1,304 Quotes About Employment
- Author Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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The office’ is a cemetery of dreams.
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- Author John Lanchester
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Although he too was heading to work, Shahid was glad he wasn't dragging himself off to some office job. Shahid's view: anybody who had to wear a suit to work died a little inside, every day.
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- Author Scott Joffe
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It's love for my profession that keep me coming back, not the money. I'd work as hard to make $50.00 as I would $5,000.00. I never scoff at an opportunity to earn a living, regardless of the size of the carrot at the end of the stick.
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- Author Tom Peters
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Only those who constantly retool themselves stand a chance of staying employed in the years ahead.
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- Author Eoin Colfer
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Giving evidence against one's employers was the first step to unemployment.
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- Author Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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Literacy makes man a victim of advertising. Education makes him a victim of employment.
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- Author K.A. Tucker
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Does anyone actually love their job?”“You’re too young to be that cynical.” He chuckles. “Did you at least like the people you worked with?”“Not really,” I admit. To be honest, I can’t remember the last time I didn’t have to drag myself out of bed, or didn’t watch the hours pass. I loved the feeling that came as I switched off my computer and grabbed my coat each night.“Maybe being forced out is a good thing, then.” He grins at me.“Yeah. Maybe.
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- Author Jojo Moyes
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I had never considered that you might miss a job like you missed a limb -- a constant, reflexive thing. I hadn't thought as well as the obvious fears about money, and your future, losing your job would make you feel inadequate, and a bit useless. That it would be harder to get up in the morning than you were rudely shocked in to consciousness by the alarm. That you might missed the people you worked with, no matter how little you had in common with them.
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- Author Claire Messud
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I want to make a difference. But get a job? I worry that will make the ordinary, like everybody else.
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