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“If you have millions of dollars it changes your lifestyle, and anyone who says differently is talking bullshit. I don’t need to work, from a standard of living point of view, but I do, you know. I work every day and on weekends and I haven’t taken a vacation for years.”
“I think that the whole notion of work from home is a bit like the fake Marie Antoinette quote, "Let them eat cake". It's not just a productivity thing, I think it’s morally wrong. [...] People should get off the goddamn moral high horse with the work-from-home bullshit.”
Elon Musk (born 1971) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview on CNBC (May 16, 2023) as cited in "Elon Musk: Working from home is ‘morally wrong’ when service workers still have to show up", CNBC (Englewood Cliffs, May 16, 2023)
“The more rigorously criticism historicizes a work of art, in the sense of lodging it in the context of the moment of its production, the less likely it becomes for criticism to be able to explain either its own subsequent interest in the work or the possibility of lay—that is, nonacademic—interest in reading it.”
Russell Berman (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In a sense the present work is to be regarded as a secondary-study of the work of a group of writers in the field of social theory. But the genus "secondary study" comprises several species; of these an example of only one, and that perhaps not the best known, is to be found in these pages.”
Talcott Parsons (1902–1979) said by 1979 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The fellow who is able to get the grants and contracts is the fellow who gets the doctoral students. Each student publishes two or three papers on his thesis, in each of which he cites his professor's work. Then he goes on and does his own subsequent work, in which, of course, he cites those thesis papers which were coauthorised by his professor.”
Robert E. Machol (1917–1998) first seen 1974 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Robert Machol in: "Now it is to be cited or perish." New Scientist. Vol. 67, nr. 964. August 28, 1974. p. 491
“The aim was to provide that in boring occupations hours should be short, and in interesting work long. Exceptionally, some monotonous work involved rather long hours, but in such cases the workers were chosen from the psychological class who thrive best on monotonous occupations in which they can day-dream.”
Olaf Stapledon (1886–1950) said by 1950 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Therefore it seems to me that I am no longer of this world, since I can no longer do the work of the world like the others; indeed, every action of others that I see disturbs me, for I do not work as they do, nor as I myself used to do. I feel altogether estranged from earthly affairs, and from my own most of all”
Catherine of Genoa (1447–1510) said by 1510 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When a man's work is full of life and in harmony with his environment, it becomes a work worth studying.”
Wahbi Al-Hariri (1914–1994) first seen 1984 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Wahbi al-Hariri-Rifai (1984), Traditional Architecture of Saudi Arabia-Drawings by Wahbi Al-Hariri-Rifai - Smithsonian Exhibit Booklet - 1984, Washington, D.C.: GDG Exhibits Trust, GGKEY:XRBJ2X83K1K, retrieved on 24 Jun…
“Children like to work, and are always eager to imitate the work of adults.”
Georgi Plekhanov (1856–1918) first seen 1913 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Utopian Socialism in the Nineteenth Century, 1913, Ch. 5.
“I never proposed my candidature for anything or for any post since I have been born. Decision [regarding] me is taken by BJP. I have never asked for my position, never snatched or done any kind of scheming. Whenever I have been bestowed a work I do it with full dedication, hard work and have sacrificed my life for it.”
Narendra Modi (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“They can call me 'Neech'- Yes, I am from the poor section of society and will spend every moment of my life to work for the poor, Dalits, Tribals and OBC communities. They can keep their language, we will do our work.”
Narendra Modi (born 1950) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: PM Modi speech in Surat. (2017) Quoted in [https://www.opindia.com/2017/12/mani-shankar-aiyar-might-have-upset-congress-strategy-of-using-caste-with-his-neech-comment/
“Bradley joined CBS's 60 Minutes as coeditor in the 1981–1982 season. He also anchored and reported special broadcasts on 60 Minutes II. Bradley's first full-time work in television was as a war correspondent for CBS News during the Vietnam War. … He has received numerous Emmy Awards for his work, one for a 1981 interview with Lena Horne.”
Ed Bradley (1941–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The CBS crew had arrived: Ed Bradley; his producer, David Gelber; and a cameraman. The 60 Minutes people had government permission to work on other stories in Beijing, but they went first to Shanghai as tourists, which gave them cover to work on the real story. Ordinary Chinese did not recognize Ed Bradley as a television star as he walked down the streets of Shanghai.”
Ed Bradley (1941–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Success in science and scientific work come not through the provision of unlimited or big resources, but in the wise and careful selection of problems and objectives. Above all, what is required is hard sustained work and dedication.”
Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The words cited from my work, when viewed isolatedly, are far from expressing the idea which I wished to attach to them. The works of genius upon which our judgments bear are in general complex; for there is no work, constructed by genius, which does not suppose the exercise of various of its faculties. A skilful analysis could alone make out the part of each of them...”
Adolphe Quetelet (1796–1874) said by 1874 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I felt I had I worked hard enough and I felt confident I had done the right kind of work and the right amount of work. But when you talk of preparations, the measure of success is whether it works or not. In that area, I failed completely. I did not stay the course. When you hit the right spot, the sweet spot, it feels great and you feel the preparations have been ideal, but I never got there.”
Viswanathan Anand (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“'The harder I work, the luckier I get'. It was Thomas Jefferson who started the stream of variations on that theme. He should have added, 'The harder I work on one thing, the unluckier I get on all the other commitments I haven’t had time for'.”
David Fleming (1940–2010) said by 2010 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lean Logic, (2016), p. 472, entry on Time Fallacies
“The way I work takes more time for me to get satisfaction. So it's better to take lesser load and do better work. Money can be earned anytime.”
A. R. Rahman (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When we started work on setting up a polyester filament yarn project, my chemical engineering and business school background helped me in organizing the work, creating reporting structures, motivating people... in all this, my father and Rasikbhai were two steps ahead of me.”
Mukesh Ambani (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It takes a certain amount of courage to tackle very hard problems in science, I now realise. You don't know what the timescale of your work will be: decades or only a few years. Or your approach may be fatally flawed and doomed to fail. Or you could get scooped just as you are finalising your work. It is very stressful.”
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (born 1952) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The higher we go, the ups and downs at the lower level would gradually fade. If what we do is to be worth while and if we are to get job satisfaction, we have to study more and work hard. The more we work, the stronger the profession would become and grow.”
D. V. Gundappa (1887–1975) said by 1975 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The work of samskriti or culture is the work of scrubbing, washing and cleansing the mind...the road of culture is one without a trace of stubbornness or crudeness; instead it is the road of humility and respect, for what is the difference between a life without humility and respect and the life of a dog that lunges for.”
D. V. Gundappa (1887–1975) said by 1975 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is normal that I have done something significant and so have other artists. I have taken my work in such a way that it has been a success. But that is not the only thing which matters you see...it's the work which matters.”
S. H. Raza (1922–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“State Government needs to understand that they work for the people and that the people do not work to support government.”
Rupert Boneham (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Plan out your work Then work out your plan. The former without the latter is a sheer waste. The latter without the former is mere unproductive confusion.”
Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It takes thousands of them to create an archive of human wisdom; only one to set a torch to it. Wouldn’t you have to say, then, that the work of the librarians is more typical of mortal behavior than the work of the arsonist?”
Kage Baker (1952–2010) said by 2010 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To follow and demonstrate the path of Truth, Simplicity and Love is man’s supreme duty and the highest Yoga. Diligent work is a quality of this path, for laziness is death on earth. Only by work can one claim victory over karma. All must strive to do their duty in the best way possible and not wander from that duty. Service to humanity is the first duty.”
Haidakhan Babaji (2000–1984) first seen 1982 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 30 September 1982.
“(…) In every Age people reached salvation through different types of action and sadhana (spiritual practice), but in this Age one can reach liberation only through hard work. (…) We need not consider religion or caste, but only look to hard work.”
Haidakhan Babaji (2000–1984) said by 1984 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The incorporation of... earlier sources does not mean that the Pentateuch or Former Prophets is the work of an editor who pasted together various docuements. Once we view the work as a whole, we see that it is a fresh creation though not a creatio ex nihilo. The same holds for Homeric Epic that has been subjected to the same kinds of modern literary criticism.”
Cyrus H. Gordon (1908–2001) said by 2001 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If there was a lot of emotion in my voice today, it's because we've all been waiting for this day for a long time. It felt so great, … the people at this company are doing the best work of their lives, the best work that Apple has ever done.”
“I tell young people who ask me about their careers, "Wake up on Saturday and ask yourself, Which job would I go to right now? Then choose that one." Because what it tells you is that you're going to your passion; your passion is your work. And I feel that way about my work.”
Regina E. Dugan (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The most notable difference (of the American character) lies in the psychology of work. In the Orient one works to live; in Europe one works to consume; in America one works to work. These are the three stages of a progressive evolution.”
Corrado Gini (1884–1965) first seen 1956 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in The Work of the Catholic Church in the United States of America (Nardini "Artistic" Publishing Company, 1956), p. 10.
“For us to cross that hurdle, because the trade between us [African countries] is only about 16%, which is too low, we have to make sure that all the regional markets work. We have to remove requirements of visas. We have to allow free movement of people, free movement of goods and services, then the AfCFTA will work, without that it's almost impossible.”
