397 Quotes About Tasks
- Author Edward Abbey
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It is not the writer's task to answer questions but to question answers. To be impertinent, insolent, and, if necessary, subversive.
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- Author Hank Aaron
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Once the record was mine, I had to use it like a Louisville Slugger. I believed, and still do, that there was a reason why I was chosen to break the record. I feel it's my task to carry on where Jackie Robinson left off, and I only know of one way to go about it. It's the only way I've ever had of dealing with things like fastballs and bigotry -- keep swinging at them.
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- Author Henry Adams
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The work of internal government has become the task of controlling the thousands of fifth-rate men.
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- Author Ignatius of Antioch
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Our task is not one of producing persuasive propaganda; Christianity shows its greatness when it is hated by the world.
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- Author Isaac Asimov
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Working ten hour days allows you to fall behind twice as fast as you could working five hour days.
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- Author Jack Adams
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Our task force put to sea in early January 1942, to attack the Japanese in the Marshall and Gilbert islands, but the mission was called off on the eve of the attack.
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- Author Jane Addams
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The task of youth is not only its own salvation but the salvation of those against whom it rebels.
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- Author Karen Armstrong
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The great task of our time is to build a global society, where people can live together in peace
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- Author Lord Acton
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I have reached the end of my time, and have hardly come to the beginning of my task.
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