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title: "10 Spent Working Quotes by 10 authors"
description: "Browse 10 Spent Working quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Spent Working sayings and thoughts."
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> [“Measure progress — not the time spent working.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-sonnenberg/measure-progress-not-the-time-spent-working/)

[Frank Sonnenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-sonnenberg/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33d/frank-sonnenberg-2672_progress_measure-progress-not-the-time-spent-work_2297489.jpg)

> [I never got to play as a child. All my spare time was spent working on my family's smallholding.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-parker/i-never-got-to-play-as-a-child-all-my-spare-time-was-spent-working-on/)

[Cornelia Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-parker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa3/cornelia-parker-4217_children_i-never-got-to-play-as-a-child-all-my-sp_2727946.jpg)

> [Some 80% of your life is spent working. You want to have fun at home; why shouldn't you have fun at work?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-branson/some-80-of-your-life-is-spent-working-you-want-to-have-fun-at-home/)

[Richard Branson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-branson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d19/richard-branson-256_adventure_some-80-of-your-life-is-spent-working-yo_1730532.jpg)

> [While unions did not play a part in my family life when I was being brought up, my early years were most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-ratcliffe/while-unions-did-not-play-a-part-in-my-family-life-when-i-was-being/)

[Jim Ratcliffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-ratcliffe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e52/jim-ratcliffe-21131_community_while-unions-did-not-play-a-part-in-my-f_336292.jpg)

> [“He had abundant free time, which he spent working on a series of new theorems in the field of information theory.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-stephenson/he-had-abundant-free-time-which-he-spent-working-on-a-series-of-new/)

[Neal Stephenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-stephenson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04b/neal-stephenson-362_free-time_he-had-abundant-free-time-which-he-spent_178136.png)

> [I thought that my life would be spent working in a bookstore, teaching community college, and making music in my spare time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moby/i-thought-that-my-life-would-be-spent-working-in-a-bookstore-teaching/)

[Moby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moby/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7c/moby-549_bookstores_i-thought-that-my-life-would-be-spent-wo_996150.jpg)

> [I think back when I was kind of a crappy writer, I really did know my time was better spent working and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bonnie-jo-campbell/i-think-back-when-i-was-kind-of-a-crappy-writer-i-really-did-know-my/)

[Bonnie Jo Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bonnie-jo-campbell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19c/bonnie-jo-campbell-9521_adventure_i-think-back-when-i-was-kind-of-a-crappy_604926.png)

> [Obviously I've spent most of my working life with men and they have this way of operating which seems a bit alien…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-street-porter/obviously-i-ve-spent-most-of-my-working-life-with-men-and-they-have/)

[Janet Street-Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-street-porter/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d98/janet-street-porter-35736_alien_obviously-i-ve-spent-most-of-my-working_3003359.png)

> [My father instilled in me an attitude that you couldn't really enjoy yourself unless you had done something to deserve it. So,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-elliot/my-father-instilled-in-me-an-attitude-that-you-couldn-t-really-enjoy/)

[Ben Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-elliot/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7c/ben-elliot-16585_attitude_my-father-instilled-in-me-an-attitude-th_2072728.jpg)

> [Government is saying to the average citizen every January 1: 'For the next five months you'll be working for us, for goals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-armey/government-is-saying-to-the-average-citizen-every-january-1-for-the/)

[Dick Armey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-armey/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cf/dick-armey-16265_ambition_government-is-saying-to-the-average-citi_2504281.jpg)

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