David Autor Quotes

I don't see the point in working just to be working.

We don't live by just sleeping and eating. We need pride and dignity in our lives. Work gives you that.

I work because I think that I wouldn't feel good about myself unless I was contributing.

The most rewarding thing is having a job that you love. It's not a luxury that everyone in this world enjoys.

It starts this way: The worth of a job is not defined by what it allows you to do when you're not working.

If the work is going well and it's something that has value with some meaning to it, it gives back a lot.

I want to work and be happy.

Work is at the core of human dignity.

Work is about more than making a living, as vital as that is. It's fundamental to human dignity, to our sense of self-worth as useful, independent, free people.

Work gives you meaning. Work turns you into a servant to your family and to your neighbors and to your local community.

I do work that I feel I have something to contribute to.

Work is at the heart of human dignity.

Don't make career choices on short-term financial gain. Job satisfaction and career enjoyment are far more important.

I haven't strength of mind not to need a career.

There has to be something in every role that interests you.

The purpose of work is not to make money. The purpose of work is to make the workers, whether working stiffs or top executives, feel good about life.

I'm probably satisfied with my career 80 percent of the time.

I don't really have a career plan. There's no joy for me to just be a personality in my work, and I feel that that's so much of what's out there.

My entire career, I've been a worker.

I love my work - it's what I know how to do best.

I need my career. That's what validates me.

What you do is more important than how much you make, and how you feel about it is more important than what you do.

I want to do work that means something to me so that when I go to work at the theater eight times a week, I want to be there.

Work is both my living and my pleasure.

After all, a job isn't worth doing unless you enjoy it.