“I am giving you examples of the fact that this creature man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero. . . . I tell you, gentlemen, if you can shew a man a piece of what he now calls God's work to do, and what he will later call by many new names, you can make him entirely reckless of the consequences to himself personally.” IfsMenGivingIdeasFactsFightingNamesWorkPiecesExampleHeroCreaturesConsequenceAffairSelfishGentlemanCowardRecklessBackbone Author:George Bernard Shaw
“I've tried to be totally present, so that when I'm finished with a piece of work, I'm finished. ... The work, once completed, does not need me. The work I'm working on needs my total concentration. The one that's finished doesn't belong to me anymore. It belongs to itself.” NeedsDoeWorkPiecesFinishedConcentration Author:Maya Angelou
“The machine is impersonal, it takes the pride away from a piece of work, the individual merits and defects that go along with allwork that is not done by a machine--which is to say, its little bit of humanity.” LittlesDoneHumanityIndividualBitsWorkPiecesPrideLittle BitMachinesMeritDefectsMachinery Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“When I look at some of my old work, the pieces I find most interesting are the ones with people in them.” PeopleLooksWorkInterestingPiecesMost Interesting Author:Peter Wright
“Whenever you look at a piece of work and you think the fellow was crazy, then you want to pay some attention to that. One of you is likely to be, and you had better find out which one it is. It makes an awful lot of difference.” ThinkingWantLooksScienceDifferencesWorkPayAttentionPiecesCrazyAchievementFellowsAwful Author:Charles Kettering
“I believe that almost all important, useful ideas are simple. Peter Whittle has recently put it nicely in an autobiographical essay. "If a piece of work is heavy and complicated then it is wrong." . . . Some writers feel that to express their ideas in simple terms is degrading. Some use complexity to disguise the paucity of their material. In fact, simplicity is a virtue and when, as here, it is both original and useful, it can represent a real advance in knowledge.” IfsFeelsBelieveImportantIdeasRealFactsUseBeliefI BelieveTermWorkSimpleVirtuePiecesMaterialsOriginalsSimplicityHeavyComplicatedComplexityPeterDisguiseEssaysDegrading Author:Dennis Lindley
“It has always seemed to me that broken things, just like broken people, get used more; it's probably because God has more pieces to work with.” PeopleGodUsedReligiousWorkPiecesBrokenBeing BrokeBroken Things Book:Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World Source: Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World