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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 just want to keep creating stuff, work regularly and learn how to use a computer properly.

Quotes by Paul Putner

Any system that sees aesthetics as irrelevant, that separates the artist from his product, that fragments the work of the individual, or creates by committee, or makes mincemeat of the creative process will, in the long run, diminish not only...

Quotes by Paul Rand

The reason I always insisted on signing my work was not to be subordinate to anyone.

Quotes by Paul Rand

You can't have the real thing on camera - that's the nature of cinema. When you see people like Daniel Day-Lewis and Ralph Fiennes screaming and hyperventilating, you're seeing the phoniest kind of bad acting. You may as well have...

Quotes by Paul Morrissey

One is constantly trying to figure out what came together in one's childhood. Lots of people spend significant portions of their lives in therapy - especially in the States - trying to work out who they are. I'm certain there...

Quotes by Paul Muldoon

Paul Ryan is the establishment tool in D.C. that tries to splinter groups and does not work for the will of the people.

Quotes by Paul Nehlen

I decided that the University of Sussex in Brighton was a good place for this work because it had a strong tradition in bacterial molecular genetics and an excellent reputation in biology.

Quotes by Paul Nurse

I believed in making it look real. I was probably hard to work with because I wanted it to make real, and I knew how to wrestle.

Quotes by Paul Orndorff

The good Lord gave me something, and he gave me intensity. He gave me a body, and he gave me the work and how hard I worked the body the way that it was.

Quotes by Paul Orndorff

I worked every night, and I'd go 25, 35, 45 minutes, and that is what made me, and that is that I knew how to work, and I knew how to work the people.

Quotes by Paul Orndorff

My work in Ukraine ceased following the country's parliamentary elections in October 2014.

Quotes by Paul Manafort

I work directly for the boss. I listen to everybody, but I have one man whose voice is louder than everybody else's.

Quotes by Paul Manafort

I have never received a single 'off-the-books cash payment' as falsely 'reported' by 'The New York Times,' nor have I never done work for the governments of Ukraine or Russia.

Quotes by Paul Manafort

Of course he's going to work with Paul Ryan; of course he's tried to bridge the party together with Paul Ryan, but Ryan is also running against somebody who's not going to win but nonetheless is a strong supporter of...

Quotes by Paul Manafort

I don't work at being ordinary.

Quotes by Paul McCartney

You see, my mother was a district nurse until she died when I was 14, and we used to move from time to time because of her work.

Quotes by Paul McCartney

When I wake up on a Monday morning and I realise I don't have to go and work at the civil service, I really think I've won.

Quotes by Paul Merton

If you became a comedian in the '80s, you had to work the circuit and make people laugh. Canned laughter is cheating.

Quotes by Paul Merton

I try to look at problems very clearly and think, 'How do we get out of this? What will work? What will be the consequences for the people involved?'

Quotes by Paul Kagame

For English assignments I was constantly coming up with these strange adventure stories... But I actually wanted to be an artist, or maybe work in the comic book industry.

Quotes by Paul Kane

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.