H. L. Mencken Quotes

With learning lines, before I had Alfie, I'd put it off and think, 'Oh, I'll just have a glass of wine and then do it later,' but when you've finally got a child to bed and you know you've only got an hour, then you achieve so much.

Never let your work drive you. Master it and keep it in complete control.

It's just one day at a time. I love multi-tasking and I'm really organized and when you have a certain work ethic, which all the girls have, we all have that same thing going on.

What I need is a search engine that, no matter what I type in, comes back with GO BACK TO WORK.

Business before pleasure.

I took two important phone calls while in the shower today because I'm a goddam professional.

I knew I could control one thing, and that is my time and my hours and my effort and my efficiency.

When you're at work, it's about being present and getting as much done as humanly possible.

Once you get into the habit of work, you can be more productive in the things you want to do.

Nothing comes before my children. I find that putting everything else in order of importance also helps to get everything done.

I always got my work done before playing.

I am traveling less in order to be able to write more. I select my travel destinations according to their degree of usefulness to my work.

You've just got to have to put the work in. Put work first. Put the hours in and the time in, and do your job. And when you get a little time off, you can go out and have a little fun. But you have to make sure you get done what you need to get done first off.

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

If you are disciplined, it shows you are organised.

No matter what your job is, you know that you need to have a routine, that you need to be disciplined, you need to work.

I don't ever take lunch. If I were to go to lunch I would waste four hours.

I take care of business.

My work comes first, reasons for it follow.

The principle of work is part of self-discipline. Now, my dear young sisters, I have lived a good many years longer than you, but even back in Grandpa's time there was something to make you want to lie down and go to sleep-they called it work.

Business first; pleasure afterwards.

My rule always was to do the business of the day in the day.

If you can focus the energy into something valuable, put that into work ethic.

Work. Don't Think. Relax.

Work first, and then rest.