Work/Profession

Cookery or medicine

Cookery simulates the disguise of medicine, and pretends to know what food is the best for the body; and if the physician and the cook had to enter into a competition in which children were the judges, or men who had no more sense than children, as to which of them best understands the goodness or badness of food, the physician would be starved to death. Medicinam igitur coquinaria subiens...

Selling

I have never worked a day in my life without selling. If I believe in something, I sell it, and I sell it hard. Estée Lauder - born Josephine Esther Mentzer, American Company founder (1906-2004), in the documentary "Estée Lauder: The Sweet Smell of Success" (1985), Quotations book 2018

Work

Work is love made visible. Khalil Gibran - Lebanese Maronite poet, philosopher and artist, aka Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931), from "The Prophet (1923), Quotations book 2018

Kiss many frogs to find a prince

I"d rather interview 50 people and not hire anyone than hire the wrong person. Jeffrey P. "Jeff" Bezos - American company founder: Amazon (b. 1964), Quotations book 2018

Staff

MBA students come out with: "My staff is my most important asset." Bullshit. Staff is usually your biggest cost. We all employ some lazy bastards who needs a kick up the backside, but no one can bring themselves to admit it. Michael O"Leary - Irish businessman, who made Ryanair one of the largest European airlines (b. 1961)

Work

There’s a lot of big egos in this industry. Most chief executives got into this business because they want to travel for a living. Not me, I want to work. Michael O"Leary - Irish businessman, who made Ryanair one of the largest European airlines (b. 1961), Quotations book 2017

Artists and bankers

When bankers get together for dinner, they discuss art. When artists get together for dinner, they discuss money. attributed to Oscar Wilde - Irish writer (1854-1900), Quotations book 2017

Eyes

Look in the eyes and not in the files. Dr. h.c. Helmut O. Maucher - former CEO of Nestlè (1927-2018), Quotations book 2015

Good work

What ever you do, do it well. Do it so well that when people see you do it they will want to come back and see you do it again and they will want to bring others and show them how well you do what you do. Walt Disney - American cartoonist and film producer (1901-1966), Quotations book 2015

Zip it

Don’t open your mouth at your first board meeting. Brian Joffe - South African company founder: Bidvest Group (b. 1947)

Work

Work is personal commitment, but no burden. Patrizio Bertelli - Italian entrepreneur (Prada, b. 1946)

Go to the place of events

I say young managers: Go out to your employees, go out to your customers. Make sure that a creative, vibrant atmosphere is created so that things get going. Every day you spend in your office, is a lost day. Jack Welch - born John Francis Welch jr., legendary American manager: General Electric (1935-2020), Fortune 1999: Manager of the Century, Quotations book 2014

Values

There are few, if any, jobs in which ability alone is sufficient. Needed, also, are loyalty, sincerity, enthusiasm and team play. attributed to William B. Given Jr.  - American entrepreneur: American Brake Shoe Company, Quotations book 2014

Médecins

Les médecins qui vont le mieux: ses succès là-bas, et de leurs échecs sont enterrés. attribué à Jacques Tati - né Jacques Tatischeff, réalisateur et acteur français (1907-1982)

Work

The higher the pay in enjoyment the worker gets out of it, the higher shall be his pay in cash, also. Mark Twain - born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, American writer (1835-1910), from "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur`s Court" (1889), Chapter XXVIII, Quotations book 2013

Passion

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. Steve Jobs - American company founder: Apple (1955-2011), to graduates at Stanford University on June 12th, 2005, Quotations book 2013

Hiring

When you hire people who love what they do, they make you look like a genious. Warren Buffett - American value investor, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (b. 1930), Quotations book 2012

Fountain of youth

To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth. Pearl S. Buck - American writer, Nobel Prize in literature 1938 (1892-1973), from "The Joy of Children" (1964), Quotations book 2012

Good work

If it falls your lot to sweep streets in life, sweep streets like Michelangelo painted pictures. Sweep streets like Beethoven composed music. Sweep streets like Shakespeare wrote poetry. Sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will have to pause and say: "Here lived a great street sweeper, who swept his job well." Martin Luther King jr. - American civil rights activist...