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Comedy7 quotes
Uh-oh. Sounds like somebody's got a case of the Mondays. — Female Temp · 1999I wasn't like every other kid, you know, who dreams about being an astronaut, I was always more interested in what bark was made out of on a tree. Richard Gere's a real hero of mine. Sting. Sting would be another person who's a hero. The music he's created over the years, I don't really listen to it, but the fact that he's making it, I respect that. I care desperately about what I do. Do I know what product I'm selling? No. Do I know what I'm doing today? No. But I'm here, and I'm gonna give it my best shot. — Hansel · 2001So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since I started working, um, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. So that means that every single day that you see me, that’s on the worst day of my life. — Peter Gibbons · 1999Human beings were not meant to sit in little cubicles staring at computer screens all day, filling out useless forms, and listening to eight different bosses drone on about mission statements! — Peter Gibbons · 1999I don’t like my job and I don’t think I’m gonna go anymore. — Peter Gibbons · 1999I'm gonna need you to go ahead and come in tomorrow. — Bill Lumbergh · 1999All 7 quotes →Comedy (film)7 quotes
Uh-oh. Sounds like somebody's got a case of the Mondays. — Female Temp · 1999I wasn't like every other kid, you know, who dreams about being an astronaut, I was always more interested in what bark was made out of on a tree. Richard Gere's a real hero of mine. Sting. Sting would be another person who's a hero. The music he's created over the years, I don't really listen to it, but the fact that he's making it, I respect that. I care desperately about what I do. Do I know what product I'm selling? No. Do I know what I'm doing today? No. But I'm here, and I'm gonna give it my best shot. — Hansel · 2001So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since I started working, um, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. So that means that every single day that you see me, that’s on the worst day of my life. — Peter Gibbons · 1999Human beings were not meant to sit in little cubicles staring at computer screens all day, filling out useless forms, and listening to eight different bosses drone on about mission statements! — Peter Gibbons · 1999I don’t like my job and I don’t think I’m gonna go anymore. — Peter Gibbons · 1999I'm gonna need you to go ahead and come in tomorrow. — Bill Lumbergh · 1999All 7 quotes →Religious literature6 quotes
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. — God · 1405 BCWhatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. — Ecclesiastes 9:10 · 931 BCAll hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty. — Proverbs 14:23 · 686 BCOne hand full of rest is better than two fists full of labor and striving after wind. — Ecclesiastes 4:6 · 931 BC“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.”
What profit has a man from all his labor In which he toils under the sun? — Ecclesiastes 1:2-3 · 931 BCSet thy heart upon thy work but never upon its reward. Work not for a reward: but never cease to do thy work. Do thy work in the peace of Yoga and, free from selfish desires, be not moved in success or in failure. — Bhagavad Gita · 200 BCAutobiography and memoir4 quotes
Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art. — Andy Warhol · 1975No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem. — Booker T. Washington · 1900When men are employ'd, they are best content'd; for on the days they worked they were good-natur'd and cheerful, and, with the consciousness of having done a good day's work, they spent the evening jollily; but on our idle days they were mutinous and quarrelsome. — Benjamin Franklin · 1790There is no substitute for hard work. — Thomas Edison · 1932Biography2 quotes
Life is much more fun when you have to worry about money coming in. — Pierre Auguste RenoirMen of genius sometimes accomplish most when they work the least. — Leonardo da Vinci · 1568Children's literature2 quotes
Tom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush. He surveyed the fence, and all gladness left him and a deep melancholy settled down upon his spirit. Thirty yards of board fence nine feet high. Life to him seemed hollow, and existence but a burden. — Mark Twain · 1876And when they played they really played. And when they worked they really worked. — Dr. Seuss · 1939Philosophical literature2 quotes
For it is commonly said: completed labors are pleasant. — Cicero · 45 BCPerfect freedom is reserved for the man who lives by his own work and in that work does what he wants to do. — R.G. Collingwood · 1924Adventure novel1 quote
Tom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush. He surveyed the fence, and all gladness left him and a deep melancholy settled down upon his spirit. Thirty yards of board fence nine feet high. Life to him seemed hollow, and existence but a burden. — Mark Twain · 1876Animation1 quote
When hearts are high the time will fly, so whistle while you work. — Snow White · 1937Animation (film)1 quote
When hearts are high the time will fly, so whistle while you work. — Snow White · 1937Commencement address1 quote
Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work, and the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking and don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years go on. — Steve Jobs · 2005Economic literature1 quote
Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. — C. Northcote Parkinson · 1955Fantasy1 quote
When hearts are high the time will fly, so whistle while you work. — Snow White · 1937Fantasy (film)1 quote
When hearts are high the time will fly, so whistle while you work. — Snow White · 1937History (play)1 quote
If all the year were playing holidays,
To sport would be as tedious as to work. — William Shakespeare · 1597Problem play1 quote
Things won are done; joy's soul lies in the doing. — William Shakespeare · 1603Satire1 quote
Work keeps at bay three great evils: boredom, vice, and need. — Voltaire · 1759