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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.

For me, Company is still the best way for me to work.

Quotes by Derek Bailey

Personally, I've found one of the more stimulating ways of playing in recent times has been to kind of move outside the free improvised area and work with people who are probably improvisers but they have a particular way of...

Quotes by Derek Bailey

The University has a moral obligation to provide equal opportunities to women, minority persons and all other groups who work or seek to work at Harvard.

Quotes by Derek Bok

I love people that work with passion and love. When you make choices that way, there's reverberations, consequences. That's what I'm interested in, that echo, that ripple of choice.

Quotes by Derek Cianfrance

You have to work hard at things.

Quotes by Derek Fisher

I come from a theatrical background, where, if you're working on a movie or a play, you always respect the people you work with. You're accommodating.

Quotes by Derek Hough

Knowing that we were doing good work and the stories were good. They were original and charming. They weren't particularly violent or sexy or any of that. They were just unique and that had a good feel to it.

Quotes by Derek Jacobi

I think my parents were happy that I'd gone to university and gotten a degree in history so they thought, 'Well if acting doesn't work for him, he can always become a history teacher or something.' Fortunately, the acting worked...

Quotes by Derek Jacobi

I never lose that terror of 'this is my last job, I'll never work again.' You can never relax and rely on whatever reputation you've built.

Quotes by Derek Jacobi

There may be people who have more talent than you, but there's no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do - and I believe that.

Quotes by Derek Jeter

When you put a lot of hard work into one goal and you achieve it, that's a really good feeling.

Quotes by Derek Jeter

I can see how people work out to feel better.

Quotes by Derek Jeter

I tried to copy some of his mannerisms at first but it didn't work. And then I just let the spirit of the character grow in me and it just took its rightful place. I started to speak the lines...

Quotes by Derek Luke

If I am looking at my work as an actor after having directed, I'm able to look at things in a much more technical way. There's no question about that.

Quotes by Derek Magyar

I think the work on tax reform, the work that's being done on regulatory reform is very important. And just having a seat at the table, I think, is so important for business today as we think about what's going...

Quotes by Dennis Muilenburg

I've always thought of Boeing as the premier aerospace company in the world, so as I was coming up through school, it was the company I aspired to work for.

Quotes by Dennis Muilenburg

If we ramp up capabilities in China, including additional 737-related work, the actions that we'll take are actions that ultimately allow us to grow jobs in the U.S.

Quotes by Dennis Muilenburg

We aspire to be a top performer in every area of our business, and that includes leading in the communities where our employees and their families live and work.

Quotes by Dennis Muilenburg

If you want to work in engineering and to have an impact that's global, come work in the aerospace sector.

Quotes by Dennis Muilenburg

We work on things that really matter.

Quotes by Dennis Muilenburg

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.