“It is not the most pleasant employment to spend eight hours a day in a counting house.”

“It's a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a day is work. He can't eat for eight hours; he can't drink for eight hours; he can't make love for eight hours. The only thing a man can do for eight hours is work.”

“How come you don't work fourteen hours a day? Your great-great-grandparents did. How come you only work the eight-hour day? Four guys got hanged fighting for the eight-hour day for you.”

“By faithfully working eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.”

“I study chess eight hours a day, on principle.”

“I almost got no sleep, shooting eight hours in one film, followed by eight hours in another and eight hours in a third film. But whenever we were done at the end of the day, I never thought of packing up. I always couldn’t bear to go home.”

“Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.”

“An artisan busies himself with his work for three hours each day and spends nine hours in study.”

“I need my sleep. I need about eight hours a day, and about ten at night.”

“For two and a half years, I rigorously trained seven to eight hours a day in two disciplines of dance but moved on to the most versatile medium called cinema which encompassed every form of art.”