Quotes About Work

I had jobs from the age of 14, when I arrived in London as a refugee. Aged 17, I'd get up at 4 A.M. to work as a cleaner before school. It wasn't pleasant.

Out of college, I had two job offers. One was to be a canoe instructor for Outward Bound. And frankly, that would have paid better than the job I took, working on a policy commission in Washington that focused on immigration policy and refugees. But that decision made all the difference.

People who refuse to rest honorably on their laurels when they reach retirement age seem very admirable to me.

No one should be so precious as to refuse criticism of their work. But to respect an opinion, we have to know that it was given honestly and with proper thought.

I absolutely refuse the fame part of my business. I refuse even the money side of my business. I try to do as good work as I can do, I try to grow in my art and reach for truth. That's what I want from my art, that's what I aspire to.

If UCL did offer to reinstate me, it would be churlish of me to refuse, but really, my work there was over.

Nobody has approached me about an offer to work in India. However, I can categorically state that if they did so, I would refuse immediately.

We continue to fight for good jobs that pay well and jobs that last. Helping to get folks back to work is about helping them to regain their dignity and pride. That's what families care about.

I can only say that I've received such love and regard from Indians that I have no words to express it. It only makes me wish to return and work more.

If he wants their labor, let them go to work, without regard to politics.

I regard myself as someone who is retired but who occasionally goes out to work.

Only by observing this condition would the results of our work be regarded as fully conclusive and as having elucidated the normal course of the phenomena.

I've never entertained the idea of retiring because I've never regarded myself as having a proper job. Anyway, retirement can be the death of you.

Honestly, my biggest education regarding improv comedy actually came on the job working for 'My Boys.'

Critique, feedback, reaction to one's work or the way they have presented it, regardless of intention, is a gift.

I believe my own demons would have caught up with me regardless of my race and regardless of whether I worked at 'The Times.'

But this is a little different. This is the adult acting. This is a different crowd. It's more work and more good work. That's it. People will have their opinion regardless.

If a thing seems to you worth working for at all, if it appears to you of moment enough to challenge any effort, then put into what you do all the enthusiasm of which you are capable, regardless of criticism.

Regardless of what all the research says about don't talk about politics at work, people are talking about what they see on the news.

Whatever feminists may say about their only advocating choices, everyone knows the truth: Feminism regards work outside the home as more elevating, honorable, and personally productive than full-time mothering and making a home.

Whatever feminists may say about their only advocating choices, everyone knows the truth: Feminism regards work outside the home as more elevating, honorable, and personally productive than full-time mothering and homemaking.

I worked for 'The Chronicle' in San Francisco, and immigration is a big issue in that region.

I want the people of Wagga to know that my government will work hard across NSW, but especially in that region, to win back the trust that we have clearly lost.

The work of the Energy Subcommittee of the Science, Space and Technology Committee is critical to our region.