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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.

Italians are fantastic people, really. They can work you over in an alley while singing an opera.

Quotes by Don Rickles

We ask actors to come to work ready to open a vein, to be emotionally thin-skinned. If someone screams, 'What about my coffee?' it's not about the coffee; it's because they're working in an emotional state. It ain't easy being...

Quotes by Don Scardino

One thing I never want to be accused of is not working.

Quotes by Don Shula

You try to get the most out of the talent. Make 'em work and let 'em play.

Quotes by Don Shula

The social world is transforming the way we create wealth, work, learn, play, raise our children, and probably the way we think.

Quotes by Don Tapscott

If you work for and eventually lead a company, understand that companies have multiple stakeholders including employees, customers, business partners and the communities within which they operate.

Quotes by Don Tapscott

Don't have work-life balance - at least in the sense of trying to escape from work so you can have a life. Work should be fun - so make work enjoyable and satisfying for everyone - among other reasons because...

Quotes by Don Tapscott

Work is the greatest thing in the world, so we should always save some of it for tomorrow.

Quotes by Don Herold

My wife knows that I thrive on independence, and whatever girls live with me must know that, too. They must realize I have a certain respect for my wife and love for my children, and my work comes pretty much...

Quotes by Don Ho

When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'

Quotes by Don Marquis

We all have the temptation to be backseat drivers when it comes to decisions that don't work out the way we want.

Quotes by Don Mattingly

Herman Melville was supposed to be an accountant. Van Gogh was meant to be an art dealer. I was meant to take the train into New York and work for a bank. To be an artist, you have to say...

Quotes by Don McLean

I think most corporate executives are good honorable honest men and women who do good work.

Quotes by Don Nickles

I want to compliment The Heritage Foundation for its work on behalf of a strong national defense.

Quotes by Don Nickles

I'm not like Henry Fonda. He lives to act. I've just had a dedication to do the best I could. When I don't have challenges, the days get long. But I do enjoy being on stage. If I do good...

Quotes by Don Ameche

There are directors you never, ever want to get close to. Lubitsch was one. Outside of the work, I don't think I ever said five words to him. Mamet was pretty much the same thing. His mind is working all...

Quotes by Don Ameche

In the old days, before there was such a thing as film schools, directors learned the camera by watching other directors, and learning from their own dailies, and listening to the cameraman, and seeing what would work. Some of those...

Quotes by Don Ameche

By 1949, there was no more work for me out there, and I went to New York in 1950 and just did whatever I could. Mainly television. Some Broadway. A lot of dinner theater work, which is not a very...

Quotes by Don Ameche

The marketing department is really an important part of getting an animated film to work. If the people running it are used to selling live action films and the hard rock music and the sex and all those things... Anything...

Quotes by Don Bluth

How can you have a director that doesn't go to work with the crew every day and talk to them?

Quotes by Don Bluth

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.