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Work Quotes by John Kenneth Galbraith
- Clearly the most unfortunate people are those who must do the same thing over and over again, every minute, or perhaps twenty to the minute.…
- Originality is something that is easily exaggerated, especially by authors contemplating their own work.
- One of my greatest pleasures in my writing has come from the thought that perhaps my work might annoy someone of comfortably pretentious position. Then…
- Much of the world's work, it has been said, is done by men who do not feel quite well. Marx is a case in point.
- Because of his compassion Owen was always in trouble with his partners. They would have much preferred a tough, down-to-earth manager who would get a…
- Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.
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