"Thatâ€™s when I first learned that it wasnâ€™t enough to just do your job, you had to have an interest in it, even a passion for it."

-- Charles Bukowski

#Jobs Quotes #Passion Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“I know my soul hath power to know all things, Yet is she blind and ignorant in all: I know I'm one of Nature's little kings, Yet to the least and vilest things am thrall.”

Source : Sir John Davies (1733). “A Poem on the Immortality of the Soul: By Sir John Davis. To which is Prefixed an Essay Upon the Same Subject”, p.14
“Some jobs are worse than actual wives. Ad agency vs. Matrimony, for instance: Even the most capricious and demanding spouse is not going to divorce you for refusing to spend forty hours a week making up lies about toilet paper.”
“Recently, I was asked if I was going to fire an employee who made a mistake that cost the company $600,000. No, I replied, I just spent $600,000 training him. Why would I want somebody to hire his experience?”
“Cardio is tough after a day of skating, but with my iPod I can get into the moment and complete the cardio training for the day.”
“Look, I'm not an intellectual - I just take pictures.”
“You read some good reviews and then you read a bad one, and the bad one pisses you off but there's nothing you can do. It's just an opinion.”
“A community of Jesus which seeks to hide itself has ceased to follow him.”
“God knows that some of the greatest souls who have ever lived are those who will never appear in the chronicles of history. They are the blessed, humble souls who emulate the Saviorâ€™s example and spend the days of their lives doing good.”

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