“One of her most reached-for truisms was that some percentage of jobs were indistinguishable from one another, as they all involved the sending of emails assessing the job itself.”
Source: Leave the World Behind
“Giving space for people to talk about dreams allows bosses to help people find opportunities that can move them in the direction of those dreams. This makes work more satisfying and more meaningful and ultimately improved retention. But retention was the by-product—satisfying, meaningful work and productive relationships with the boss were the primary goals of Russ's 'career conversation' process.”
Source: Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity
“He gave His word to carry His work.”
“Il était presque dix heures et demie lorsqu'Olivia arriva à son travail, et M. Holgate menaça évidemment de la congédier.
– Je suis désolée. Ma maison s'est effondrée hier soir.
– Et alors ? Cela n'empêche pas les clients d'avoir envie d'acheter des livres.”
Source: Rencontre au bord de l'eau
“You, my fellow Americans, have forced the spring. Now, we must do the work the season demands.”
Source: U.S. Presidential Inaugural Addresses
“We do what we love best.”
“People's problems are seeds to the mind of an entrepreneur, sown in the fields of possibilities and reaped in determination and consistent of smart work.”
“In a later interview, [Junod] noted of longtime cast members: 'In their way, they were strangely kind of vulnerable folks, too. I mean, they...settled in and had their artistic and creative home there....There was an acceptance of limitation there. It wasn't like they were out there fulfilling their own wild ambitions...It was not that at all. It was like they were there because they had found a home there.”
Source: The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers
“Homosexuality and heterosexuality are both working conditions ... but homsexuality is workers' control of production, not the end of work.”
Source: Revolution at Point Zero: Housework, Reproduction, and Feminist Struggle
“When it is dark, keep working - when there is light, still keep working”
Source: Heart Force One: Need No Gun to Defend Society