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.
Networks are reluctant to take a chance. They put on shows that they know will work on some level, but to get the innovative show, it's very difficult.
Being in bands and plugging away with not many opportunities and no money for many years really shaped me and taught me about work ethic.
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I was asked, 'Why do you think the male 'X Factor' winners haven't been successful in the past?' And I said, 'Because obviously the body of work that they've brought out wasn't good enough,' and that was it.
I really want to work with Eminem. I know it will never happen, but I would love if he let me do a hook on one of his songs or he featured on one of my songs. It would be...
I'm trying this thing where I don't regret as much 'cause it doesn't really work that well to regret things.
Writing is such a singular and lonely occupation. And it's interesting; all of the work that you create is so singular.
You want to work with good people. When you're working with good people, it frees you up. There's nothing worse, as an actor, to show up and then feel like you have to protect yourself somehow because you don't feel...
I want to show up to work and take risks. I don't ever want to play it safe.
I was really lucky that, through my 20s, I got to work with some amazing people, and I tried to sit back and watch and learn.
My experience as a young actor on network television was that I couldn't make it work. I was drowning as an actor.
There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment; the time is always now.
The scientist-community guy may get a $500,000 grant, and if his equipment works or doesn't work, he still gets a gold star for doing the science experiment. For me, there is no merit in anything for doing an experiment; I...
I've done movies with Oliver Stone and Michael Mann. And I've done quite a few dramas in my time, from the theatre to film work. I just think the audience is used to seeing me on 'Saturday Night Live,' and...
I first became familiar with Dave Eggers's work when I was living in San Francisco and enrolled at USF's MFA Program.
Myocardial oxygen consumption is determined by the work of the heart and is a function of arterial blood pressure and heart rate.
If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible substitute for it.
My work as a naval officer in World War II enabled me to serve on 49 different South Pacific islands so that I came to know the area about as well as anyone.
Long before I fell in love with writing, I fell in love with reading. Sometimes, honestly, I feel like I'm cheating on my first love when I settle into my office chair to start work on the latest manuscript.
I have to say, Alejandro Colucci is amazing. I had seen his work several times before I started making the connection between the art and the person making it, and when I heard that he was going to work on...
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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.
