they work and, you know, a bit about their behaviors.

I have such an extreme attitude about work, where I can just completely be derelict of my responsibilities and then when I am not derelict, I am completely indulged in it. I swing pretty wildly from the two extremes.

It was fun working with Will Smith; it was fun working with Alex Proyas, who is another sci-fi guy with 'Dark City.'

William Shakespeare was a brilliant writer and he only wrote the truth. So, if I don't believe it, I have to work really hard to see what that truth is so that I do; that's the only way I can make it believable for the audience.

William Shatner is living proof that if you are talented and nice, you can work in this industry forever.

When I was a kid, it was a little bit exciting working with Peter Weir and Robin Williams, but that faded pretty quickly for me.

Passion is different than desire. People that are successful recognize passion. You have to be willing to work at it. I love the image of pushing a boulder uphill - it will flourish you.

Millennials are more aware of society's many challenges than previous generations and less willing to accept maximizing shareholder value as a sufficient goal for their work. They are looking for a broader social purpose and want to work somewhere that has such a purpose.

Leadership does take work. And it should. If you aspire to be a leader, you ought to treat leadership as a craft, you ought to become a student of it, and you ought to work at it. And if you're not willing to work at it, well, you get what you give.