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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.

It never ceases to surprise me, the people I get to work with. I'm in a French film with Sandrine Bonnaire? I adore Sandrine Bonnaire. I'm doing a picture for Robert Redford? The Sundance Kid? I have to pinch myself...

Quotes by Kevin Kline

The spacing is so much different in the NBA... There's more spacing, more 1-on-1. I got more space to do work - something I didn't get to show at Kentucky.

Quotes by Kevin Knox

I'm going to have to work it, compete for that starting spot, compete for that job. I'm willing to come in and work, willing to compete and go at people in practice so I can have that ability to start...

Quotes by Kevin Knox

I've recently rediscovered Anthony Trollope. I used to read him back in college, and a friend turned me on to a whole new series of his work, 'The Palliser Series.' It's a series of seven or eight books.

Quotes by Kevin Kwan

I remembered that my grandfather had spent his teenage years in Shanghai and that he went back after he finished medical school to work there in a hospital. So I went back into my family archives and was able to...

Quotes by Kevin Kwan

We feel really lucky at Disney to work with a great stable of artists.

Quotes by Kevin Lima

We feel confident that, were Apple and Adobe to work together as we are with a number of other partners, we could provide a terrific experience with Flash on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.

Quotes by Kevin Lynch

A publisher friend of mine suggested that I write a book about my grandfather, who had just died. I had nothing else to fill my empty days with, so I started work on this book. While researching it - watching...

Quotes by Kevin Macdonald

I believe you can work with anybody.

Quotes by Kevin McCarthy

After hearing from my colleagues, I have decided to run for Speaker of the House. Let's work together to make a difference for our country.

Quotes by Kevin McCarthy

I have a recurring nightmare that I wake up in a gutter with nothing. I've had it all my life. That's why I work, I think.

Quotes by Kevin McCloud

It's possible to be satisfied with a day's work or a cake, but a life... what is a life but a history of events badly remembered?

Quotes by Kevin McCloud

Luckily I have never missed a day's filming or work due to asthma.

Quotes by Kevin McCloud

I don't think anything less than perfect, even though I'm a human being. The way I work and go at things is to better myself in perfect terms.

Quotes by Kevin Garnett

I don't sleep much. I don't sleep much - I work, I work, I work.

Quotes by Kevin Gates

Everybody wants to be famous, but nobody wants to do the work. I live by that. You grind hard so you can play hard. At the end of the day, you put all the work in, and eventually it'll pay...

Quotes by Kevin Hart

When we're outside of the racetrack and in our team meetings, you need to communicate with your teammates and do what's best for the company in order to give the people that work there the best opportunity to succeed and...

Quotes by Kevin Harvick

It's like you work with people, and based on the size of the budget, you sometimes can't pay them what they deserve.

Quotes by Kevin Heffernan

When I work on a novel, I usually have one character and a setting in mind.

Quotes by Kevin Henkes

I got to spend all of my time every day at work reading and editing papers about cutting-edge technical research and getting paid for it. Then I'd go home at night and turn what I learned into science fiction stories.

Quotes by Kevin J. Anderson

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.