“Writing is a manual labor of the mind: a job, like laying pipe.” — John Gregory Dunne Copy Share Image
Do you see these hands?" Jo said, holding them up. "These were made for caressing handsome men and meant to be adorned… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Coming from a working-class background, where my father did manual labor, was a good grounding; I was obsessed with getting a job… — Johnny Marr Copy Share Image
Growing up on a farm, I saw that if I didn't go to the military or go to school, and I knew… — Shannon Sharpe Copy Share Image
I worked full time jobs, basically doing manual labor until I could make enough money supporting myself as a musician. — Flea Copy Share Image
Manual labor to my father was not only good and decent for it's own sake but, as he was given to saying,… — Mary Ellen Chase Copy Share Image
“All I had to do was make this guy happy. I’d take care of his cows and do manual labor for two… — Abbi Glines Copy Share Image
Some of the best ideas I get seem to happen when I'm doing mindless manual labor or exercise. I'm not sure how… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
“I learned what education was expected to do for an individual. Before going there I had a good deal of the then… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
It was closer to manual labor than shooting a film. I always think of something Michael Caton-Jones told me: 'Pain is temporary.… — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
“You know the world has ended when manual labor in America is cheaper and easier than using machines.” — Susan Ee Copy Share Image
“Because I'm superior in other things. Help me, and I'll...I'll fix your car out front. I'll change your tire." That threw her… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Writing isn't manual labor. Nor is it emptying the dishwasher or paying bills. It's work, sure, but sometimes it should be fun. — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
We can't hire out our own inner work, but we can do the manual labor with delight and decency. — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
I like manual labor. Whenever I've got waterlogged with study, I've taken a spell of it and found it spiritually invigorating. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
As the only class distinction available in a democracy, the college degree has created a caste society as rigid as ancient India's.… — Florence King Copy Share Image
“Then I sniffed more deeply. "I smell the paint, and...wait...is that pine?" He looked impressed. "Dame straight. Pine-scented cleaner. As in, I… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
“The most common theory points to the fact that men are stronger than women and that they have used their greater physical… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
Idleness is the enemy of the soul; and therefore the brethren ought to be employed in manual labor at certain times, at… — Benedict of Nursia Copy Share Image
I don't suppose you offered to help?" "Sage," Adrian declared. "These hands don't do manual labor." He knocked another ball into a… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
“I've always been amused by the contention that brain work is harder than manual labor. I've never known a man to leave… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“It is a peculiar monthly Affliction inducing them [the men of Regency England] to take on various unnatural shapes—neither quite demon, nor… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
At the classical origins of philosophic thought, the transcending concepts remained committed to the prevailing separation between intellectual and manual labor to… — Herbert Marcuse Copy Share Image
