- 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
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've seen a lot of the United States, having stayed in so many different cities and towns for work. It's such a strange and fascinating country, and instead of learning about it through a textbook, I would rather discover its history and traditions and institutions through fiction and nonfiction writers.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The work evolves when you get another part, and then you're getting called on to solve difficult characters, to inject a note of humanity into them. It's more interesting for me to do that than to stand around and be sunny.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was never the ingenue, so hopefully that'll make it easier to age and still work. I know a lot of actors who are really dissatisfied with where they're at even though some of them are huge stars and I feel like, 'Oh, my God, you're at the top.' Something interesting will come. It always does. I have faith.
- Empowers
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you work hard and you work for somebody who empowers you and challenges you, you'll be successful.
- Hard Work
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no substitute for hard work. Never give up. Never stop believing. Never stop fighting.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my Scandinavian-American family, we were conditioned never to sit, at least not comfortably. I was endlessly going back to work. We longed for the fleeting respite of being useful and regarded sleep as a reward for exhaustion, always to be deferred until after the sun goes down.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the best learning is done with active manipulation. And we need to be able to work with our hands; it's not just about using our brains.
- Finished Work
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- Nov 07, 2020
Don't talk about writing. Write. Don't show unfinished work to anyone. Don't show finished work to non-writers. Get your opinions, not from friends and family, but by sending your work out to editors. An endless stream of rejection slips means you need to learn more. So learn more.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My husband is very supportive - he wants me to work but understands I also want to be with the kids.
- Guilt
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- Nov 07, 2020
My creativity and my political work are linked. I don't do this work out of guilt or out of responsibility.
- Dad
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- Nov 07, 2020
From a very young age, I liked to take apart things. All of my Christmas gifts would wind up in a million pieces. I actually recall taking apart my dad's lawnmower three times to understand how combustible engines work.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
I fell into acting because I was really shy, and so at night after work, I took public speaking and improv classes, and I started going to auditions sort of as a dare. That was my version of 'Fear Factor.'
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really want to work on characters that have a lot of complexity and you don't always get that in comic book movies because they're not character explorations. I have nothing against movies like that, but I do see them as kind of like a cheeseburger.
- Got
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- Nov 07, 2020
On 'Downsizing,' I had a trailer, and I got to bring my dog to work, and I thought, 'I've made it: I'm bringing my dog to work.'
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020