Ian Watson Quotes

I'm not a trust-fund child. I think my father's got a healthy work ethic, and therefore, I think it just came with the part. You've got to look after yourself.

My dad would much rather work a couple jobs than be on government assistance.

I don't get handed money - and I never will. I have to work!

My son's going to have a job, and if he wants to get a car when he gets his license, he's going to pay for it on his own like I did.

I have worked every day since the age of fifteen, supporting not only myself, but also helping a sizable family when needed.

I know people think we drive around in these nice cars and we do whatever we want and our parents will pay our credit cards, but that's not the case. Sure, my parents were generous; I got a nice car at 16, but at 18 I was cut off. I've worked really hard. I opened the store myself.

The only method by which people can be supported is out of the effort of those who are earning their own way. We must not create a deterrent to hard work.

I've worked since I was 18. I have no trust fund and don't expect anything.

My parents instilled a really good work ethic from when I was little - if you want to have money to spend on holidays, you earn it. So I've always been someone who wanted to be able to survive by myself, but I think you have to let down the barriers a little bit - let other people in.

I come from a simple background, so I couldn't call my father and say, 'Come pay my bills,' so I had to get out there and work.

I always told my girls growing up that I would not baby them through life, and no matter how blessed they are financially, they have to get an education!

I don't believe in handouts, I believe in working hard for what you want.

I saw how hard my parents worked, and I didn't want to be a freeloader.

I didn't come from a wealthy family. My dad told us if we wanted spending money, we had to earn it. So I developed an early work ethic.

There are some parents who have really done it right and told their kid, 'You know, we have this dough, none of this is for you. You have to get your own.'

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

I've enjoyed the pleasures of working since I was 12 and earned all my own spending money since I was 14.

I come from a pretty working-class neighborhood in Chicago. Hard work was just expected of you. It wasn't some noble thing you did; it was a prerequisite. It's what a man did. You get up, you put on your boots, and you work hard. We've lost a lot of that, I'm afraid.

People value and spend their money more wisely when they acquire it by their own efforts - also known as work.

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.

My dad was pretty old school. I've had a job since I can remember, and it's not like he was like, 'Hey, what kind of car do you want?' My first car was a '91 Ford Crown Victoria that was $1,000. And I had to buy every car after that. I had to do it all.

I don't think you can get any more working class than me. Everyone seems posh to me.

The reality about being economically dependent on someone else usually doesn't work out for women in the end. It's about being an adult and being responsible for your life. Most women have to work, so let's just get on with it.

The right to private property meant at the same time the right and duty to be personally concerned about your own well-being, to be personally concerned about your family's income, to be personally concerned about your future. This is hard work.

I think people who don't work don't really have interesting and meaningful lives. More than anything, it hurts them. When you're born rich, people just associate you with what you've been given, but the truth is every individual feels better when you create something on your own. Everyone takes pride in the work they do.