Piece of Work

Famous quotes containing the words piece of, piece and/or work:

    As to the whiskers, having never worn any, do you not think people would call it a piece of silly affectation if I were to begin it now?
    Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

    Gloucester. O, let me kiss that hand!
    Lear. Let me wipe it first, it smells of mortality.
    Gloucester. O ruined piece of nature! This great world
    Shall so wear out to nought.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    After decades of unappreciated drudgery, American women just don’t do housework any more—that is, beyond the minimum that is required in order to clear a path from the bedroom to the front door so they can get off to work in the mourning.
    Barbara Ehrenreich (20th century)