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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.

In some of the countries where we operate, there is a tradition of corruption, in which the political elites work with business in the framework of unsavory relationships.

Quotes by Lee R. Raymond

When I was married, I didn't work. When I had my children, I didn't work. But before that, I'd work for Diana Vreeland at 'Harper's Bazaar.'

Quotes by Lee Radziwill

Sometimes it takes us a long time to build up songs, and we really work the structures over and over and build in lots of noisy parts.

Quotes by Lee Ranaldo

Whenever I work on an album and the time comes to do all the artwork, the only thing I think of is the LP artwork. When we worked on the 'Electric Trim' artwork, we spent weeks and weeks making the...

Quotes by Lee Ranaldo

You don't work in isolation anymore. Anybody can write a song and put it up on the Internet the next day.

Quotes by Lee Ranaldo

I understood that if I wanted to work, the saxophone was the main instrument. The clarinet was what we call a double.

Quotes by Lee Konitz

Most jazz players work out their solos, at least to the extent that they have a very specific vocabulary.

Quotes by Lee Konitz

I knew de Kooning and I went to his studio so I knew about de Kooning's work. But only a little handful knew about it, you know. Maybe there were ten people that knew about it.

Quotes by Lee Krasner

My own image of my work is that I no sooner settle into something than a break occurs. These breaks are always painful and depressing but despite them I see that there's a consistency that holds out, but is hard...

Quotes by Lee Krasner

You were told how much space so it was a matter of whether you could send in two paintings or three paintings, you know, pending where the show was being held. You did submit work to be accepted. Once you...

Quotes by Lee Krasner

Well if done a lot of hard work to try and get people to act rationally, the fact that weve had 15 deviant Muslims, plus 5 or 8 others that got away does not mean that all Muslims are deviant...

Quotes by Lee Kuan Yew

I have a very clear separation between my life and my work.

Quotes by Lee Mack

In TV, you get driven to work in a luxury car, and find flowers in your dressing room. Then suddenly you're on tour, drying your hair backstage on plastic curtains.

Quotes by Lee Mack

Doing a series, every week you work with a new star.

Quotes by Lee Majors

For 40 years, I put my body through a tremendous amount of work.

Quotes by Lee Majors

I just turned 66, and I'm starting to work again.

Quotes by Lee Majors

It's not like I want to be Prince Charming when I do dramas. But I think I've always shown such an image because that's just the way Korean dramas work.

Quotes by Lee Min-ho

I'd love to work with Sufjan Stevens. He so gets it. He's amazing.

Quotes by Lee DeWyze

Doing charity work is always cool. It's always a good thing.

Quotes by Lee DeWyze

First of all, the leads aren't the kind of acting work that I like. The parts that are meatier are not the ones that have to have a romance.

Quotes by Lee Grant

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.