Sick Days Quotes

• I'm saving my sick days for when I'm feeling better.

  Salma Hayek

  Inspirational, Funny, Motivational

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• Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

  John Hughes

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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• I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.

  Fannie Lou Hamer

  Recovery, Tired, Health

  "'I Question America' — Remembering Fannie Lou Hamer’s Famous Speech 50 Years Ago" by Peter Dreier, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 26, 2014.

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• I used up all my sick days, so I'm calling in dead.

  Unknown

  God, Sick, Stupidity

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• If you're sick, take your sick day. If you don't take your sick day, know what your reward is? You weren't sick - that was the reward.

  Chris Christie

  Sick, Rewards, Ifs

  "HAPPY FATHER'S DAY - Prankster Mitt leaves note on press bus: 'I erased your hard drives' - Pool report: Rhoades-Loftus weddi". www.politico.com. June 17, 2012.

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• When you're a professional you do your job no matter what gets in the way. You might take a sick day, you might take a personal day, but then you show back up or you won't get paid. Everyone develops his/her own strategy for dealing with days that are not productive.

  Charlaine Harris

  Jobs, Sick, Might

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• I want us to do more to support people who are struggling to balance family and work. I've heard from so many of you about the difficult choices you face and the stresses that you're under. So let's have paid family leave, earned sick days. Let's be sure we have affordable child care and debt-free college.

  Hillary Clinton

  Children, Stress, Struggle

  "Transcript of the First Debate". www.nytimes.com. September 27, 2016.

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• Workplaces need to respond to the reality of family life in the 21st century, and allowing employees to have seven sick days a year is a bare minimum, the fact that the United States is one of just a handful of countries that does not require paid family or sick leave is nothing short of shameful.

  Rosa DeLauro

  Life, Country, Reality

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• If you have the feeling of choice, if you feel free, you will be better off. And when I say better off I mean that if people feel they have control over their lives, they call in for fewer sick days from work. They have a lesser probability of having a heart attack or stroke. They live longer. They're happier.

  Sheena Iyengar

  Heart, Mean, People

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• I came out of retirement to run a start-up, Historically, I seldom used all of my vacation time, and the last sick day I took was in 1992. I am a sick puppy.

  Maynard Webb

  Running, Retirement, Vacation

  "Adjusting Our Work-Life Balance in the Internet Economy" by Maynard Webb, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 29, 2010.

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• You've used up all your school sick days," he said, persuing my file. "You've requested to leave school one hundred and thirty days out of the one hudred and forty days of school so far." So thirty-one might be the magic number?" Principal Reed and Raven

  Ellen Schreiber

  School, Ravens, Numbers

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• My employees, there's no deductible in your health care. No deductible, absolutely not. You get paid sick days, as many as you need, personal days.

  Michael Moore

  Sick, Needs, Care

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