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Work Quotes by Annie Dillard
- There must be bands of enthusiasts for everything on earth-fanatics who shared a vocabulary, a batch of technical skills and equipment, and, perhaps, a vision…
- Hasidism has a tradition that one of man's purposes is to assist God in the work of redemption by "hallowing" the things of creation. By…
- I like to be aware of a book as a piece of writing, and aware of its structure as a product of mind, and yet…
- Appealing workplaces are to be avoided. One wants a room with no view, so imagination can meet memory in the dark.
- Your work is to keep cranking the flywheel that turns the gears that spin the belt in the engine of belief that keeps you and…
- As a life's work, I would remember everything - everything, against loss. I would go through life like a plankton net.
- You can serve or you can sing, and wreck your heart in prayer, working the world's hard work.
- A work in progress quickly becomes feral. It reverts to a wild state overnight. It is barely domesticated, a mustang on which you one day…
More Work Quotes
- I don't think about my previous success. I'm happy that the work I've done has been very successful. — Aaliyah
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit. — Aristotle
- Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. — Aristotle
- All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind. — Aristotle
- Well begun is half done. — Aristotle
- The end of labor is to gain leisure. — Aristotle