Work Quotes
“We need to steer clear of this poverty of ambition, where people want to drive fancy cars and wear nice clothes and live in nice apartments but don't want to work hard to accomplish these things. Everyone should try to realize their full potential.”
“Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.”
-- George Carlin
“I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money - has turned himself into a slave.”
-- Joseph Campbell
“As much as I would love to be a person that goes to parties and has a couple of drinks and has a nice time, that doesn't work for me. I'd just rather sit at home and read, or go out to dinner with someone, or talk to someone I love, or talk to somebody that makes me laugh.”
-- Daniel Radcliffe
“If you cannot work on the marriage or the women is a moron, staying married and cheating makes the most sense because divorce is disruptive to the family life and your bank account.”
-- Al Goldstein
“If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf.”
-- Bob Hope
“I don't mean to be arrogant and I really appreciate my fans but talking about what I am doing is not something I'm good at. I do what I do and that's it. I want to get back to my work and do more of it instead of talking about it.”
-- Henry Rollins