- People
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- 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
People are voluntarily giving money to A.E.I. - there is no government money - because they think the work we do is valuable.
- Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
Capricorns like to stay in one place. I have to go to work in places like New York, but basically, I don't want to go anywhere. One time, I got a trip around the world for doing something on television, and the travel agent was so excited, I gave her the tickets.
- Gingrich
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- Nov 07, 2020
Newt Gingrich had to work hard - getting Republican candidates to sign the Contract with America - to nationalize the election that swept Republicans to victory in 1994. A Democratic anti-Tea Party campaign would do that for the Republicans - nationalize the election, gratis - in 2010.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I began my journalistic career on the day Ronald Reagan was sworn in. That's the day I showed up for work at 'The New Republic' magazine.
- Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ideas matter. Legislative proposals matter. Slick campaigns and dazzling speeches can work for a while, but the magic always wears off.
- Good Deal
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- Nov 07, 2020
I recognize that I had a good deal of good luck in my life. I came along at a time when it was pretty easy to get a job in journalism. I went to work at CBS News when I was about 22, and within a year or so was reporting on the air.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think all those people I did stories about measured their own success by the joy their work was giving them.
- School
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since my retirement, I've spent a lot of time trying to help the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina. A society like this just can't afford an uneducated underclass of citizens.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
Remember that you are needed. There is at least one important work to be done that will not be done unless you do it.
- Benchmark
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- Nov 07, 2020
We don't really want to work for a corporation; however, we do aspire to one day make a barbecue sauce that doubles as a cologne, and we would like to promote that ourselves. We would like to create a cologne barbecue sauce benchmark of success.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020