Aliko Dangote (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The first and foremost critic of a work of art is the artist who created it. Give him every means to illustrate it and make it known. If an artist awaits celebrity or gratefulness for his work through other people, he will have the time to die a thousand times for sheer hunger.”
Fortunato Depero (1892–1960) said by 1960 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My master's thesis and later my Ph.D. thesis had the aim of axiomatizing a value for e-person games in extensive form. This work made me familiar with the extensive form, in a time when very little work on extensive games was done. This enabled me to see the perfectness problem earlier than others and to write the contributions for which I am now honored by the prize in memory of Alfred Nobel.”
Reinhard Selten (1930–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You know you are getting old when work is a lot less fun and fun is a lot more work.”
Joan Rivers (1933–2014) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reported in The Quote Manual: Wisdom and Wit of the Ages (2005), by R. G. Moscatelli, p. 201
“Opposites work together in the very opposite of the way they seem... They work together in teams.”
Howard Bloom (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My published work is just a record of my learning. I'm sharing it with people so they won't make the same mistakes that I did. It's been a painful and slow process. My work is like a journey, a journey of discovery.”
Thomas J. Sargent (born 1943) first seen 1983 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Thomas J. Sargent, in Conversations with Economists (1983) by Arjo Klamer
“If our old policy, which was so unpopular in many circles, could work, then we would have surely clung to it. But as responsible leaders charged with the government of the country, we came to the conclusion that the policy we had planned could simply not work.”
F. W. de Klerk (1936–2021) first seen 1990 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview with F.W. de Klerk", BBC Summary of World Broadcasts (9 May 1990)
“The interpreter is really an executant, carrying out the composer's intentions to the letter. He doesn't add anything that isn't already in the work. If he is talented, he allows us to glimpse the truth of the work that is in itself a thing of genius and that is reflected in him. He shouldn't dominate the music, but should dissolve into it.”
Sviatoslav Richter (1915–1997) said by 1997 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As time progresses, human minds and civilization also continue to advance, it has become a trend for members of society to volunteer themselves. The work of a volunteer is different from that of general paid job which expects money and reward. Volunteer work on the other hand, focuses on happiness, joy and establishment of good connections, which is rather different from the former.”
Hsing Yun (1927–2023) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 2008 Keynote Speech: Bodhisattva and Volunteer
“I am immensely proud to lead the men and women of the LAPD who work tirelessly every day to earn the trust of our communities and who risk their lives to protect those that live, work and visit the City of Angels.”
Charlie Beck (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Would you rather work forty hours a week at a job you hate or eighty hours a week doing work you love?”
“Reason...to suppose any production, worthy to be called a work of art, can be made without its use is foolish. ...By the use of reason many mistakes in design may be avoided and many counterfeits of art readily detected....Beauty alone is an excellent reason for many things, but when a design is in direct conflict with common sense it cannot be a work of art.”
Ernest Flagg (1857–1947) said by 1947 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The teacher's equipment gives him an everlasting job. His work is never done. His getting ready for this work is never quite complete.”
George Trumbull Ladd (1842–1921) first seen 1911 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Teacher's Practical Philosophy (1911), page 18
“Of the American institutionalists, his most generous comments concerned Commons’s work, work that he regarded as hopelessly unsystematic but highly ‘suggestive and valuable’”
Frank Knight (1885–1972) said by 1972 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When will they fight?” I asked. “Tomorrow. Daybreak. It is man’s work.” I laughed. “I too have fought and killed, Kotta. It is the work of fools, not men.”
Tanith Lee (1947–2015) said by 2015 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Hayek, highly influenced by Mach as a young man, began reading him immediately following his return from service in World War I. He remarked about four decades later that he was “stimulated by Mach’s work to study psychology and the physiology of the senses,” though his interest in these areas derived as much from disagreement as agreement with Mach’s work.”
Alan O. Ebenstein (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The time component of economic production became vital in Hayek’s work in economic theory. Essentially, his economic work could be said to rest on the idea that the price system is a method for coordinating economic activity through time.”
Alan O. Ebenstein (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Every act is political and, whether one is conscious of it or not, the presentation of one's work is no exception. Any production, any work of art is social, has a political significance. We are obliged to pass over the sociological aspect of the proposition before us due to lack of space and consideration of priority among the questions to be analysed.”
Daniel Buren (born 1938) first seen 1969 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Beware!" ("Mise en garde!"), in Konzeption/Conception, translated by Charles Harrison and Peter Townsend (Leverkusen: Stadtischer Museum, 1969.