Education Quote by Nora Roberts

“he was one of those diplomats who like and know how to work, and, despite his laziness, he occasionally spent nights at his desk.”

— Leo Tolstoy

“He was inefficient in the old sense of the word; not incapable, but unwilling to be seduced by work--unwilling to be singleminded. Those things…

— David Rhodes

“Within a few moments he was immersed in his work. The evening before, he had caught up with the routine of his classwork; papers…

— John Williams

“The intentions as to reading, working, and learning, which he had so precisely formulated only a few minutes earlier, were suffering a curious collapse…

— Thomas Hardy

“But his study was so dim and close, and it gave off the salty inky smell of mental fidgeting.”

— Anne Tyler

“He was appalled by the examination system, when it was explained to him; he could not imagine a greater deterrent to the natural wish…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

'Office Space' I loved doing.

— Gary Cole

“WORK PERFORMED. The phrase haunted his brain...”

— Jack London "Martin Eden

To work is to undertake to think something other than what one has thought before

— Michel Foucault

“Thus he started his education, that marvelous, growing, aching process whereby a mind develops into a usable instrument with a collection of proved experience…

— James A. Michener

“He liked doing research in the library. He liked feeling of accumulating knowledge in his brain. It was something he had enjoyed ever since…

— Haruki Murakami

The best preparation for work is not thinking about work, talking about work, or studying for work: it is work.

— William Weld