“For disappearing acts, it's hard to beat what happens to the eight hours supposedly left after eight of sleep and eight of work.”

“I met an American woman and got married so I had to get a job.”

“So this is the space during tutoring hours. It's very busy. Same principles: one-on-one attention, complete devotion to the students' work and a boundless optimism and sort of a possibility of creativity and ideas.”

“Tommy Lee Jones is hilarious. I would say, if you look at the body of his work, the character he is most like is the one in 'The Fugitive.' That's how he talks and jokes. That is the type of energy he has.”

“Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.”

“That's been one of my mantras - focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.”

“Just as man can't exist without his body, so no rights can exist without the right to translate one's rights into reality, to think, to work and keep the results, which means: the right of property.”

“Man - a creature made at the end of the week's work when God was tired.”

“Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it.”

“Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.”

“Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations.”

“Men's magazines often feature pictures of naked ladies. Women's magazines also often feature pictures of naked ladies. This is because the female body is a beautiful work of art, while the male body is hairy and lumpy and should not be seen by the light of day.”

“Work, look for peace and calm in work: you will find it nowhere else.”

“Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work.”

“The average husband enjoys the total effect of his home but is usually unable to contribute any of the details of work and organisation that make it enjoyable.”

“We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work, they have the talent to put those men back to work.”

“All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.”

“For me, every day is a new thing. I approach each project with a new insecurity, almost like the first project I ever did. And I get the sweats. I go in and start working, I'm not sure where I'm going. If I knew where I was going I wouldn't do it.”

“Those who produce should have, but we know that those who produce the most - that is, those who work hardest, and at the most difficult and most menial tasks, have the least.”

“I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you'll win - if you don't, you won't.”

“When I work a game as an analyst, all I do is look at the game like a coach.”