Cesare Pavese Quotes

I've never really been a workaholic.

As to that leisure evening of life, I must say that I do not want it. I can conceive of no contentment of which toil is not to be the immediate parent.

I work hard, so I play harder.

Workin' so hard every night and day and now we get to lay back.

We seldom enjoy leisure we haven't earned.

Work hard, play hard.

It would be glorious to see mankind at leisure for once. It is nothing but work, work, work.

We work super hard to not have to work

Let me just put it that way: I work really hard and play really hard too.

And yet without labour there were no ease, no rest, so much as conceivable.

To work is simple enough; but to rest, there is the difficulty.

I tell my staff, 'Give me your best, and then go home and live your life.' I've never asked anyone to work harder, but I've told plenty that they needed rest.

I work hard, and I tend to play hard. I very seldom rest hard.

My girlfriend is much better than I am at working hard then resting, and she demands that from me, too. She insists on having time when we don't do anything. We leave the housework and watch a movie.

I like to work hard and play hard.

The ant is knowing and wise, but he doesn't know enough to take a vacation.

I work hard but I play hard.

I work hard. But I play hard, too.

I work hard and I play hard, too. There is nothing wrong with that.

Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.

Moderation is the key so I work certain amount of time and then I take a certain amount of time off.

I think it must be awful not to work. My only point in being idle is to rest so that I can work more... I'm only unhappy when I'm not working.

All my friends and peers keep asking me when I'm going to rest - I just tell them it's another dirty four-letter word!

I work very, very hard, so when I do get the chance to go out socially, it's a relatively big night. I also have hobbies on the side, and quite often, one runs into the other.

I love feeling exhausted after a good, hard, honest day's work.