Demanding Tasks Quotes

Film work is hard work. It's long days, and quite often quite dismaying locations you have to be in.

Making books is hard work. Some books are, of course, more demanding than others.

And now let us believe in a long year that is given to us, new, untouched, full of things that have never been, full of work that has never been done, full of tasks, claims, and demands; and let us see that we learn to take it without letting fall too much of what it has to bestow upon those who demand of it necessary, serious, and great things.

I worked on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange back when they used to write tickets. And I was just a runner. So a guy would write a ticket and I would run it, and it was endless. That was a hard job. And I dug tungsten... for a coal company in Wyoming one summer, and that was pretty miserable.

The White House is a serious place, with serious people, doing serious work. If you're not careful, it can grind you down.

I don't know that I would say abrasive. In some ways, I was curt because there's an unbelievable amount to accomplish in a day, and maybe I was insensitive considering the pressures and responsibilities of these jobs.

Those tasks that have been entrusted to us are difficult; almost everything serious is difficult; and everything is serious.

I have to say that I thought search-and-rescue duties over Snowdonia were physically and mentally demanding, but looking after a 3-week-old baby is up there!

Having a child is all-consuming; so is doing a play.