Doing what you love means dealing with things you don't. —Diane Ackerman More about this quote Tags: work Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
About Diane Ackerman Diane Ackerman (born October 7, 1948) is an American poet, essayist, and naturalist known for her books and films.
More quotations from Diane Ackerman The knowing, I told myself, is only a vapor of the mind, and yet it can wreck havok with one's sanity. —Diane Ackerman More about this quote Tags: sanity Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email The best way to divulge a secret is to tell someone not to say anything about it. —Diane Ackerman More about this quote Tags: secrets Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Though we marry as adults, we don't marry adults. We marry children who have grown up and still rejoice in being children, especially if we're creative. —Diane Ackerman More about this quote Tags: marriage Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Life is a thing that mutates without warning, not always in enviable ways. All part of the improbable adventure of being alive, of being a brainy biped with giant dreams on a crazy blue planet. —Diane Ackerman More about this quote Tags: life Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Caregiver: that word should weigh more than others on a page, sag it down a bit and wrinkle it, because the simple-sounding job frazzles as it consumes and depletes. Not that it's only gloomy. Caregiving offers many fringe benefits, including the sheer sensory delight of nourishing and grooming, sharing, and playing. There's something uniquely fulfilling about being a lodestar, feeling so deeply needed, and it's fun finding creative ways to gladden a loved one's life. But caregiving does buttonhole you; you're stitched in one place. —Diane Ackerman More about this quote Tags: family Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The knowing, I told myself, is only a vapor of the mind, and yet it can wreck havok with one's sanity. —Diane Ackerman More about this quote Tags: sanity Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The best way to divulge a secret is to tell someone not to say anything about it. —Diane Ackerman More about this quote Tags: secrets Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Though we marry as adults, we don't marry adults. We marry children who have grown up and still rejoice in being children, especially if we're creative. —Diane Ackerman More about this quote Tags: marriage Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Life is a thing that mutates without warning, not always in enviable ways. All part of the improbable adventure of being alive, of being a brainy biped with giant dreams on a crazy blue planet. —Diane Ackerman More about this quote Tags: life Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Caregiver: that word should weigh more than others on a page, sag it down a bit and wrinkle it, because the simple-sounding job frazzles as it consumes and depletes. Not that it's only gloomy. Caregiving offers many fringe benefits, including the sheer sensory delight of nourishing and grooming, sharing, and playing. There's something uniquely fulfilling about being a lodestar, feeling so deeply needed, and it's fun finding creative ways to gladden a loved one's life. But caregiving does buttonhole you; you're stitched in one place. —Diane Ackerman More about this quote Tags: family Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
More quotations tagged with “work” Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love. —David Shore More about this quote Tags: work Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email At least one study of blocked writers has found that they were more productive and more creative when they were essentially forced to write instead of scribbling only when the mood struck them. —David McCullough More about this quote Tags: work Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email You do your best work if you do a job that makes you happy. —Bob Ross More about this quote Tags: work Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email It has been my experience that one cannot, in any shape or form, depend on human relations for lasting reward. It is only work that truly satisfies. —Bette Davis More about this quote Tags: work Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important. —Bertrand Russell More about this quote Tags: work Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love. —David Shore More about this quote Tags: work Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
At least one study of blocked writers has found that they were more productive and more creative when they were essentially forced to write instead of scribbling only when the mood struck them. —David McCullough More about this quote Tags: work Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
You do your best work if you do a job that makes you happy. —Bob Ross More about this quote Tags: work Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It has been my experience that one cannot, in any shape or form, depend on human relations for lasting reward. It is only work that truly satisfies. —Bette Davis More about this quote Tags: work Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important. —Bertrand Russell More about this quote Tags: work Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email