9 to 5 Quotes

Think it's so unfair when people think that you're not a "real artist" unless you're getting paid for it....I personally know so many poets that work a 9 to 5 in a cubicle and come home and write poetry. Their poetry is just as powerful and moving as anything that I've ever written, if not more.

Dolly Parton, who said to her doctor, Are you sure it's a chest cold? Never got a dinner!

I went to college, got a job. Not a good job or anything but I was fully set to be an office employee for my life.

Well I always wanted to be Dolly Parton when I was a little girl. I was obsessed with her.

After two years in TV, I realized that I need a break from 9 to 5 routine work. I just wanted to explore and get back to movies for a while.

You're isolated as a writer, so I always envied people who could get up early and drive to work and fit into society.

The way I see it, more people are wired with broadband from 9 to 5 during the day than watch TV at night. So therefore isn't the real prime time 9 to 5? Playing games at your desk - that's the new prime time, isn't it?

9 to 5 made people aware of equal pay for equal work. It hasn't really happened, but it has come closer.

There's something boring about people who have to go to an office for a living.

Cause I'm on set, make it work, break even on 9 to 5's. Cigarettes and lotto tickets, tryna keep that grind alive

I cannot see myself sitting at a desk from nine to five!

I don't ever want to have a job where I just punch a clock.

There are plenty of days when I would love to get in my truck, drive to work, walk behind the pawn counter and just do a regular job.

I'm not of the mind where, 'It doesn't matter what you care about; you've got to have a safe reliable job and do the 9 to 5.' I obviously don't subscribe to that. There's nothing wrong with that, though, if that's what you want to do.

I just used to have a really normal life, working in an office.

Chart positions are for people with manbags who get to work at 11 A.M. because they've been at a digital meeting.

'9 to 5 the Musical' is perfect for anyone that's ever wanted to string up their boss, which is almost all of us.

I really respect people who are just getting by with their 9 to 5s.

If working remotely is such a great idea, why isn't everyone doing it? I think it's because we've been bred on the idea that work happens from 9 to 5, in offices and cubicles. It's no wonder that most who are employed inside that model haven't considered other options, or resist the idea that it could be any different. But it can.