“it’s a thankless job, telling people it’s a hard, hard Universe they’re in.” — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Ah, how unjust to Nature and himself Is thoughtless, thankless, inconsistent man! — Edward Young Copy Share Image
Shall we mourn here deedless forever a shadow-folk mist-haunting dropping vain tears in the thankless sea — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Producing is a thankless task akin to hotel management. Unfortunately there are not too many good hotel managers. — David Hemmings Copy Share Image
What a glorious world Almighty God has given us. How thankless and ungrateful we are, and how we labor to mar his… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
Thanksgiving dinner's sad and thankless. Christmas dinner's dark and blue. When you stop and try to see it From the turkey's point… — Shel Silverstein Copy Share Image
I know being a linesman is a thankless job, especially with guys like me around. — John McEnroe Copy Share Image
L.A. is full of screenwriters. I don't know why. On many levels, it's such a thankless occupation. — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
That is the thankless position of the father in the family-the provider for all, and the enemy of all. — August Strindberg Copy Share Image
The confession of our failings is a thankless office. It savors less of sincerity or modesty than of ostentation. It seems as… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
When we translate, we always to some extent betray the text we are translating. That is why translation is so hard and… — Jay L. Garfield Copy Share Image
Teachers are sort of faced with a thankless task, because no matter how good they are, unless they find a way to… — Julius Erving Copy Share Image
Governance is complex, difficult, and on the whole, thankless - why ever should the Bright Young Things leave the management of their… — Upamanyu Chatterjee Copy Share Image
Never try to convey your idea to the audience - it is a thankless and senseless task. Show them life, and they’ll… — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share Image
Economic controversy is generally a thankless task. You cannot hope to make any impression on your opponent. Yet he is the only… — Francis Ysidro Edgeworth Copy Share Image
I would be content with any job, however thankless, in any quarter, however remote, if I had the chance of making a… — John Buchan Copy Share Image
Computer programmers tend, by and large, to be quirky and highly individualistic. Trying to organize or manage such awkward characters is normally… — John Naughton Copy Share Image
I value in the cat the independent and almost ungrateful spirit which prevents her from attaching herself to any one, the indifference… — François-René de Chateaubriand Copy Share Image
I started volunteering at an animal shelter, and little by little, my life started getting better. I think that is the secret.… — William McNamara Copy Share Image
I leave to others the sublime delights of riding in the storm, better pleased with sound sleep & a warmer berth below… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Alas! What boots it with uncessant care To tend the homely slighted Shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless muse; Were it… — John Milton Copy Share Image
I've done a lot of going back and forth with my own writing, in particular translating my English language stuff into Ukrainian… — Yuriy Tarnawsky Copy Share Image
I have a true aversion to teaching. The perennial business of a professor of mathematics is only to teach the ABC of… — Carl Friedrich Gauss Copy Share Image
If you can make a little painting for the ears with a few words, well, I like words; I like cutting them… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
Thanksgiving dinner's sad and thankless. Christmas dinner's dark and blue. When you stop and try to see it From the turkey's point… — Shel Silverstein Copy Share Image
We are surrounded every day by people who do thankless but important work. — Brian Kilmeade Copy Share Image
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child! — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“Sounds like a thankless job. Sometimes the most important ones are.” — Regina Jennings Copy Share Image
Don’t get me wrong. Being a mom is no picnic. Raising the kids is the mother’s responsibility. It’s a thankless, solitary job,… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
Scarlett O'Hara is going to be a thankless and difficult role. The part I'd like to play is Rhett Butler. — Norma Shearer Copy Share Image
