Quotes about eight-hour (9 Quotes)



    I am wondering what would have happened to me if some fluent talker had converted me to the theory of the eight-hour day and convinced me that it was not fair to my fellow workers to put forth my best efforts in my work. I am glad that the eight-hour day had not been invented when I was a young man. If my life had been made up of eight-hour days, I do not believe I could have accomplished a great deal. This country would not amount to as much as it does if the young men of fifty years ago had been afraid that they might earn more than they were paid for.

    Sometimes the best way to lose a good friend is to go into business with a friend. The reason being you can't end the business day. The friendship always extends beyond the normal eight-hour day.






    It took me about three years to write About Grace. I wasn't teaching two of those years, so I was working eight-hour days, five days a week. And it would include research and reading - it wasn't just a blank page, laying down words.

    Gas prices, the (Gulf Coast) hurricanes -- it's a very challenging year for events such as the Classic and many others where we depend largely upon not only local community support, but people driving from a six- to eight-hour radius,



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