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Work Quotes by H. L. Mencken
- The only liberty an inferior man really cherishes is the liberty to quit work, stretch out in the sun, and scratch himself.
- Two simple principles lie at the bottom of the whole matter, and they may be precipitated into two rules. The first is that, when there…
- It is impossible to think of a man of any actual force and originality, universally recognized as having those qualities, who spent his whole life…
- Unionism, seldom if ever, uses such powers as it has to ensure better work; almost always it devotes a large part of that power to…
- Wherever I sit is the head of the table.
- Why do men delight in work? Fundamentally, I suppose, because there is a sense of relief and pleasure in getting something done - a kind…
- Is it hot in the rolling mill? Are the hours long? Is $15 a day not enough? Then escape is easy. Simply throw up your…
- All human progress, even in morals, has been the work of men who have doubted the current moral values, not of men who have whooped…
- Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body.
- Government today is growing too strong to be safe. There are no longer any citizens in the world there are only subjects. They work day…
- Moral certainty is always a sign of cultural inferiority. The more uncivilized the man, the surer he is that he knows precisely what is right…
- Never let your inferiors do you a favor - it will be extremely costly.
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