Simon Rattle Quotes

Work is the only meanin' I've ever known.

Many people have a profession or a job - most people do, I should think. And they do it. And that's what I did.

He that hath no good trade, it is to his losse.

When people ask me what I do for a living, I always say, "I get rejected for a living." And that's true.

Work, the what's-its-name of the thingummy and the thing-um-a-bob of the what d'you-call-it.

Journalism is the only thinkable alternative to working.

Acting is my job.

It's all in the day's work [C'est le métier].

Do I love the road? Honestly? No - but it's how I earn my living. I also don't have the blues, like it's some kind of fever. The blues is my job. It's what I do.

I don't fight just because I love it just that much. I'm fighting because it's a job for me.

I turn left for a living.

When all is said and done, teaching is what I try to do for a living.

A job is how you make money. A career is how you make your mark. A calling is how you acknowledge a higher vision, whatever it may be.

The crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pursuit which finds him employment and happiness, whether it be to make baskets, or broadswords, or canals, or statues, or songs.

If there is no Caller, there are no callings - only work.

Whether we call it a job or a career, work is more than just something we do. It is a part of who we are.

Wanted: a man who is larger than his calling, who considers it a low estimate of his occupation to value it merely as a means of getting a living.

Everybody makes money for a living, but most of us actually do something that has a point, in addition to just making money. We examine and treat patients, we teach students, we draw up contracts and wills, we write for newspapers, magazines, and web sites, we clean floors, or we serve meals.

But I'm a rock 'n' roll singer; that's my livelihood, my occupation.

Writing is my job. I don't think of it as art.

A job is something we do to get a paycheck and pay our bills. Jobs are legitimate, at times, but work is why we are here in the universe. Work and calling often go together.

You know, piloting really isn't my hobby. And, it's probably not something I'd do in my spare time if I could do whatever I wanted to do. But, I'll tell you: if you've got to make a living, it's a great way to make a living!

I have a lot of respect for what I do, for this profession.

My husband and I work for a living.

I'm just a worker.