“Work alone isn't enough for me and mine; we know how to break our backs, but the great dream Of my fathers was to be good at doing nothing.” KnowsEnoughDreamFatherWorkBreakKnow HowMinesBe GoodDoing NothingDreams From My Father Book:Disaffections: complete poems 1930-1950 Source: Disaffections: complete poems 1930-1950
“In the months ahead, I will leave the Department of Justice, but I will never -- I will never -- leave the work. I will continue to serve and try to find ways to make our nation even more true to its founding ideals.” WayTryingFatherPoliticsNationsLeadershipWorkJusticeHistoryDemocracyPolicyMonthsIdealsConstitutionStrategyIdeologyDepartmentFounding Author:Eric Holder
“J.P. Morgan, then past 70, was asked by the son of an eminent father why he [Morgan] didn't retire. When did your father retire? asked Mr. Morgan, without looking up from his desk. In 1902. When did he die? Oh, at the end of 1904. Huh! snapped Mr. Morgan, If he had kept on working he would have been alive still. Work is God's best medicine. It is God's medicine for man.” IfsMenHas BeensStillsEndsPastDiesFatherWorkAliveSonMedicineRetiringDesks Author:B. C. Forbes