I work hard and support myself.
The Frenchman works until he can play. The American works until he can’t play; and then thanks the devil, his master, that he is donkey enough to die in harness. But the Englishman, as he has since become, works until he can pretend that he never w...
For years, I worked seven-day weeks, through birthdays and most public holidays, Christmases and New Year’s Eves included. I worked mornings and afternoons, resuming work after dinner. I remember feeling as if life were a protracted exercise in pul...
I think people overplay the 'Saturday Night Live' schedule. I mean, yeah, it can be some late hours. But the late hours are usually only one or two nights out of the week. You might have a crazy six-day week, but you'll work three weeks, and then you...
Urge people to work, not to eat.
Much talk, little work.
Every excuse is good, if it works.
The hardest work of all is to do nothing.
He found that the business of optimism was no mean task.
Life will always get busy, make time to do the things you love.
Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.
The whole business of marshaling one's energies becomes more and more important as one grows older.
A lot of record company people, even though they're our age, want to be perceived as young hip guys, and they're hurting the business.
When you are a successful business person, you are only as good as your team. No one can do every deal alone.
When you have two busy kids running around the house, returning e-mails is a task, let alone surfing the web.
I think as a business it would be amazing if the euro was to collapse, but financially and economically I think that would be a bit of a tsunami for everybody to cope with.
In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.
Of course art world ethics are important. But museums are no purer than any other institution or business. Academics aren't necessarily more high-minded than gallerists.
Artwork is not like a commercial business; there is no such thing as a schedule for art. You can't hurry art.
Publishing is a business. Writing may be art, but publishing, when all is said and done, comes down to dollars.
There are few words in the music business or in art that I'll say people or some writers are overgenerous with words like 'legend' or 'genius', 'he's a pioneer' and all of that.
