--- title: "26 Earning a living Quotes by 24 authors" description: "Browse 26 Earning a living quotes by 24 authors. Discover the best Earning a living sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bc/r-buckminster-fuller-937_drudgery_we-must-do-away-with-the-absolutely-spec_3032361.png" --- > [We must do away with the absolutely specious notion that everybody has to earn a living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-buckminster-fuller/we-must-do-away-with-the-absolutely-specious-notion-that-everybody/) [R. Buckminster Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-buckminster-fuller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bc/r-buckminster-fuller-937_drudgery_we-must-do-away-with-the-absolutely-spec_3032361.png) > [Those who devote their lives to earning a living are incapable of living a human existence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-marcuse/those-who-devote-their-lives-to-earning-a-living-are-incapable-of/) [Herbert Marcuse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-marcuse/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d8/herbert-marcuse-3589_earning_those-who-devote-their-lives-to-earning_2676488.jpg) > [“Every ever you are in the world, you have to work to earn a living.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lailah-gifty-akita/every-ever-you-are-in-the-world-you-have-to-work-to-earn-a-living/) [Lailah Gifty Akita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lailah-gifty-akita/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad7/lailah-gifty-akita-11_earn_every-ever-you-are-in-the-world-you-have_1996824.jpg) > [It is a fact today that one in ten thousand of us can make a technological breakthrough capable of supporting all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-buckminster-fuller/it-is-a-fact-today-that-one-in-ten-thousand-of-us-can-make-a/) [R. Buckminster Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-buckminster-fuller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3a/r-buckminster-fuller-937_break-through_it-is-a-fact-today-that-one-in-ten-thous_2970351.png) > [There are so many ways of earning a living and most of them are failures.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrude-stein/there-are-so-many-ways-of-earning-a-living-and-most-of-them-are/) [Gertrude Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrude-stein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/582/gertrude-stein-667_earning_there-are-so-many-ways-of-earning-a-livi_1104894.jpg) > [I have seen that women are shut out from every means of earning a living that is really remunerative, crowded into certain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lillie-devereux-blake/i-have-seen-that-women-are-shut-out-from-every-means-of-earning-a/) [Lillie Devereux Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lillie-devereux-blake/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8d/lillie-devereux-blake-56740_certain_i-have-seen-that-women-are-shut-out-from_2666623.jpg) > [Skilled work, of no matter what kind, is only done well by those who take a certain pleasure in it, quite apart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/skilled-work-of-no-matter-what-kind-is-only-done-well-by-those-who/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0db/bertrand-russell-69_certain_skilled-work-of-no-matter-what-kind-is-o_1685989.jpg) > [Life is about more than earning a living, and if you're not in the habit of thinking about it, you can end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-c-nussbaum/life-is-about-more-than-earning-a-living-and-if-you-re-not-in-the/) [Martha C. Nussbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-c-nussbaum/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31c/martha-c-nussbaum-11905_earning_life-is-about-more-than-earning-a-living_203709.jpg) > [I have plenty of enemies... among artists who resent my earning a living. They think I should go off and starve while…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-friberg/i-have-plenty-of-enemies-among-artists-who-resent-my-earning-a-living/) [Arnold Friberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-friberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40a/arnold-friberg-51046_art_i-have-plenty-of-enemies-among-artists-w_2515701.jpg) > [There should be more on television that uplifts people and shows them how to better prepare themselves for earning a living. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-cosby/there-should-be-more-on-television-that-uplifts-people-and-shows-them-2/) [Bill Cosby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-cosby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/504/bill-cosby-720_earning_there-should-be-more-on-television-that_2587372.jpg) > [That our popular art forms have become so obsessed with sex has turned the U.S.A into a nation of hobbledehoys; as if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-loos/that-our-popular-art-forms-have-become-so-obsessed-with-sex-has/) [Anita Loos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-loos/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e5/anita-loos-10892_art_that-our-popular-art-forms-have-become-s_2411488.jpg) > [I realized that most people waste their lives earning a living, and I wanted to live. I love painting, so I keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-soulages/i-realized-that-most-people-waste-their-lives-earning-a-living-and-i/) [Pierre Soulages](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-soulages/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9d/pierre-soulages-30202_art_i-realized-that-most-people-waste-their_1018889.png) > [If I wasn't a model I would have liked to be a gardener. It is still a puzzle to me that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-shrimpton/if-i-wasn-t-a-model-i-would-have-liked-to-be-a-gardener-it-is-still-a/) [Jean Shrimpton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-shrimpton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/472/jean-shrimpton-80583_ashamed_if-i-wasn-t-a-model-i-would-have-liked-t_883720.jpg) > [Right now-whether you're in writing courses getting "paid" in credit for writing, or burdened and distracted by earning a living and changing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-burroway/right-now-whether-you-re-in-writing-courses-getting-paid-in-credit/) [Janet Burroway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-burroway/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3d/janet-burroway-32021_courses_right-now-whether-you-re-in-writing-cour_2938751.png) > [The people themselves begin to clamour for an education which shall qualify their children for life rather than for earning a living.