Nonmarket Work Quotes & Sayings

There are writers who will do whatever they are told regardless of the circumstances - these are called 'hacks.' Your job isn't to make life difficult for your editor. But once a piece of crap goes out with your name on it, it is gone forever and will haunt you ... — Gail Simone

The shit is *not* the shit (this was Mo's mantra,) the *pigeon* is the shit. — Zadie Smith

The mercy of God's grace guides me in the right path. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Stupidity is sufficient unto itself. Wisdom can never learn enough. — Mechthild Of Magdeburg

To me, this goes beyond disappointing. It shows that we are failing to gain ground on the very conditions we need to reverse to improve our graduation rates and produce more students who are ready for college and the workforce. — Bob Wise

The human being who acts is the human being who lives. — Lee Strasberg

I need say no more, to prove that slavery is entirely unlike the servitude in the patriarchal families. — Gerrit Smith

Talk to people about what they want to hear and they'll stay for more.
Talk to them about what you want them to hear and they'll soon turn away. — Nabil N. Jamal

Maybe if I didn't have the talent in chess I'd find the talent in something else. The only thing I know is that I have talent in chess, and I'm satisfied with that. — Magnus Carlsen