“The funny thing about work itself, it was so bearable. The dreariest task was perfectly bearable. It presented challenges to overcome, the distraction provided by a sense of urgency, and the things...”

“It is really irritating to work with irritating people”

“We had these sudden revelations that employment, the daily nine-to-five, was driving us far from our better selves.”

“If in large part we were concerned only with making it through another day without getting laid off, there was a smaller part just hoping to leave for the night without contributing to someones lif...”

“It was madness to leave without your useless shit. You came in with it, you left with it--that was how it worked. What would you use to clutter a new office with if not your useless shit? We could ...”

“For all our penny-wisdom, he said, for all our soul-destroying slavery to habit, it is not to be doubted that all men have sublime thoughts.”

“You can't raise the standard of women's morals by raising their pay envelope. It lies deeper than that.”

“It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not pay with their own.”

“We should ban banks from risk-taking because society is going to pay the price.”

“I don't like work--no man does--but I like what is in the work--the chance to find yourself. Your own reality--for yourself not for others--what no other man can ever know. They can only see the me...”

“Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.”

“Earning happiness means doing good and working, not speculating and being lazy. Laziness may look inviting, but only work gives you true satisfaction.”