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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.

Many people work behind a music project, but hardly get recognised.

Quotes by Gopi Sundar

You can't slot a time and a space and think ‘ok now it's time to sit and compose.' It just doesn't work like that for me.

Quotes by Gopi Sundar

I don't work late into the night.

Quotes by Gopi Sundar

I take breaks now and then. But when I work, I get things done at a fast pace.

Quotes by Gopi Sundar

I can work across all genres of music be it classical, hip-hop, western, traditional or folk.

Quotes by Gopi Sundar

When you actually take the time to go over to somebody's office and personally thank them - whether their office is in a cockpit of an airplane, or in a break room - that's an actual manifestation of interest in...

Quotes by Gordon Bethune

We are being tough in saying it is a duty on the unemployed in future not only to be available for work - and not to shirk work - but also to get the skills for work. That is a...

Quotes by Gordon Brown

I joined the staff of EMI in Middlesex in 1951, where I worked for a while on radar and guided weapons and later ran a small design laboratory. During this time, I became particularly interested in computers, which were then...

Quotes by Godfrey Hounsfield

Apart from my work, my greatest pleasures have been mainly out-of-doors, and although I no longer ski, I greatly enjoy walking in the mountains and leading country rambles. I am fond of music, whether light or classical, and play the...

Quotes by Godfrey Hounsfield

These films however, have ambiguity built into them, because it's too easy in film to make a strident work of propaganda or advertising, which are really the same thing anyway, meaning the message is unmistakable.

Quotes by Godfrey Reggio

What I like about theater is its team work. Theater is also all-time creativity.

Quotes by Goenawan Mohamad

Peter Sellers was great to work with. A lovely man. A little bit crazy in that he - you know, as I say, it was hard. It was sort of balancing a very delicate spirit on a needle. You know,...

Quotes by Goldie Hawn

People have come up and told me they were WCW fans from the early '90s, or they were watching my work in FCW when I first started in the late '80s, and they'll spit out a match of mine that...

Quotes by Goldust

You can have a bad opponent out there and still get the job done. You just have to work around certain things.

Quotes by Goldust

At the beginning of me getting out of rehab and thinking about going back to work, I was scared because I didn't know if I could do this clean and sober.

Quotes by Goldust

The novelist must ground his work in faithful study of human nature.

Quotes by Goldwin Smith

There are the manufacturing multitudes of England; they must have work, and find markets for their work; if machines and the Black Country are ugly, famine would be uglier still.

Quotes by Goldwin Smith

I have scars from every film I have made. There is nothing to protect actors. They treat you worse than a dog. You work like a slave, and you know, I like it. That is the way it should be....

Quotes by Golshifteh Farahani

If you want to do what you want to do, you cannot work. So art is going to be finished, and this is the will of the Islamic republic: to not have any artists or art and close the doors...

Quotes by Golshifteh Farahani

I always fight. I work, and I want to be one of the best. It might go wrong, but the goal is always the same: to improve.

Quotes by Gonzalo Higuain

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.