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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.

Our commitment to integrity, our commitment to diversity and inclusion, to respecting our teammates - that's what makes this business work.

Quotes by Dennis Muilenburg

The employee relationships are important, investment in our people is important, and the ability to do work at multiple sites is important.

Quotes by Dennis Muilenburg

Robots allow our employees to work safely, faster, and at less cost.

Quotes by Dennis Muilenburg

Because you're telling a story, and I'm sure people fifty years ago would tell the same story differently if they were telling it to you today. Because the time is different. The film is the work of today's audience.

Quotes by Dennis Muren

It's harder for me to work on a Forrest Gump kind of movie, where everything is invisible.

Quotes by Dennis Muren

What you want to do is, you want to get away from people being afraid to show their work, which is the first thing, because they don't want to be shot down.

Quotes by Dennis Muren

So much of it is the design of the shot or the motion of the character; it's the work you do so that it has the same things that are in the movie. In just a few frames it's got...

Quotes by Dennis Muren

And it's very hard to do this stuff too because there are so many effects movies being done, so many companies busy doing this work and the public just wants to see it. Good work is being done all over...

Quotes by Dennis Muren

I think you've got to talk to the director, see the director's films and recognise that it's important that the work fits right in and see if as part of the movie.

Quotes by Dennis Muren

There's no end to the inventiveness of critics, I tell you. Because they can't write fiction, they put their impulse into their analysis of work.

Quotes by Dennis Potter

The more my work improves or broadens or widens, the more surely I tame myself.

Quotes by Dennis Potter

Whatever feminists may say about their only advocating choices, everyone knows the truth: Feminism regards work outside the home as more elevating, honorable, and personally productive than full-time mothering and making a home.

Quotes by Dennis Prager

I want to work with great people. Great people really make you better.

Quotes by Dennis Quaid

There's no way that I could do a 9 to 5 job. There's no way. I was not cut out for that. You come in and you work for three months on the one job. They say, 'Great,' you know,...

Quotes by Dennis Quaid

I didn't play football in school, but I've been a fan of football all my life. I have a fair understanding of it. Doing movies about it really helps because you know what makes them work and what doesn't.

Quotes by Dennis Quaid

I love politics, but I wouldn't want to be involved in it. Too little money, too much work!

Quotes by Dennis Quaid

It's great to get paid for what you love doing most. To enjoy your work. And to follow that. It's important.

Quotes by Dennis Quaid

I love to work. I actually enjoy it now more than I did when I was in my 20s. I don't know why, but I'm just grateful.

Quotes by Dennis Quaid

I would like to work with Todd Phillips of 'The Hangover'. I would like to do more comedies; it would be a lot of fun. No actors in particular. I don't consciously seek out things to do.

Quotes by Dennis Quaid

Going to the golf course every day for work? That's a good job.

Quotes by Dennis Quaid

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.