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I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office. Thomas Jefferson

Prolonged, indiscriminate reviewing of books is a quite exceptionally thankless, irritating and exhausting job. It not only involves praising trash but constantly inventing reactions towards books about which one has no spontaneous feeling whatever.

George Orwell

How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!

William Shakespeare

Of all the thankless jobs that economists set for themselves when it comes to educating people about economics, the notion that society is better off if some industries are allowed to wither, their workers lose their jobs, and investors lose their capital - all in the name of the greater glory of globalization - surely ranks near the top.

Edward C. Prescott

First lady has been a thankless position. Eleanor Roosevelt was brilliant and had strong views. She was criticized for her politics and for her appearance. Mrs. Roosevelt was attacked for being too involved in politics. Bess Truman was criticized for being uninvolved in politics.

Karen DeCrow

It's not always thankless. Let's face it - it's not always thankless. I've gotten a lot of really great recognition and I've worked with amazing people.

Kyra Sedgwick

L.A. is full of screenwriters. I don't know why. On many levels, it's such a thankless occupation.

Nick Cave

The office of the public teacher is an unenviable and thankless one.

Felix Adler

Indeed, I should be very stupid or very thankless if I did not congratulate myself every hour of the day on the lot which it has pleased Providence to assign me. My Husband is so kind! So, in all respects, after my own heart!

Jane Welsh Carlyle

That is the thankless position of the father in the family - the provider for all, and the enemy of all.

August Strindberg

I've always had the impression that real militants are like cleaning women, doing a thankless, daily but necessary job.

Francois Truffaut

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

Thomas Jefferson

When I did 'The Social Network', David Fincher told me that I managed to make a thankless character pretty awesome. I thought that was really cool because I think he's really cool.

Dakota Johnson

We are surrounded every day by people who do thankless but important work.

Brian Kilmeade

I'll never be rude to another news person. It's a tough job, a thankless job. You really have to get out there and grovel to get your story.

Clarence Clemons

I started volunteering at an animal shelter, and little by little, my life started getting better. I think that is the secret. It is just being on a mission that is something bigger than me and it's thankless. You do that because it is thankless, and I am not looking for anybody to say, 'Thanks' and 'You are great!'

William McNamara