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I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.
Douglas Adams1952–2001The Salmon of Doubt (2002)
- Comedy
Hopelessness isn’t the same as happiness, but it’s enough to make the employees stop complaining, and that’s a good start.
Scott Adams1957–2026Dogbert’s Top Secret Management Handbook (1996)
- Comedy
Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.
Joseph Addison1672–1719The Spectator (1711–1714), No. 112 (9 July 1711)
- Religion
The secret of getting things done is to act!
Dante Alighieri1265–1321
I do not demand equal pay for any women save those who do equal work in value. Scorn to be coddled by your employers; make them understand that you are in their service as workers, not as women.
Susan B. Anthony1820–1906The Revolution, Women’s Suffrage Newspaper (8 October 1868)
- Women
Complete pleasure and happiness in life can only be found in working for the honor, existence and happiness of future generations.
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk1881–1938Conversation with Romanian Foreign Minister Victor Antonescu on 20 March 1937
- Happiness
The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.
Richard Bachborn 1936Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)
The price one pays for pursuing any profession or calling is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side.
James Baldwin1924–1987“The Black Boy Looks at the White Boy”
It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. As it turns out, work is less boring than amusing oneself.
Charles Baudelaire1821–1867Mon cœur mis à nu (1864)
Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.
Alexander Graham Bell1847–1922Bell Telephone Talk (1901)
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
The Bible (King James Version)Genesis 3:19 (KJV)In context
- Life & Death
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
The Bible (King James Version)Proverbs 6:6–8 (KJV)In context
- Wisdom
The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
The Bible (King James Version)Ecclesiastes 5:12 (KJV)In context
- Money
- Sleep
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
The Bible (King James Version)Ecclesiastes 9:10 (KJV)In context
- Motivation & Goals
Labor, n. One of the processes by which A acquires property of B.
Ambrose Bierce1842–1914The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)
- Comedy