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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.

For a quarter of a century, I've been playing baseball for pay. It has been pretty good pay, most of the time. The work has been hard, but what of it? It's been risky. I've broken both my legs. I've...

Quotes by Rabbit Maranville

If this whole acting thing doesn't work out, I'll just get a talk show.

Quotes by Rachael Leigh Cook

I work too much to be an appropriate parent. I feel like a bad mom to my dog some days because I'm just not here enough. I just feel like I would do a bad job if I took the...

Quotes by Rachael Ray

Work hard. Laugh when you feel like crying. Keep an open mind, open eyes and an open spirit.

Quotes by Rachael Ray

I work with my acting coach to help me get into character and do pronunciation drills and tongue twisters to help me deliver lines.

Quotes by Quvenzhane Wallis

There's so many great wrestlers in this sport who could probably work circles around me and it's amazing to see that, but I love being the kind of character who can take you on a roller coaster, make you smile...

Quotes by R-Truth

Also, there are authors and publicists using the Internet to manipulate opinion, both positively for a work and negatively against the competition. I don't do this and can't stomach it, honestly.

Quotes by R. A. Salvatore

I work in the film business, where schmoozing is an art form, lunch hour lasts from 12:30 until 3, and every meeting takes an hour whether there's an hour's worth of business or not.

Quotes by R. J. Cutler

The only thing documentary filmmakers have to work with, at least the way I make films, is trust. That's been true of everyone from James Carville and George Stephanopoulos to the kids in 'American High' to the soldiers in 'Military...

Quotes by R. J. Cutler

People always ask, 'How do you write so many books?' And I say, I work a lot. I work six or seven days a week.

Quotes by R. L. Stine

I think we have to keep working enormously hard to see that every single Indigenous child - every Australian child - has true equality of opportunity. We've got to work harder at it. I think, you know, the heartland issue...

Quotes by Quentin Bryce

I've always wanted to work with Warren Beatty.

Quotes by Quentin Tarantino

I'm not one of those people who's so blinded by my own work and my sweat. It's kind of risky writing a memoir when you're really part of a larger universe.

Quotes by Questlove

I don't have friends, and it's hard for me to make new friends. Right now, the people that are in my life are the people that I work with.

Quotes by Questlove

The tutor gave us our work, and if we had trouble, she'd help us on it, but we were really only working on the stuff that our school gave us - well, I was, because I go to a public...

Quotes by Quinn Shephard

Consequently the student who is devoid of talent will derive no more profit from this work than barren soil from a treatise on agriculture.

Quotes by Quintilian

We have a lot of people with a Western education who work in Russia and understand the international rules of business and corporate governance.

Quotes by Pyotr Aven

I don't really listen to my work. If I have to DJ and I play something, I hear it. But I don't sit quietly and listen to my work; I'm always off to do the next thing.

Quotes by Q-Tip

In theory, people would pick progression every time over being idle. But if you look at us as a culture, as a people, you would say that if you get up at five o'clock in the morning, eat your breakfast,...

Quotes by Q-Tip

My work is entertainment, and I look at what entertains people, whether it's a selfie video or a music video.

Quotes by Qandeel Baloch

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.