- 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
- Filtered
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- Nov 07, 2020
Don't expect fame to come overnight. That filtered through to me in my own career. Look at Madonna: she's not the best singer in the world, but she's got where she has through hard work.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm amazed that movies ever get finished at all - much less come out good once in a while. It's an awful lot of work and it can go wrong a thousand different ways.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I enjoy doing digital work. I enjoy sculpting digitally. I've had my digital sculptures on covers of the top digital magazines.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have only a mind to live, to enjoy - i.e., to work as an artist, and produce my works; but not for the muddy brains of the common herd.
- Car
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ford used to come to work in a big car with two Admiral's flags, on each side of the car. His assistant would be there with his accordion, playing, Hail to the Chief.
- Shut Up
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think a performer should do his work and then shut up.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
The more we understand what happens in living cells, the more incredibly powerful you realize things can be when they work from the bottom up, by interaction of one molecule and another.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is nothing wrong with wanting pay for work, or seeking to maximize one's income, as long as one does not use means that are destructive.
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
In a democracy, if a government creates bad policies, it can be voted out of office. Competition in the private sector, however, can easily work to encourage phishing rather than stifle it.
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
I loved being in the room with Mamet as a director - he is the most generous, funny, delightful person to work for every day.
- Auto
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- Nov 07, 2020
We can support Barack Obama because he's committed to putting America back to work with good jobs - and he proved it by saving the auto industry.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I care about is whether or not a leader will work with America's working people, whether or not a leader cares about responsibility and honest work and whether or not a leader will fight to keep the American Dream alive.
- Hard Work
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- Nov 07, 2020
You see, without hard work and responsibility, there is no American Dream. Hard work lays the foundation. Our solidarity makes work pay - for all of us. For the greater good. That's what our vision of shared prosperity is all about.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're building an independent political program that can run electoral politics and then turn on a dime to hold our leaders to task, in case they suddenly develop that old case of amnesia! We'll be there to remind them what they promised and who they promised to work for!
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- Nov 07, 2020