Quotes About Attitude

It may be that we have become so feckless as a people that we no longer care how things work but only the kind of quick, easy outer impression that they get.

If you have fun and keep a good attitude, people want to work with you.

There is a sense that things, if you keep positive and optimistic about what can be done, do work out.

There is evidence that young men in the big law firms, although they still work harder than most of their clients, do not glory in putting in night work and weekend hours as they once did.

My father taught me to work, but not to love it. I never did like to work, and I don't deny it. I'd rather read, tell stories, crack jokes, talk, laugh -- anything but work.

I happen to be a hopeaholic. I tend to look at problems as an opportunity to do some work.

Personally, I have nothing against work, particularly when performed, quietly and unobtrusively, by someone else. I just don't happen to think it's an appropriate subject for an 'ethic.'

That society exists to frustrate the individual may be seen from its attitude to work. It is only morally acceptable if you do not want to do it. If you do want to, it becomes a personal pleasure.

I think you're always gonna have half the generation that's lazy. But I think it makes the other half work that much harder.

People can be a hoot on the set, but if they're not good to work with, that tires very quickly.

I'm not a light-hearted person, so I can't think light-hearted at work.

Stereotypes happen. I try not to embrace them or avoid them.

Measuring success in cultural diplomacy - the use of education, creative expression in any form, or people-to-people exchange to increase understanding across regions, cultures, or peoples - is challenging. How does one quantify changes in attitude, abandoning stereotypes, or feeling empathy as a result of a performance, a film, a book?

I don't want to be that stereotypical black girl that's mad all the time.

People know that I'm very outspoken. I've learned that when I talk, it usually comes off very aggressive. It's not that I'm aggressive - I'm very stern.

I don't have to go through life being mean or having a stern face just to play basketball. I enjoy the game and play it how I like to play it.

Steve was every woman's fantasy: macho but not a jerk, sensitive but not a wuss.

I don't think I'm any different than most coaches, honestly. Maybe Steve Kerr. The guy never loses.

I used to tell people I was a comic and they'd be fascinated. Now all you get is: 'Oh yeah, my cousin Steve's a comic.'

Some days you're the kid with the stick, some days you're the pinata.

Stick with the optimists. It's going to be tough enough even if they're right.

I'm going to be 80, walking with a stick down the runway.

I like Colbert because he's funny, and he's cool. He knows how to have fun and doesn't stick his nose up to Fox.

I've got a little arthritis that I have to deal with. I was 6 feet 7 when I started, and I've shrunk up a little bit. I'm probably 6-5 or so now. But up here at 82, I feel pretty good. I'm sticking in there.