William Petersen Quotes

Good and productive labor is valuable, and it doesn't mean you have to have a fancy job description. You don't have to become rich. You can be ordinary. Happiness lies there. Do good work, create good work for others.

A good job is more than just a paycheck. A good job fosters independence and discipline, and contributes to the health of the community. A good job is a means to provide for the health and welfare of your family, to own a home, and save for retirement.

My life may be a pretty crazy life at times, but it's a very privileged one - being able to earn a good living doing what you love. Not many people have such an opportunity.

I just like to work and get paid.

It starts this way: The worth of a job is not defined by what it allows you to do when you're not working.

Work is what saves you.

I would pay to do what I do if I had to.

Jobs mean freedom for workers to support their families.

Doing something because it's quote-unquote a good career move doesn't really appeal to me.

Men and women want to do a good job, and if they are provided the proper environment, they will do so.

My entire career, I've been a worker.

I don't see the point in working just to be working.

People really do think they have to choose between high stress and high reward jobs, and low stress and low reward jobs.

When you grow up with a mother who has to wash dishes and clean hotel rooms, you know the importance of having a job, and you can't be without a job for any length of time, or you will be without anything.

I don't care where I have to go for work. I just care that it's a good project. That's what I want.

When it comes down to it, I just want to work.

I have worked all my life, wanted to work all my life, needed to work all my life.

If I don't work for a while, I don't work for a while.

I want to work and be happy.

It's not about my career now. It's just about finding great work and having a good time.

I'll take as much work as I can get. You can always need more work.

A nice, steady job I don't need that bad. I'm not that satisfied with it.

I'm very happy to be employed. I always contend that in show business that if you're employed, then you're successful.

I don't want to sound like Catherine Cookson but I've worked since I was eight, with a paper round and in a fruit and veg shop. Taking a pay cut won't demotivate me, not at all. It's not about money in the first place. It's about the job.

Working is living to me.