- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't have time to sit down and look at the work of a year and choose what to type.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
At one point I took on a new job, and I just didn't have time to do anything but work.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hadn't thought specifically about doing graphic novels until a couple of my friends got contracts for them. Then I started picturing how various of my stories or poems would work in an illustrated format and thinking how cool that would be.
- Conjure
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- Nov 07, 2020
As writers, we do our best to conjure a world so vivid that the reader can practically walk through it - but we're still only using words and relying on readers to do a lot of work of imagining. Providing pictures as well as words offers a whole new dimension to the experience of consuming a story.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
I tried for modelling work but it was a bit slow and that's when I took a part-time job at McDonalds. It gave me income while I was waiting for my big break and at the very least I could eat.
- Handing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some people work hard in this business and become really popular, really big stars but they never receive an award from within the business. Somehow, when your colleagues and friends believe in you to the point of handing you an award it means so much more.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
TV is so different from the movies. It takes a lot of stamina because you work such long hours. It is really challenging. You are learning the next day's lines while you are shooting today's scenes. I found courage I never realised I had. I hope to do more.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a day job Monday to Friday. I work at a record label in Brooklyn called Ba Da Bing. It's a great indie label and I listen to music all day. I meet people online and find out about the cool new music blogs.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Obviously you do not want to upstage. Some people work like that. But I have never been that upstaging kind. I wouldn't want to upset anyone.
- College
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- Nov 07, 2020
I dropped out of college before graduation. I opted to begin work as an actress.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe in an artiste's life, there are two kinds of awards - first is the appreciation and good wishes he or she gets for his work from the audience and secondly, the recognition in the form of awards.
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do not set specific work hours as some writers do. I generally stay with a chapter until I am satisfied, do very little rewriting, and if a scene is going well, I've been known to keep night owl hours.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
As an actor, you don't want to ever get too comfortable where you're like, 'I know this character,' and you don't do the work anymore.
- Hill
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm on set filming 'One Tree Hill,' I get up and work out four to five days a week.
- Good Work
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think criticism of good work should stop somewhere.
- Hours
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- Nov 07, 2020