Thankless Quotes

37 quotes by 36 authors

L.A. is full of screenwriters. I don't know why. On many levels, it's such a thankless occupation. — Nick Cave
That is the thankless position of the father in the family-the provider for all, and the enemy of all. — August Strindberg
It's not so much a thankless task, it's more a job with no thanks — Colin Baker
Economic controversy is generally a thankless task. You cannot hope to make any impression on your opponent. Yet he is the only reader on whose… — Francis Ysidro Edgeworth
I am going to St. Petersburg, Florida, tomorrow. Let the worthy citizens of Chicago get their liquor the best they can. I'm sick of the… — Al Capone
Raising kids may be a thankless job with ridiculous hours, but at least the pay sucks. — Jim Gaffigan
Scarlett O'Hara is going to be a thankless and difficult role. The part I'd like to play is Rhett Butler. — Norma Shearer
Producing is a thankless task akin to hotel management. Unfortunately there are not too many good hotel managers. — David Hemmings
In spite of its romantic frisson, the position of muse is very vague and largely thankless for the muse herself. — Katie Roiphe
Were we to undertake an exhaustive self-scrutiny, disgust would paralyze us, we would be doomed to a thankless existence. — Emile M. Cioran
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 of view. — Shel Silverstein
Computer programmers tend, by and large, to be quirky and highly individualistic. Trying to organize or manage such awkward characters is normally as thankless as… — John Naughton
When I did 'The Social Network,' David Fincher told me that I managed to make a thankless character pretty awesome. I thought that was really… — Dakota Johnson
Child-rearing can be a tedious and thankless undertaking. — Jessica Valenti
The confession of our failings is a thankless office. It savors less of sincerity or modesty than of ostentation. It seems as if we thought… — William Hazlitt
I would be content with any job, however thankless, in any quarter, however remote, if I had the chance of making a corner of the… — John Buchan
I have a true aversion to teaching. The perennial business of a professor of mathematics is only to teach the ABC of his science; most… — Carl Friedrich Gauss
Governance is complex, difficult, and on the whole, thankless - why ever should the Bright Young Things leave the management of their hotels, newspapers, banks,… — Upamanyu Chatterjee
Teachers are sort of faced with a thankless task, because no matter how good they are, unless they find a way to personally rationalize the… — Julius Erving
I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office. — Thomas Jefferson

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