I've learned, I think, to be able to distinguish between the necessary and the unnecessary as far as my limited outside time is concerned. Saying 'no' politely is a necessity if one wants to lead any kind of stable life.
All professional men are handicapped by not being allowed to ignore things which are useless.
I've had some pretty awful jobs that I don't miss, like working on a nightclub door, or compiling VIP lists at 3 A.M. in the morning, but sometimes it's just got to be done.
If I have a 12 or 14 hour workday, I am home the next. I cut out anything that is frivolous or doesn't need to be done.
My team-mates appreciate that I do the dirty work and I know it is necessary.
Go out of the house to see the moon, and't is mere tinsel; it will not please as when its light shines upon your necessary journey.
In an ideal world, you'd never have to do things that are below your position, but this isn't an ideal world, and it's never going to be.
The world needs ditch diggers, too.
Sometimes you work with people, and you just don't want to even be in their space, but you do it because it's your job, you know.
We must do jobs we detest because we are part of an organized society, and if everyone did what they wanted to do, the world would come to a standstill.
I go on expeditions for the same reason an estate agent sells houses - to pay the bills.
Some things in life are not pleasant but they have to be done. For instance, German and maths.
Those services which the community will most readily pay for, it is most disagreeable to render.
