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Workings Quotes (page 235)

All those young photographers who are at work in the world, determined upon the capture of actuality, do not know that they are agents of Death. Roland Barthes
Keep a journal, and don't assume that your work has to accomplish anything worthy: artists and peace-workers are in it for the long haul, and not to be judged by immediate results. William Stafford
C. S. Lewis quote: "A world of automata? of creatures that worked like machines?..."
A world of automata? of creatures that worked like machines? would hardly be worth creating. C. S. Lewis
I have never understood the importance of having children memorize battle dates. It seems like such a waste of mental energy. Instead, we could teach them important subjects such as How the Mind Works, How to Handle Finances, How to Invest Money for Financial Security, How to be a Parent, How to Create Good Relationships, and How to Create and Maintain Self-Esteem and Self-Worth. Can you imagine what a whole generation of adults would be like if they had been taught these subjects in... Louise L. Hay
I work all day, and get half drunk at night. Waking at four to soundless dark, I stare. In time the curtain edges will grow light. Till then I see what's really always there: Unresting death, a whole day nearer now, Making all thought impossible but how And where and when I shall myself die. Philip Larkin
John Mayer quote: "I work in the dead of night, when the roads are quiet and no..."
I work in the dead of night, when the roads are quiet and no one is around to track my moves. John Mayer
There's a difference between writing for a living and writing forlife. If you write for a living, you make enormous compromises.... If you write for life, you'll work hard; you'll do what's honest, not what pays Toni Morrison
Slowly but surely I have been soaking Rilke up these last few months: the man, his work and his life. And that is probably the only right way with literature, with study, with people or with anything else: to let it all soak in, to let it all mature slowly inside you until it has become a part of yourself. That, too, is a growing process. Everything is a growing process. And in between, emotions and sensations that strike you like lightning. But still the most important thing is the organic... Etty Hillesum
Oscar Wilde quote: "Anything approaching an explanation is always derogatory to a..."
Anything approaching an explanation is always derogatory to a work of art. Oscar Wilde
Some economists argue that the apparent paradox rests on an illusion: there is no real 'labor shortage,' only a shortage of people willing to work at the wages currently being offered. You might as well talk about a 'Lexus shortage'? which there is, in a sense, for anyone unwilling to pay $40,000 for a car. Barbara Ehrenreich
The ultimate goal is victory. And if you refuse to work as hard as you possibly can toward that aim, or if you do anything that keeps you from achieving that goal, then you are just cheating yourself. Don Shula
And wasn't it terrible, how much he looked forward to those moments, so much so that sometimes even a ride by himself on the subway was the best part of the day? Wasn't it terrible that after all the work one put into finding a person to spend one's life with, after making a family with that person, even in spite of missing that person...that solitude was what one relished the most, the only thing that, even in fleeting, diminished doses, kept one sane? Jhumpa Lahiri
The Dream"O I had such a wonderful dream, she said. I dreamed you made love to me. At last, he said to himself, the spirithas taken up some of the heavy work. Leonard Cohen
When someone works for less pay than she can live on -- when, for example, she goes hungry so that you can eat more cheaply and conveniently -- than she has made a great sacrifice for you, she has made of a gift of some part of her abilities, her health, and her life. Barbara Ehrenreich
Alright! You sir, you sir, how about a shave? Come and visit your good friend Sweeney. You sir, too sir? Welcome to the grave. I will have vengenance. I will have salvation. Who sir, you sir? No ones in the chair, Come on! Come on! Sweeney's. waiting. I want you bleeders. You sir! Anybody! Gentlemen now don't be shy! Not one man, no, nor ten men. Nor a hundred can assuage me. I will have you! And I will get him back even as he gloats In the meantime I'll practice on less honorable... Stephen Sondheim

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