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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.

One of the things you learn when you get married is how you need to always work on continuing to make it better.

Quotes by Eric Shanteau

Before I start directing a show, I try to spend a few weeks hanging around the set, getting to know the crew and talking to the actors about how they like to work. Who is fussy? Who is left-handed? Who...

Quotes by Eric Stoltz

I feel challenged every day, when I come to work. I feel like I have to step up my game, and that's a great thing.

Quotes by Eric Ladin

To be able to work with actors who are doing such good work, not only makes it easier for you, but it makes you better.

Quotes by Eric Ladin

If the undocumented have to work hard to attain citizenship, those of us who already are citizens should have to work hard to sustain it. We should all have to serve more, vote more, build more, and do more for...

Quotes by Eric Liu

'The Purpose-Driven Life' is not just a mega-bestselling work of Christian faith; it is the thing that every voter, secular or not, yearns for.

Quotes by Eric Liu

Overall, women are a lot more fun to work with than a bunch of men.

Quotes by Eric Mabius

Much theoretical work, of course, focuses on existing economic institutions. The theorist wants to explain or forecast the economic or social outcomes that these institutions generate.

Quotes by Eric Maskin

I choose questions to work on according to how much they excite me.

Quotes by Eric Maskin

A properly designed tax system can strike a balance between helping the poor and, at the same time, giving people the incentive to work.

Quotes by Eric Maskin

I like to work on a number of things simultaneously. If you're working on a variety of projects and if you get stuck on one of them, you can move to another without grinding your gears indefinitely.

Quotes by Eric Maskin

Many markets work best with little or no outside interference. But others - especially those subject to big 'externalities' - need a helping hand.

Quotes by Eric Maskin

The market doesn't work very well when it comes to public goods.

Quotes by Eric Maskin

Markets work well with goods that economists call private goods.

Quotes by Eric Maskin

The Nobel Prize is not very important for the winners - they are usually pretty successful people already. But it is valuable as a way of drawing the public's attention to important work in economics.

Quotes by Eric Maskin

If you're doing an hour-long show, you're working movie hours, doing a 12-15-hour day. We work three or four hours a day, and get every third or fourth week off to give the writers time to write. It's the cushiest...

Quotes by Eric McCormack

I like playing a character every day. I like having something to go back to. I always enjoyed that with 'Will & Grace.' I like the camaraderie. I like having a crew that I know and I can work with...

Quotes by Eric McCormack

I didn't want to do a lawyer. I didn't want to do forensics. I didn't want to work in an ER.

Quotes by Eric McCormack

The familiar can feel good - especially with so much uncertainty when we turn on the news. But it doesn't uplift us, challenge us, or inspire anew as truly original work can.

Quotes by Eric Metaxas

God gave men and women work to do in the Garden before the Fall.

Quotes by Eric Metaxas

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.