If you must have motivation, think of your paycheck on Friday.

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More quotations from Noel Coward

I've sometimes thought of marrying—and then I've thought again.

Work is much more fun than fun.

Television is for appearing on—not for looking at.

Scandal is great entertainment because it allows people to feel contempt, a moral emotion that gives feeling of moral superiority while asking nothing in return.

Television is for appearing on—not for looking at.

More quotations tagged with “motivation”

It is not simply the brightest who have the best ideas; it is those who are best at harvesting ideas from others. It is not only the most determined who drive change; it is those who most fully engage with like-minded people. And it is not wealth or prestige that best motivates people; it is respect and help from peers.

—Alex Pentland in Social Physics

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Actually, if you ask me, this country could do with a little less motivation. The people who are causing all the trouble seem highly motivated to me. Serial killers, stock swindlers, drug dealers, Christian Republicans. I'm not sure motivation is always a good thing. You show me a lazy prick who's lying in bed all day, watching tv,… and I'll show you a guy who's not causing any trouble.

—George Carlin

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That's the motivation of an artist—to seek attention of some kind.

—James Taylor

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Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game.

—Donald Trump

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In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principles contain it or stand against it.

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6 May 2014 Added