1,008 Quotes Regarding Work


I work to stay alive.
Bette Davis

Men of genius sometimes accomplish most when they work the least, for they are thinking out inventions and forming in their minds the perfect idea that they subsequently express with their hands.
Giorgio Vasari

Create your own method. Don't depend slavishly on mine. Make up something that will work for you! But keep breaking traditions, I beg you.
Constantin Stanislavski

I went back to work because someone had to pay for the groceries.
Bette Davis

Work while you work, play while you play - this is a basic rule of repressive self-discipline.
Theodor Adorno

The family teaches us about the importance of knowledge, education, hard work and effort. It teaches us about enjoying ourselves, having fun, keeping fit and healthy.
Kamisese Mara

In the execution of Presidential decisions work to be true to his views, in fact and tone.
Donald Rumsfeld

The father figure is something I love, but also suffocate from and want to work against.
Ang Lee

Wherever smart people work, doors are unlocked.
Steve Wozniak

My nervous system is enfeebled, only work in oils can sustain me.
Paul Cezanne

I think I can work with any type of actor.
Ang Lee

The Gorillaz cartoons seem more real to me than the actual people on TV. Because at least you know that there's some intelligence behind the cartoons, and there's a lot of work that's gone into it, so it can't all be just a lie.
Damon Albarn

We're all of us guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a work in progress.
Tennessee Williams

These days I'm mostly familiar with two parts of L.A.: one is movie culture, and the other is Asian culture. The Westside is work, and the Eastside is Chinese - which means my friends.
Ang Lee

Rough work, iconoclasm, but the only way to get at truth.
Oliver Wendell Holmes

I'm actually living my life with the material I choose to work with.
Ang Lee

Always work hard, be honest, and be proud of who you are.
Patricia Velasquez

I get that same queasy, nervous, thrilling feeling every time I go to work. That's never worn off since I was 12 years-old with my dad's 8-millimeter movie camera.
Steven Spielberg

People who own property feel a sense of ownership in their future and their society. They study, save, work, strive and vote. And people trapped in a culture of tenancy do not.
Henry Louis Gates

There's only one growth strategy: work hard.
William Hague