Anna Jameson Quotes

Occupation is the necessary basis of all enjoyment.

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

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

Work was always a part of my life.

Work, the what's-its-name of the thingummy and the thing-um-a-bob of the what d'you-call-it.

Work is an antidote for anxiety, an ointment for sorrow, and a doorway to possibility.

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.

I always have to go out to work even if it's just a desk somewhere or an office or the British Library.

I don't know the difference between working and not working.

People work hard.

I'd rather work than not.

It's all in the day's work [C'est le métier].

I'm just a worker.

Working, for me, is like a gift.

Work means so many things! So many! Among other things, work also means freedom. ... Without it even the miracle of love is only a cruel deception.

That's why they call it work, because it's not what you'd prefer to do with your free time.

Work ... is redemption.

When people ask me what I do for a living, I always say, "I get rejected for a living." And that's true.

A job is a job. And I like to work.

Journalism is the only thinkable alternative to working.

I have a great jab.

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

I mean, sometimes you have to go to work.

TV's not really a job, is it?

I turn left for a living.