The fundamental fact in the lives of the poor in most parts of America is that the wages of common labor are… — George Gilder Copy Share Image
The artist labors while he may, But finds at best too brief the day; And, tho' his works outlast the time And… — Henry Abbey Copy Share Image
The simple idea that everyone needs a reasonable amount of challenging work in his or her life, and also a personal life,… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
People want more and more leisure time, which means the freedom to do what they want to do, not what they have… — Robert Fogel Copy Share Image
The key to a vibrant middle class is an abundance of jobs that pay enough so that workers can provide for themselves… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
If the ordinary wage-earner worked four hours a day, there would be enough for everybody, and no unemployment — assuming a certain… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Education has no more serious responsibility than the making of adequate provision for enjoyment of recreative leisure not only for the sake… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
...the thoughtful excitement of lonely rambles, of gardening, and of other like occupations, where the mind has leisure to must during the… — Augustus William Hare Copy Share Image
Who will free me from hurry, flurry, the feeling of a crowd pushing behind me, of being hustled and crushed? How can… — Bernard Berenson Copy Share Image
How we use our leisure is equally as important to our joy as our occupational pursuits. Proper use of leisure requires discriminating… — J. Richard Clarke Copy Share Image
I really would like to stop working forever–never work again, never do anything like the kind of work I’m doing now–and do… — Allen Ginsberg Copy Share Image
Continue to make the demands of the day your immediate concern, and take occasion to test the purity of your hearts and… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“I gather," he added, "that you've never had much time to study the classics?" "That is so." "Pity. Pity. You've missed a… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
A principal aim of education is to give students a taste for literature, for the books of life and power, and to… — John Lancaster Spalding Copy Share Image
It took me better than a quarter century to learn, the hard way, that hard work at something you want to be… — Spider Robinson Copy Share Image
The critical question for our generation—and for every generation— is this: If you could have heaven, with no sickness, and with all… — John Piper Copy Share Image
We talk of the enormous virtues of work, but it turns out that that is mostly for the poor. If you're rich… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
I am once more seated under my own vine and fig tree ... and hope to spend the remainder of my days… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The fight against unfair scheduling is like the fight for a regulated work day - it's people fighting for reasonable conditions at… — Rachel Holmes Copy Share Image
you can go to the Devil and not at your leisure. You can go now, for all I care.' 'My pet, I've… — Margaret Mitchell Copy Share Image
English literature is a glorious inheritance which is open to all - there are no barriers, no coupons, and no restrictions. In… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Leisure was the sine qua non of the full Renaissance. The feudal nobility, having lost its martial function, sought diversion all over… — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
“Of all men, only those who find time for philosophy are at leisure; only they are truly alive; for it is not… — Seneca Copy Share Image
That god forbid, that made me first your slave, I should in thought control your times of pleasure, Or at your hand… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
You men out there probably think you already know how to dress for success. You know, for example, that you should not… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
You were intended not only to work, but to rest, laugh, play, and have proper leisure and enjoyment. To develop an all-around… — Grenville Kleiser Copy Share Image
Blest leisure is our curse; like that of Cain, It, makes us wander, wander earth around, To fly that tyrant Thought. As… — Edward Young Copy Share Image
Just as our view of work affects our real experience of it, so too does our view of leisure. If our mindset… — Shawn Achor Copy Share Image
“To resist the social pressure now put even on one's leisure time, requires a tougher upbringing and a more obstinate willfulness about… — Robert Graves Copy Share Image
Epaminondas is reported wittily to have said of a good man that died about the time of the battle of Leuctra, "How… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
A distinguished clergyman told me that he chose the profession of a clergyman because it afforded the most leisure for literary pursuits.… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Automation and technology would be a great boon if it were creative, if there were more leisure, more opportunity to engage in… — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
NCL ... stands to achieve greater success under the Carnival Corp. umbrella, which will provide NCL with economies of scale, greater access… — Micky Arison Copy Share Image
The only true retirement is that of the heart; the only true leisure is the repose of the passions. To such persons… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Think of how much time is spent looking and applying for jobs. Some of those who have read my book on the… — Guy Standing Copy Share Image
A decline of exuberance is just barely noticeable in America, making itself felt particularly among the most highly educated and the well-to-do… — David Riesman Copy Share Image
The earlier days of the republic went into the acquisition of money and the provision for material things is now finding an… — Fritz Kreisler Copy Share Image
There is more to life than material well-being. Who would claim that the wholly wage-dependent family enjoys the dignity, the security, the… — Louis O. Kelso Copy Share Image
All this time I lived with my parents, and wrought on the plantation; and having had schooling pretty well for a planter,… — John Woolman Copy Share Image
I have no leisure to think of style or of polish, or to select the best language, the best English - no… — Isabel Burton Copy Share Image
