- Nov 07, 2020
Work Quotes
Quotes on the meaning of work.
Several quotes here describe work as a solitary process, one that takes real effort to protect from distraction, while others connect a person's politics directly to the character of their work. Related reading includes Growth Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some libertarians say, 'Well, if people work harder, they can make more money.' But, you know, my mother is a nurse and I am a venture capitalist. I think no matter how great a nurse she is, she wouldn't earn a one-thousandth of what I can make, if that.
- Mentor
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most of my job and most of what I do is to mentor people. There are a lot of people I work with that I don't have investments in.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think there's a lot to be said about just enjoying your work. It can be very contrived when people say their work is for the good of mankind.
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
Do you have a real interest in people who work for you? Most good leaders have that - it's hard to get someone to follow you if they feel like you hate 'em.
- Hurt
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Reeves Nelson debacle, that hurt me. There are certain things regarding him that I couldn't say then and still can't. But I should have pulled the plug on him after his sophomore year. We tried to make it work, but we couldn't make it happen.
- Brightest
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- Nov 07, 2020
I get to work with the best and the brightest at UCLA. We get to recruit great kids, and that makes coaching very fun for me.
- February
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- Nov 07, 2020
Typically, you'll see that zones work better in November than in February. As the season goes on, teams get better and better at attacking zones, and it becomes harder to become an effective zone defense as the season progresses. But early on, it can be can good at times.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I played a lawyer once, and I had about three or four weeks before we shot, so I was able to go to court and watch lawyers at work. Some were good lawyers and some were bad lawyers, but it was essential. The more time you have to prepare, the better. Always.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
It must be awfully frustrating to get a small raise at work and then have it all eaten by a higher cost of commuting.
- Possible
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are a number of institutions globally where the Federal Reserve typically leads the U.S. effort to work with financial regulators from other countries, and we try to, to the extent possible, establish international standards for how - the amount of capital a bank should hold, for example, or how much.
- Purpose
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- Nov 07, 2020
The biggest downside of my current job is that I have to wear a suit to work. Wearing uncomfortable clothes on purpose is an example of what former Princeton hockey player and Nobel Prize winner Michael Spence taught economists to call 'signaling.'
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
The actions taken by central banks and other authorities to stabilize a panic in the short run can work against stability in the long run if investors and firms infer from those actions that they will never bear the full consequences of excessive risk-taking.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Federal Reserve has always recognized the importance of allowing markets to work, and government oversight of financial firms will never be fully effective without the aid of strong market discipline.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because a person has to be either working or looking for work to be counted as part of the labor force, an increase in the number of people too discouraged to continue their search for work would reduce the unemployment rate, all else being equal - but not for a positive reason.
- How
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- Nov 07, 2020
Cyndi Lauper knows how to work a crowd.
- Hard Work
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- Nov 07, 2020