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Work Quotes by Cyril Connolly
- Hemingway is great in that alone of living writers he has saturated his work with the memory of physical pleasure, with sunshine and salt water,…
- It is a mistake to expect good work from expatriates for it is not what they do that matters but what they are not doing.
- In my religion all believers would stop work at sundown and have a drink together.
- The true work of art is the one which the seventh wave of genius throws up the beach where the undertow of time cannot drag…
- Carelessness is not fatal to journalism, nor are cliches, for the eye rests lightly on them. But what is intended to be read once can…
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
- I try to work on shows that I would want to watch. — J. J. Abrams
- I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe… — Dean Acheson
- I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets.… — Paul Auster
- The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work. — Richard Bach