Owen King Quotes

Find a client and get a job.

Journalism is the only thinkable alternative to working.

Most people's jobs are rooted in reality.

I'm an actor; I hire out.

More than we sleep, play, or make love, we work. Yet despite - or perhaps because of - this dominant daily grind, much of our literature is biased toward other pursuits.

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

As long as I have my health, I want to be reporting somewhere.

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

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.

Since I make my living as a literary journalist, not a book scout, I spend inordinate amounts of time either reading or writing.

As we manage our time I think we shall never get out of employment.

I got my first job at a firm called Naess & Thomas.

I'm just a worker.

I've been writing screenplays for a long time, and a lot of it came out of the journalism I was doing.

I got a job to do on the field.

I work a lot.

Work was always a part of my life.

I have been writing since I was a kid. I also traveled a good deal for my work and did extended stays in places like Geneva.

I have a great jab.

A great deal of the work I do involves the military.

It feels great to know that more people are finding work and gaining the experience, not to mention self-confidence, that they need.

Work experience for many is their first taste of work and an essential first step into the jobs market.

Some jobs pay better, some jobs smell better, and some jobs have no business being treated like careers. But work is never the enemy, regardless of the wage. Because somewhere between the job and the paycheck, there’s still a thing called opportunity, and that’s what people need to pursue.

Jobs are a part of life. Maybe you've heard of the concept. It's called work? See, what happens is that you suffer through doing annoying and humiliating things until you get paid not enough money. Like those Japanese game shows, only without all the glory.

The fundamental reality for every worker, from sweeper to executive vice-president, is the eight hours or so that he spends on the job. In our society of organizations, it is the job through which the great majority has access to achievement, to fulfillment, and to community.