- Just
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- 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
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel sometimes that there's this sense that people are poor because they want to be, or they're working-class because they want to be or because they don't work hard enough. I feel like there's this demonization of working people in general, but specifically definitely labor union members.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've used my experience from playing sports in almost every aspect of my life. Playing soccer is where I found my voice, and playing softball was where I learned precision, and in every game I learned to play as a member of a team - to work not for my own glory, but for a shared goal.
- Director
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- Nov 07, 2020
I began my work as director of the Arab American Association of New York in the wake of the horrific attacks of 9/11.
- King
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- Nov 07, 2020
My work has always been rooted in nonviolence, as espoused by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Each of my books has taken me a different length of time to write - eight months for 'Seesaw Girl,' eight months for 'Shard,' three years for 'When My Name Was Keoko!' The publisher takes another year and a half to work on the book, so altogether each book can take up to three or four years to publish.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I like most: Reading well-written sources that take me to another world for hours at a time - and being able to call that 'work!' Also, of course, finding a gem of information that is either exactly what I was looking for, or else fits perfectly into the story in some way.
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I'm going to spend some time learning how to be a first-time mom, and then I'll go back to work.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love to work on a set whether it's mostly men or mostly women, but there's something about being in a community of women that changes the energy.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
On days when I do not work, I am working on my image.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have to hit the gym. I have beauty appointments. I have to work toward my next job and maintaining my image, just like an athlete.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't happen to think magazines should be full of thin people. What I do say is that we can all work a little harder with what we have. It is possible to achieve a better body shape and heart rate with nutrition and exercise.
- Had
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- Nov 07, 2020