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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.

When you've got good actors, they're going to come up with good stuff, but you're never quite sure how the dynamics are going to work between them.

Quotes by Martin McDonagh

Dublin people think they are the center of the world and the center of Ireland. And they don't realize that people have to leave Ireland to get work, and they look down on people who do.

Quotes by Martin McDonagh

All my work shares a kind of balance between black comedy and sad and despairing melancholy.

Quotes by Martin McDonagh

I hope there's some kind of morality in all my work.

Quotes by Martin McDonagh

I loved 'The Master' a lot. I'm not going to get to work with Daniel Day-Lewis, but Joaquin Phoenix is one of the best around, I think.

Quotes by Martin McDonagh

Obviously, Ian Paisley and I were regarded as very bitter opponents. When we decided in March 2007 to govern together, both of us understood that we weren't going to change our views but that we had to work with one...

Quotes by Martin McGuinness

I want to work with Peter Robinson as first minister in a positive, constructive way and leave the elections to the electorate.

Quotes by Martin McGuinness

While others have walked away from their responsibilities, the Sinn Fein team will work with the other ministers in partnership to deliver for all the people.

Quotes by Martin McGuinness

I will work with whoever is leader of the DUP.

Quotes by Martin McGuinness

I spend a lot of time in my bed. It's a good comfy one with a tartan bedspread. It's the only place I can read without straining my neck, and I take an afternoon nap, which is my reward for...

Quotes by Martin Millar

My main worry is that after a certain point you become so identified with a character and a series that you might not be able to get work when your show goes off the air.

Quotes by Martin Milner

Every weekend he'd have me come down to work on Dragnet, which by now was on television as well as radio.

Quotes by Martin Milner

A god whose creation is so imperfect that he must be continually adjusting it to make it work properly seems to me a god of relatively low order, hardly worthy of any worship.

Quotes by Martin Gardner

I would love to work with Pharrell one day. Like, my biggest dream.

Quotes by Martin Garrix

For me, having a balance between work and personal life is very important.

Quotes by Martin Garrix

I always try to evolve my sound - innovate, improve, be different but still Martin Garrix. It all starts with an idea in my head, which I work on until it starts to shape itself into a track.

Quotes by Martin Garrix

A doctor must work eighteen hours a day and seven days a week. If you cannot console yourself to this, get out of the profession.

Quotes by Martin H. Fischer

A man who cannot work without his hypodermic needle is a poor doctor. The amount of narcotic you use is inversely proportional to your skill.

Quotes by Martin H. Fischer

Don't despise empiric truth. Lots of things work in practice for which the laboratory has never found proof.

Quotes by Martin H. Fischer

Here's good advice for practice: go into partnership with nature; she does more than half the work and asks none of the fee.

Quotes by Martin H. Fischer

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.