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Work Quotes

Quotes on the meaning of work.

Several quotes here describe work as a solitary process, one that takes real effort to protect from distraction, while others connect a person's politics directly to the character of their work. Related reading includes Growth Quotes.

I don't hate being compared with female musicians. I don't mind that at all. I have no problem with seeing connections between women's work.

Quotes by Ani DiFranco

We must all work together to bring the best to Puerto Rico.

Quotes by Anibal Acevedo Vila

Washington is a very complicated city. You have to work the personal relationships. They are politicians, they are congressmen, they are senators, but they are human beings. And for them to get to know you on a personal level really,...

Quotes by Anibal Acevedo Vila

I have lot of respect of filmmakers who work in Telugu and Tamil.

Quotes by Anil Kapoor

I would love to work in Bollywood.

Quotes by Anirudh Ravichander

A work will only have deep resonance if the kind of darkness I can generate is something that is resident in me already.

Quotes by Anish Kapoor

I'm not an artist who has an agenda that's set by the work.

Quotes by Anish Kapoor

Maybe the way we have learned to look has changed in the last 25 years, and the exotic is much more acceptable. There are many artists now, younger artists, who work out of the exotic.

Quotes by Anish Kapoor

My work is not about my life history. It's not about the story of my neurosis.

Quotes by Anish Kapoor

One cannot set out to make a work that's spiritual. What is a contemporary iconography for the spiritual? Is it some fuzzy space?

Quotes by Anish Kapoor

The work itself has a complete circle of meaning and counterpoint. And without your involvement as a viewer, there is no story.

Quotes by Anish Kapoor

There's something imminent in the work, but the circle is only completed by the viewer.

Quotes by Anish Kapoor

Work grows out of other work, and there are very few eureka moments.

Quotes by Anish Kapoor

My style of writing is to allow the story to unfold on its own. I try not to structure my work too rigidly.

Quotes by Anita Desai

To make a marriage work, you have to want to. If you want to stay with that person, you will. It's simple.

Quotes by Anita Dobson

There's no secret it's hard work. Even though Brian's the love of my life, and he's absolutely adorable, it's not easy, and we have to work at it. But because we love each other and keep working at it, it...

Quotes by Anita Dobson

I got extremely fit and slim on 'Strictly,' but I did find that, each week, a different part of my body hurt. It really makes you realise the hard work dancers have to put in and how fit they have...

Quotes by Anita Dobson

You turn down work you feel you've already done.

Quotes by Anita Dobson

The more I've done work with the IOC the more I've come to realize I'm really excited about this, the work that I'm doing and the impact that I can have if I'm fully committed to it.

Quotes by Angela Ruggiero

My father constantly reminded me that he named me after Angela Yvonne Davis, a scholar and activist who was well known for her work in tandem with the Black Panther Party. That felt like a purposeful, beckoning call to engage...

Quotes by Angela Rye

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of quotes are on the "Work" page?
These lean toward the thoughtful side of work — the idea that "intellectual work is essentially a lonely process," the belief that one's politics and "the character of his particular work are inseparable," and an image of people unwinding after work all over the world talking about life's bigger questions.
Is there a spiritual angle to any of these?
While these particular quotes are secular, if you're looking for a spiritual perspective on work, see Prayers for that theme.
Do these quotes connect work to personal identity?
Yes, one of the strongest lines here argues that your politics and "the character of his particular work are inseparable" — the idea that what you do reflects who you are. If that resonates, Growth quotes explore a similar idea of work shaping the person.
Is there anything here about effort or persistence?
These specific quotes focus more on the nature and meaning of work than on effort itself, but Effort quotes cover that ground directly.
What about setting goals through work?
For that angle, Goal quotes is the better fit — the "Work" page here is more about the character and process of working itself.

There's also a lighter side - people unwinding after work to talk through life's bigger questions over drinks. See Effort Quotes and Goal Quotes for more on getting things done.