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Work Quotes by Louis Agassiz
- A man cannot be professor of zoölogy on one day and of chemistry on the next, and do good work in both. As in a…
- You cannot do without one specialty. You must have some base-line to measure the work and attainments of others. For a general view of the…
- One naturally asks, what was the use of this great engine set at work ages ago to grind, furrow, and knead over, as it were,…
- It is better to have a few forms well known than to teach a little about many hundred species. Better a dozen specimens thoroughly studied…
- It must be for truth's sake, and not for the sake of its usefulness to humanity, that the scientific man studies Nature. The application of…
- The glacier was God's great plough . . . set at work ages ago to grind, furrow, and knead over, as it were, the surface…
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