Work Quotes
“I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless.”
“That is why the analogy of stealing does not work. With a thief, we want to know how much money he stole, and from whom. With the artist it is not how much he took and from whom, but what he did with it.”
-- Lukas Foss
“I actually may do a musical next year... not one that I've written one that I may star in. Plus my concert and other people's work and all of a sudden you've got a very full life.”
-- Harvey Fierstein
“Australians are coffee snobs. An influx of Italian immigrants after World War II ensured that - we probably had the word 'cappuccino' about 20 years before America. Cafe culture is really big for Aussies. We like to work hard, but we take our leisure time seriously.”
-- Hugh Jackman
“Hard work - I mean, does anybody use that term anymore? Laziness doesn't fly. It's all in the practice. It does take work and it ain't easy - but man, the rewards!”
-- Susan Powter
“Now this relaxation of the mind from work consists on playful words or deeds. Therefore it becomes a wise and virtuous man to have recourse to such things at times.”
-- Thomas Aquinas
“Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts inevitably bring about right results.”
-- James Allen
“We spend billions of pounds on welfare, yet millions are trapped on welfare. It's not worth their while going into work.”
-- David Cameron