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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.

I am very athletic and like to play tennis, run, hike, and work out with my trainer. I also enjoy traveling, and given that it's a part of my job, I get to do it a lot.

Quotes by Dylan Lauren

I believe that Ryan Murphy is a genius. His instincts remind me of Andy Warhol. I recently went to the Warhol museum in Pittsburgh, and you can see a lot of echoes of Andy in Ryan's work. Like Andy, Ryan's...

Quotes by Dylan McDermott

'Rosemary's Baby' is still one of my favorite movies of all time. The idea of her being impregnated with the devil is just so frightening. I'm actually going to work on a movie in February, called 'Mercy,' from Jason Blum,...

Quotes by Dylan McDermott

Nowadays you really have to pump out that blockbuster in order to have the luxury of getting a body of work, and that's sad because the work suffers. Today everything is based on money. The older actors, they inspire me.

Quotes by Dylan McDermott

New Zealand is a pretty no-nonsense place to work, like Australia. I mean it doesn't falter to anyone.

Quotes by Dustin Clare

Hard work always pays off, whatever you do.

Quotes by Dustin Lynch

I can't apply $3 billion in capital to the tech industry. It wouldn't work. But in infrastructure, education, I can make a real difference. I can change someone's life, for the better, permanently. If I can improve a kid's education,...

Quotes by Dustin Moskovitz

The first time I looked at Yammer, I thought I was on Facebook. Work is not a social network, with serendipitous communications and photo collections. Work is about managing tasks and responding to things quickly.

Quotes by Dustin Moskovitz

I come from south Louisiana where everyone has a blue-collar work ethic.

Quotes by Dustin Poirier

People I grew up with, my family, work in the oil fields. Everyone works a labor job - construction, concrete. All we know is work. It's a physical culture.

Quotes by Dustin Poirier

I'm the kind of guy that grows, and that's what I do everyday in the gym. Work on new stuff and stay relevant.

Quotes by Dustin Poirier

You don't know what hard times are, daddy. Hard times are when the textile workers around this country are out of work, they got 4 or 5 kids and can't pay their wages, can't buy their food. Hard times are...

Quotes by Dusty Rhodes

You pay your dues and work your way up through the system, whatever system there is - something guys in the business today don't really understand, don't have a clue.

Quotes by Dusty Rhodes

I went back to film work after Dobie. I went back to film work after Dobie.

Quotes by Dwayne Hickman

The print on canvas is the closest to the original work. I personally sign them as well.

Quotes by Dwayne Hickman

Some couples could not work together but we enjoy working on our projects and building our art business.

Quotes by Dwayne Hickman

The great thing about cake is it doesn't feel like work. You forget about work. Kids, adults, they all get the same look in their eye when they're decorating cakes... That's the magic right there.

Quotes by Duff Goldman

If all I hired were cake decorators, our cakes would just look like cakes that people decorate. We do astounding work at Charm City Cakes and to do that you need people who think in astounding ways. Artists just think...

Quotes by Duff Goldman

I'm only just learning what language to use when I want my microphone turned down, you know, because it's all so new to me. It can be quite difficult on a daily basis to communicate with the people I work...

Quotes by Duffy

Even up here on Vancouver on the weekends, I go work out in a studio space.

Quotes by Dule Hill

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.