#work

They’re not hideous,” said Tessa. Will blinked at her. “What?” “Gideon and Gabriel,” said Tessa. “They’re really quite good-looking, not hideous at all.” “I spoke,” said Will, in sepulchral tones, “of the pitch-black inner depths of their souls.” Tessa snorted. “And what color do you suppose the inner depths of your soul are, Will Herondale?” “Mauve,” said Will. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#tessa-gray #will-herondale #soul

Hell is cold. Do you remember when you told me that? We were in the cellars of the Dark House. Anyone else would have been panicking, but you were as calm as a governess, telling me Hell was covered in ice. If it is the fire of Heaven that takes you from me, what a cruel irony that would be. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#clockwork-princess #page- #irony

I'm working class, and want people to know I'm not unintelligent and all the other cliches that come with it. ↗

— Timothy Spall

#cliches #come #i #know #other

People are still willing to do an honest day's work. The trouble is they want a week's pay for it. ↗

— Joey Adams

#honest #pay #people #still #trouble

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order. ↗

— John Adams

#horses #keep #like #minds #must

Barack Obama is betting on the American worker. ↗

— Ted Strickland

#american worker #barack #barack obama #betting #obama

I see no reason to keep silent about my enjoyment of the sound of my own voice as I work. ↗

— Muriel Spark

#enjoyment #i #i see #keep #my own

I've never held myself up particularly high when I had movies that worked, and I never held myself all that low when I had failures. ↗

— Ben Affleck

#had #held #high #i #low

Italy in the first years got food, for the first year or the first periods got food. Then we got raw materials and then we got tool machines, let's say, instruments for working. ↗

— Gianni Agnelli

#food #got #instruments #italy #machines

In advertising, I was frustrated by having to deal with the client. It was the only time I really worked in a proper office, and I didn't like it-simple as that. ↗

— Terry Gilliam

#client #deal #frustrated #having #i