1. rat race - Noun
2. rat race - Verb
3. rat race - Phrase
an exhausting routine that leaves no time for relaxation
Source: WordNetrat-race
The trouble with the rat race is that if you win you're still a rat. Lily Tomlin
You can win the rat race but you're still a rat. Banksy
If you join the rat race - you're in the race of rats. Bertolt Brecht
While one who sings with his tongue on fire Gargles in the rat race choir Bent out of shape from society's pliers Cares not to come up any higher But rather get you down in the hole That he's in. Bob Dylan
Usually when you ask somebody in college why they are there, they'll tell you it's to get an education. The truth of it is, they are there to get the degree so that they can get ahead in the rat race. Too many college radicals are two-timing punks. Abbie Hoffman
A rat race is for rats. We're not rats. We're human beings. Reject the insidious pressures in society that would blunt your critical faculties to all that is happening around you, that would caution silence in the face of injustice lest you jeopardise your chances of promotion and self-advancement. Jimmy Reid