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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.

School is the same as producing: If you want to make it far, there are a million, trillion people trying to do the same thing. If you're not in over-grind mode, it's probably not going to work the way that...

Quotes by Metro Boomin

Future is different from a lot of artists just because of his work ethic.

Quotes by Metro Boomin

I somehow sensed when I was a teenager that I wanted to do my own work. I was quite clear that I didn't want to be an interpretative kind of artist. I had an intuition about wanting to create my...

Quotes by Meredith Monk

Sometimes in the past when I was going to perform a piece again I would listen to old recordings and try to reproduce the material. This time I realized that carrying around old information, trying to get everything in, and...

Quotes by Meredith Monk

Do internships and work your butt off to learn as much as you can and prove yourself.

Quotes by Meredith Vieira

I worked really hard in college, and I came out a completely different person and performer than when I went in. I did the work, and I found a craft.

Quotes by Merle Dandridge

Chicago actors and Chicago theater is some of the most authentic stuff that you will ever encounter, and I'm so proud to have come up from that. It's where I cut my teeth and where I found my passion for...

Quotes by Merle Dandridge

In the theater, you have to speak so people in the last row of the peanut gallery can hear you. With television, the camera does that work for you.

Quotes by Merle Dandridge

You can employ men and hire hands to work for you, but you must win their hearts to have them work with you.

Quotes by Merle Shain

I think people figure out early in their lives what currency they can work in.

Quotes by Merrill Markoe

Some people know that they are so adorable looking, all they have to do is smile and dress up and they get plenty from that. Then there are some of us who, early on, see that that doesn't work. So...

Quotes by Merrill Markoe

My work always comes from the same source - from movement. It doesn't necessarily come from an outside idea, though the source can be something small or large that I've seen, often birds or other animals. The seeing can then...

Quotes by Merce Cunningham

I began to fear that the Graham work was not in lots of ways sufficient for me. I suppose it came about from looking at other dancing and being involved with the ballet - something about the air and the...

Quotes by Merce Cunningham

I always work from an outline, so I know all the of the broad events and some of the finer details before I begin writing the book.

Quotes by Mercedes Lackey

I think The Exorcist was the hardest work I've ever done.

Quotes by Mercedes McCambridge

Lower standards tell students that they don't need to work hard and leave more high school students unprepared for college and the workplace.

Quotes by Mercedes Schlapp

If a student believes that taking too many exams is hard or skipping advanced courses for a lighter load is a better deal, just wait until he or she goes to college and needs to prepare for finals or has...

Quotes by Mercedes Schlapp

The Clintons engage routinely in corrupt practices, mixing their political power with their nonprofit work to make themselves rich, while not standing up for the little guy.

Quotes by Mercedes Schlapp

In terms of sheer writing I might have done most of my work by 11. If you get up at 6:30 or 7 you can get a huge amount done by 11 and have the rest of the day off...

Quotes by Melvin Burgess

Work is a great blotter up. It stops you thinking, which is useful. No, it stops you feeling.

Quotes by Melvyn Bragg

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.