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)
“Paul: Did you have fun as a kid?
Jeanne: It’s the most beautiful thing.
Paul: Is it beautiful to be made into a tattletale, or forced to admire authority, or sell yourself for a piece of candy?”
—Bernardo Bertolucci (b. 1940)
“A piece of advice always contains an implicit threat, just as a threat always contains an implicit piece of advice.”
—José Bergamín (1895–1983)
“I must work, so as not to be a fool, to get on, to become a journalist, because that’s what I want!... I can’t imagine that I would have to lead the same sort of life as Mummy ... and all the women who do their work and are then forgotten. I must have something besides a husband and children, something that I can devote myself to!”
—Anne Frank (1929–1945)