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If a husband works until six he gets only a little drunk on the way home and does not waste too much. If he works only until five he is drunk every night and one has no money. It is the wife of the working man who suffers from this shortening of hours.
— Ernest Hemingway
Creation's probably overrated. After all, God made the world in only six days and rested on the seventh.
— Ernest Hemingway
We must all be cut out for what we do, he thought. However you make your living is where your talent lies.
— Ernest Hemingway
The one who is doing the work and getting satisfaction from it is not the one poverty is hard on. Heminway talking about his wife Hadley
— Ernest Hemingway
You need the devotion to your work that a priest of God has for his.
— Ernest Hemingway
Your acceptance, your opportunities, and your finances are all part of a sliding scale that yields increase or decline according to your body of work. What you do. How you act.
— Andy Andrews
As long as you are getting to do what you love and getting paid to do it, it's the best feeling.
— Varun Sharma
My mom always taught me - you know, little boys listen to their moms too much - that whatever you put into something is what you're going to get out of it.
— Jay-Z
Do you mortify? Do you make it your daily work? Be always at it whilst you live; cease not a day from this work; be killing sin or it will be killing you.
— John Owen
I've said this time and again: My greatest concern coming into the White House was making sure my girls came out whole and normal, and decent and kind, just like I would expect them to if we were living on the South Side of Chicago. And it takes work to keep White House life normal for the kids.
— Michelle Obama
Why will I leave TV? For me, work is priority. The medium might change, but I, as an actor, don't.
— Karan Wahi
Your company is a product. Who are its customers? Your employees, who use it to do their jobs.
— Jason Fried