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-mason/the-people-themselves-begin-to-clamour-for-an-education-which-shall/) [Charlotte Mason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-mason/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2a/charlotte-mason-9985_book_the-people-themselves-begin-to-clamour-f_2791367.jpg) > [Music is for people to hear, I can't think of anything else it could be for. Unless you believe in God, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-meale/music-is-for-people-to-hear-i-can-t-think-of-anything-else-it-could/) [Richard Meale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-meale/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e8/richard-meale-36457_believe_music-is-for-people-to-hear-i-can-t-thin_1921615.jpg) > [One goes on writing partly because it is the only available way of earning a living. It is a hard way and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-burgess/one-goes-on-writing-partly-because-it-is-the-only-available-way-of/) [Anthony Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-burgess/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/723/anthony-burgess-1167_apprenticeship_one-goes-on-writing-partly-because-it-is_1864396.jpg) > [All men cannot go to college, but some men must; every isolated group or nation must have its yeast, must have, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-e-b-du-bois/all-men-cannot-go-to-college-but-some-men-must-every-isolated-group/) [W. E. B. Du Bois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-e-b-du-bois/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dff/w-e-b-du-bois-2240_aim_all-men-cannot-go-to-college-but-some-me_2259859.png) > [Paul Revere earned his living as a silversmith. But what do we remember him for? His volunteer work. All activism is volunteering…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-j-ellis/paul-revere-earned-his-living-as-a-silversmith-but-what-do-we/) [Susan J. Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-j-ellis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/389/susan-j-ellis-83462_above-and-beyond_paul-revere-earned-his-living-as-a-silve_14922.jpg) > [We should probably start searching around a little earlier in our lives for what I call parallel activities, because most of us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darold-treffert/we-should-probably-start-searching-around-a-little-earlier-in-our/) [Darold Treffert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darold-treffert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/868/darold-treffert-20114_activity_we-should-probably-start-searching-aroun_1412808.jpg) > [in the past, having a life while earning a living didn't seem like too much to ask. Today, even this basic goal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-helgesen/in-the-past-having-a-life-while-earning-a-living-didn-t-seem-like-too/) [Sally Helgesen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-helgesen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e3/sally-helgesen-38942_asks_in-the-past-having-a-life-while-earning_2826637.jpg) > [Little did I know that earning a living at stand-up is the hardest thing you can do. But once I started doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-giraldo/little-did-i-know-that-earning-a-living-at-stand-up-is-the-hardest/) [Greg Giraldo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-giraldo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a08/greg-giraldo-10617_actually_little-did-i-know-that-earning-a-living_1723270.png) > [Education was not merely a means for earning a living or an instrument for the acquisition of wealth. It was an initiation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vijaya-lakshmi-pandit/education-was-not-merely-a-means-for-earning-a-living-or-an/) [Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vijaya-lakshmi-pandit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09d/vijaya-lakshmi-pandit-37670_acquisition_education-was-not-merely-a-means-for-ear_2184465.jpg) > [I ignore all the doomsaying nonsense. I'm in a business where the odds of ever earning a living are a zillion to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcia-wallace/i-ignore-all-the-doomsaying-nonsense-i-m-in-a-business-where-the-odds/) [Marcia Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcia-wallace/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/078/marcia-wallace-37942_business_i-ignore-all-the-doomsaying-nonsense-i-m_1007751.png) > [“I never had any doubts about my abilities. I knew I could write. I just had to figure out how to eat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/i-never-had-any-doubts-about-my-abilities-i-knew-i-could-write-i-just/) [Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/605/cormac-mccarthy-181_ability_i-never-had-any-doubts-about-my-abilitie_1633212.jpg) > [The true business of people should be to go back to school and think about whatever it was they were thinking about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-buckminster-fuller/the-true-business-of-people-should-be-to-go-back-to-school-and-think/) [R. Buckminster Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-buckminster-fuller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6a/r-buckminster-fuller-937_business_the-true-business-of-people-should-be-to_3163221.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/earning-a-living/#itemlist", "name": "Earning a living Quotes", "numberOfItems": 26, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We must do away with the absolutely specious notion that everybody has to earn a living.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "R. 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