Piece of Work

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

    What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god—the beauty of the world, the paragon of animals!
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching. To attain it we must be able to guess what will interest; we must learn to read the childish soul as we might a piece of music. Then, by simply changing the key, we keep up the attraction and vary the song.
    Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821–1881)

    He was made bit by bit, piece by piece. The undying monster. The triumphant climax of Frankenstein’s genius.
    Edward T. Lowe, and Erle C. Kenton. Dr. Edelman (Onslow Stevens)

    Nothing is so threatening to conventional values as a man who does not want to work or does not want to work at a challenging job, and most people are disturbed if a man in a well- paying job indicates ambivalence or dislike toward it.
    Alice S. Rossi (b. 1922)