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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 work toward the liberation of women, but I'm not feminist. I'm just a woman.

Quotes by Buchi Emecheta

You get up about 2-3 o'clock in the morning and get through about 7 or 8 and 12 hours later you start all over. That's the worst kind of work a person can do. You have to do these two...

Quotes by Buck Owens

The last 16 years of my daddy's life, he got to work for me, and that made him his own boss and he like that.

Quotes by Buck Owens

Over the years, I've always had one Labrador and usually two. I've had some great dogs, and I've had some dogs that didn't work out. I found them good homes and gave them away.

Quotes by Bud Grant

I come from the theater, where the response to your work is immediate, and I suppose there's a part of me that still craves that.

Quotes by Bryan Cogman

I tend to work in coffee shops. I need to get out of the house, and, well, I need the coffee.

Quotes by Bryan Cogman

My passion is becoming involved in good work, whether that means as an actor or writer or director or producer or all - that is not as important to me.

Quotes by Bryan Cranston

I wish Americans thought more like Europeans when it comes to money and work. They take time off, they do what they love. We think work is the most valued commodity. Really the most valued commodity is time.

Quotes by Bryan Cranston

I enjoy doing comedy for the fact that you go to work and you laugh. That's a good combination.

Quotes by Bryan Cranston

The routines of any ethnic comic - Eddie Murphy or George Lopez, for example - would not work if they were performed by anybody outside the group. The same routines would become arrogant and racist.

Quotes by Bryan Fogel

I was a caddy once and I lost the golfer's clubs. Plus I don't know how to golf, so I was the worst caddy ever. Then I was a mortgage brokers assistant, so that was just carrying around a lot...

Quotes by Bryan Greenberg

I didn't go to L.A. because I wanted to move to California. I went to L.A. to work as an actor.

Quotes by Bryan Greenberg

If we had done the work that we should have done in the 20th century to combat our history of racial inequality, no one could win national office after demonizing people because they're Mexican or Muslim. We would be in...

Quotes by Bryan Stevenson

It has been my experience that if we make the effort to listen to people when we meet them, and work to get to know them a little, it is then easy to find something likeable in practically anyone.

Quotes by Bryant H. McGill

Advertising was only meant to be a very small part of my life. I had intended that I would work extensively in journalism for about five or six years and then I'd become a writer.

Quotes by Bryce Courtenay

The only thing that's authentic about what a writer writes is his work.

Quotes by Bryce Courtenay

When I work on a film, I always tend to relate to the crew.

Quotes by Bryce Dallas Howard

Actors create a fantastic lifestyle thinking they're going to be able to maintain it. Then they can't get work or have to start taking work that doesn't suit them.

Quotes by Bryce Dallas Howard

My greatest dream is to work with my dad someday as an actress.

Quotes by Bryce Dallas Howard

I hate working out. Because I work out for films now solely I come to associate it with work.

Quotes by Bruce Willis

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.