“Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work… A woman is allowed that feeling for a man, but not her work.”— Barbara Streisand, thoughtcatalog.com
“Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, ‘She doesn’t have what it takes.’ They will say, ‘Women don’t have what it takes.'”— Clare Boothe Luce, thoughtcatalog.com
“People don’t want to see women doing things they don’t think women should do.”— Joan Jett, thoughtcatalog.com
“Why is it men are permitted to be obsessed about their work, but women are only permitted to be obsessed about men?”— Barbara Streisand, thoughtcatalog.com
“One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don't throw it away.”— Stephen Hawking, books.google.com
“The key is to take a larger project or goal and break it down into smaller problems to be solved, constraining the scope of work to solving a key problem, and then another key problem.”— Peter Sims, amazon.com
“Yeah. I have no idea why [I make people angry]. I work really hard – I have seven appointments tomorrow before 10am. I'm constantly on the go. I have a successful clothing line. A fragrance. I mean, acting and singing aren't the only ways to be talented.”— Kim Kardashian, theguardian.com
“Work/life integration seems to me a better goal than balance. Balance suggests that our lives are in two parts. The more mindful we are, the less we compartmentalize our lives.”— Ellen J. Langer, goodreads.com
“The richest and fullest lives attempt to achieve an inner balance between three realms: work, love and play”— Erik Erikson, goodreads.com
“I'm not someone who can be depended one five days a week. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday? I don't even get out of bed five days in a row. I often don't remember to eat five days in a row. Reporting to a workplace, where I should need to stay for eight hours, eight big hours outside my home…”— Gillian Flynn, amazon.com
“I would rather be a librarian, but I worry about the job security. Books may be temporary; dicks are forever.”— Gillian Flynn, amazon.com
“If you're interested in 'balancing' work and pleasure, stop trying to balance them. Instead make your work more pleasurable.”— Donald Trump, twitter.com
“If you focus on success, you’ll have stress. But if you pursue excellence, success will be guaranteed.”— Deepak Chopra, amazon.com
“Working is overrated. People try to make it about dignity, but it's all forced because of capitalism.”— alicia fiasco, twitter.com
“Dress appropriately for your work environment. We get it; you want everyone to know how creative and interesting you are. Well, let your personality do that for you rather than your crop top and feather shoes.”— Grace Helbig, amazon.com