Quotes About Work

Generally, programmers aren't thrilled about the iterative method because it means extra work for them. Typically, it's managers new to technology who like the iterative process because it relieves them of having to perform rigorous planning, thinking, and product due diligence

My feeling about work is it's much more about the experience of doing it than the end product. Sometimes things that are really great and make lots of money are miserable to make, and vice versa.

I came from a poor family, so working and going to school at the same time was natural. It taught me multi-tasking, although we didn't call it that back then. I learned I could never be idle, I need to be doing many things at once.

Because of my nature, I find 'spiritual' and 'creative' to be synonymous. I am not exclusively a Christian; but for me work is prayer. So in pleading for the nurture of creativity, in life and in education, I plead for the nuture of the spiritual. I cannot separate the two.

to show that he kept watch and worked that the world would not be lost. And, as he sat, hope came.

I could watch news, but that'd be too much like work. Plus, the idea of staying informed these days is an illusion - you pick whichever version of events you're going to believe and then block out anything that contradicts or undermines that view.

Society's crude, you know . . . it's a brutal piece of work!

Information tech in the era of the personal computer and network is today's equivalent of a Love Bug that not only works but creates a new image of work that allows corporate and other organizational cultures to imagine a cool new vision of themselves. Information technology, in other words, is an institutional desiring engine.

For if this commission is behind us in Christian work, remember, always we are sent out to be exceptional in ordinary things, among sometimes mean people, in frequently sordid surroundings. Only the man sent by the King of kings could take that, and only the man with a true burden will ever accept it.

Most kids grow up wanting to work with animals. There's a good reason for that. The alternative is to work with humans.

As soon as you were born you were captured by fresh air that you screamed against the minute you came out. Then you were roped in by a factory, had a machine slung around your neck, and then you were hooked up by the arse with a wife.

I wonder if I'm the only one in the running business with this system of forgetting that I'm running because I'm too busy thinking.

No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.

Ironically, most people submit proposals far too early and far too often. They are actually at the conclusion of the sales process, just prior to a project's launch. When a proposal is accepted, you should be able to begin work immediately.

And if I had a preference, it would be to be able to not be in the studio until 4 in the morning.

Life becomes a habit. You get up, dress, eat, go tae work, clock in etcetera etcetera automatically, and think about nothing but the pay packet on Friday and the booze-up last Saturday. Life's easy when you're a robot.

What satisfaction do you, personally, get from being a writer?" Lanark tried to remember. He said, "It's the only disciplined work I remember trying. I sleep better for it.

I had a persona as a player, and I know this will come as a shock, but I liked to talk. But don't let the persona overshadow the person. The persona liked to have fun. The person knew when it was time to get to work.

I think if a personal connection seems far off, I have to work and find a way to bring it closer to me, or I don't feel grounded.

It's always a little bit personal when your work is cut down for whatever reason.

Work does affect my personal life, as it consumes most of my time. It takes away a lot from my family time.

My career decisions have nothing to do with my personal life.

It's all so personal, isn't it? It's hard to talk about work without talking about things that are personal. Work is personal. I don't want to talk about my personal life, but it's on my mind, and it's in my work.

For me, having a balance between work and personal life is very important.