Pete Hamill Quotes

I used to work at Kroger's. When the store opened, you were there. When I worked in an automobile plant, you punched in. So it showed if you were a minute late. If you have a paid job, you show up.

I figured this was the easy stuff, and if we couldn't show up on time, looking right and acting right, we weren't going to be able to do anything else.

I have learned two important lessons from my association with the Marine Corps: always be on time and always be ready to do what is required when you get there.

I would say if you are going to party, show up on time to work.

Work is hard, and jobs can be dull. But you can't just take a holiday when you feel like it. You turn up because it is the right thing to do.

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'm terrible with my workout regime and following it strictly. I'm terrible with a healthy diet and following it strictly. I'm terrible on the weekends about getting up at reasonable hours and all of those things. But, when it comes to my work and the discipline it takes to get to work on time - I hate unprofessionalism.

I've worked my whole life and never missed a deadline.

Regardless if what you do in the world, you do it good. You do your best, and you show up on time, and you leave and you do a good job, and you treat people the way you want to be treated.

I'm the kind of person who always has to be on time and I'm incredibly professional.

I take my work seriously.

If you've worked in Australia, you can't get away with bad behaviour like showing up late. We take our work ethic very seriously.

I'm very professional.

I'm so unprofessional on set it's not even funny.

All I do, really, is go to work and try to be professional, be on time and be prepared.

Punctuality is the soul of business.

I don't have a good work ethic. I have a real casual relationship with hours.

I do like to start on time; I like to set the bar high for people.

Mr. Bergman was a man of great working discipline. He forced everyone to concentrate when it was important. No disturbing noise during rehearsal. A code of silence.

Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates.

I feel strongly about showing up and being prepared and not taking the opportunity for granted and being conscientious about my fellow co-workers.

I have the ablest staff that ever served any President in my memory. There's not a playboy among them. They aren't sitting around drinking whiskey at 11 o'clock at night. They aren't walking around with their zippers unbuttoned.

I do not keep people waiting. I will always be on time.

I have a good work ethic.

I approached work very seriously. I never went out. I couldn't fathom people who could go out to clubs... I mean, if I had a 6 A.M. call, I had to be prepared. I had to be in bed at a certain hour.