- People
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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
- Hard Work
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm just so comfortable with my hard work that I'm not worried about if I didn't get a job, or I didn't get that movie, or they didn't like me. It's like, 'It's OK. I can go play golf now. Have a great day.'
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't realize it at the time, but writing obituaries was one of best jobs that I've ever had. After all, it's the only time that someone will ever laminate my work and put it in their Bible. Plus, let's be honest, writing obits in Sarasota is a very busy job. The old saying was that old people lived in Miami, but their parents lived in Sarasota.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
I felt it was really, really important, not just in the vein of feminist erasure or whatever but also just as an artist that I honored my work.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
You don't have to have magic unicorn powers. You work at it, and you get better. It's like anything: You sit there and do it every day, and eventually you get good at it.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's no way a director can communicate with every single person on the set and yet they need to motivate and instill an ambition to want to do their best work.
- Garden
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- Nov 07, 2020
My agent was ambitious for me. But going out and chasing it? No, I'd rather work in my vegetable garden or play with my kid. I guess I'm kind of boring.
- Black And White
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- Nov 07, 2020
Although black and white Americans live, work, and learn together now, there is still injustice in America.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you're self-employed, between jobs, or can't get insurance through work, you'll have access to affordable health insurance as good as Congressman Paul Ryan's.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
A woman can be demure, lady-like and the most prim and proper character, and still have a toughness and resiliency as apparent as a superhero-type female character or a warrior or soldier type. It's all about the story, the character, and the course of events in that piece of work and how that character is presented.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've had the opportunity to work on some really great indie features. One of them being 'Little Savages,' which is a super fun family film.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was at school studying biology, I wanted to be a medical researcher. I did work experience at St Mary's Hospital in London, and I begged them to let me see the post mortems. So the first time I saw a naked male was at 15, when I saw an 89 year old man who had died of a brain hemorrhage.
- Done
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- Nov 07, 2020
My siblings and I were raised to be very hardworking and to find something that we're passionate in, and to be able to turn that into work - I'm lucky to be able to say that I've done that.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love traveling around and talking to women in groups like the Girl Scouts, and being able to work with them is such an honor. For me, it's always about working really hard and being able to help other people, which is what I've done with both of my books.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020