“I have two problems with hard labor: hard and labor. I prefer soft, and I’d prefer not giving birth.”

“Employment: I’ll trade my time and labor for your money. So time is not money, because money is time plus labor. I spend my time saving money, I spend my money saving time, and I labor hard to not labor hard.”

“With intellectual labor your hard work is forever, while with manual labor your hard work is temporary and soon forgotten.”

“Gide and I have attained such perfect intellectual communion that I experience the appropriate labor pains for every thought he gives birth to!”

“We all have urgent matters pending," one of the members growled. "What the hell is Nick's problem that he can't be here?""He said it's a labor relations problem.""That's no excuse!" another member exploded. "We all have labor relations problems.""I reminded Nick of that," the chairman replied."What did he say?""He said that nobody has a labor relations problem like his.”

“The sound of thunder, the smell of rain. The earth giving birth to another season. Nature's labor pains...beautiful.”