Jerome K. Jerome Quotes

I wish I had a little more ambition. But then what would I do? Turn down more roles with more vehemence? Me no likey worky.

All I want to do is work.

To me, I think I'm just going to keep focused and forward on what I'm doing, work-wise, rather than searching for any kind of meaning in it.

I love working. I feel guilty about doing nothing; I get bored.

I'm pretty lazy. My wife always says, "you're the laziest, most successful Olympian I've ever seen." How does that make sense? Honestly, if I have downtime, I'm really, really good at not doing anything.

Flee idleness... for no one is more exposed to such temptations than he who has nothing to do.

The thing is, I really like working. If I sit around too much, I get really bad anxiety.

I think there are very few people, in my generation at least, that are that passionate about what they do.

I don't mean this to sound cliche, but it's really about the work for me. I like to keep working on things.

The less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in.

I am capable of being idle.

Success for me means being able to work. I don't look at so much at what I've done as much as I look to what I will do.

I always want to work.

I love to work. I have a passion for what I do.

I'd like to thank the BBC for allowing me to work here. And I'd like to thank the wife and kids for making it necessary.

I have no tolerance for boredom. I spend so many hours in the office, and I still love it.

The idle always have a mind to do something.

I think it's not a big secret that I like to work a lot. I really go out for projects when I find things I'm passionate about.

You can't get anything done hanging out all day long.

One has to be fully committed to one's career. Otherwise, there's no point.

I have no desire to put my feet up. Why would I?

Passion for work is very important.

Everybody makes a decision about where they want their career to go. If I really want something, I put a lot of effort into it. If I don't want something, I won't.

The first thing I ever wanted to be was a lawyer, because I love arguing. But I'm very lazy. I'm intelligent, but I'm very lazy, so it seemed like a bit too much.

Work hard, take it seriously, embrace your ambition. And when you're not doing that, do something - whatever it happens to be - that taps into the part of you that makes you forget about all the rest of it.