Conor Oberst Quotes

I have six jobs.

I don't want to bust my butt for the rest of my life, like my parents.

We want work and we want honest jobs. Our minds and our hands will be our keep!

I definitely appreciate the value of money, hard work and having a career.

My approach has always been to work so that I can support my family.

I was brought up knowing that you have to make a living.

I never was a person who wanted a handout. I was a cafeteria worker. I'm not too proud to ask the Best Western manager to give me a job. I have cleaned homes.

I believe that being dependent makes you more vulnerable. I believe work is the greatest gift you will ever receive.

I haven't been out of work since the day I took my pants off.

I'd never put all my chips anywhere, because I don't want to close any doors, but I was raised in a very blue-collar family. I was raised by parents who said, 'If you don't go to work every day, you're not contributing', so that's my mentality. I have to work every day; I have to bring home a paycheck.

We have broken the cycle of dependency. People have found out they're better off working.

Financially, I'm fine. But it's good to work. I'm not capable of doing nothing.

Whenever it is possible, a boy should choose some occupation which he should do even if he did not need the money.

People want opportunity so they can earn security.

The reward of labour is life. Is that not enough?

I was raised on, 'You go get a nine-to-five job, earn your pay and work your way up.'

I work hard and support myself.

I really wanted to work and become independent.

If you work, you should not be poor.

A family needs work as well as bread.

I trained, went to college, trained, and got a job. Then got another job. When I wasn't working I worked at a bar, then got another job.

I like to work. I'm glad; I'm privileged to have work.

I like to work. I feel blessed that I'm working.

I feel like I've won every year the show has been picked up by Logo because, really, nothing beats a paycheck.

Truth be told, I decided years ago not to call it a job, because I know people who work - my mother worked, hard.