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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.

Financing is tough, and you really have to work hard in the businesses you invest in.

Quotes by Greg Brenneman

It's all about having a product that you're proud of and coming to work every day. Those basic building blocks are the same in any business.

Quotes by Greg Brenneman

Usually for cartoons, I record them in the mornings from 9 A.M. to noon, then I have the rest of the day to do on camera. It actually gives me time to work on my own projects.

Quotes by Greg Cipes

I got to work with Paul Walker. He's an angel. He was so sweet.

Quotes by Greg Cipes

I have no desire to work my adrenal glands any harder than necessary. I like lazing around; it's pretty important to my well-being. But I also get bored, so that's when my culture-vulturing kicks in.

Quotes by Greg Davies

I don't watch an awful lot of television. It's a very strange thing, and I don't know a lot of people who work in telly who watch a lot of it.

Quotes by Greg Davies

I don't know why comedians moan about touring; you get driven to a town, stay in a hotel, work for an hour and a half with nice people, and eat fatty service station food. There's nothing not to like.

Quotes by Greg Davies

I have a terrible work ethic. The best way for me to do anything in life is for someone to say, 'You need to do this by this time, or you're in trouble'.

Quotes by Greg Davies

Being rewarded for anything other than the quality of their work is the fastest way to screw-up a writer-and it isn't only new ones who suffer from that.

Quotes by Greg Egan

I look back on my life like a good day's work, it was done and I am satisfied with it.

Quotes by Grandma Moses

A primitive artist is an amateur whose work sells.

Quotes by Grandma Moses

I still want to improve in every way. I'm a young player. I want to work, and that's my aim: to improve in every single aspect of my play.

Quotes by Granit Xhaka

There are times when you work with directors on set, and things are a bit rudderless, and those can be good directors.

Quotes by Grant Heslov

You work with great directors and terrible directors, and so you learn; you take what you think will work for you.

Quotes by Grant Heslov

We're going to become caretakers for the robots. That's what the next generation of work is going to be.

Quotes by Gray Scott

Technology will mirror the culture and the psychology creating it. We need new psychological scaffolding to work with. Less fear and more optimism.

Quotes by Gray Scott

Robots will harvest, cook, and serve our food. They will work in our factories, drive our cars, and walk our dogs. Like it or not, the age of work is coming to an end.

Quotes by Gray Scott

I go up to my office and sit down in front of my computer and turn on the internet and then I don't work - that's the end of work for the day.

Quotes by Graham Linehan

Technology is at the forefront of everything these days - communication, work. It's amazing and scary at the same time how robots have evolved, but I find it hard to believe that robots will completely rule the world. Not in...

Quotes by Graham McTavish

I started to work up in my old bedroom, playing, writing songs, and it somehow came to me that I could introduce soul music. Nobody seemed to be doing that.

Quotes by Graham Parker

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.