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Quotes About Work

We have a lot of work to do and I'm afraid that it's a very hard struggle, particularly given the situation on the Iraq/Pakistan border.
~ John McCain
In a socialist society, everybody is obliged to work even though he is remunerated for his labor and not yet according to his needs, but according to the quantity and quality of the labor expended.
~ Joseph Stalin
We work to earn our leisure.
~ Aristotle
I think ties are great and Kathy Bates is an actress whose work I've admired tremendously over many years, and I feel a certain kinship with her, we both came from an extensive theater background.
~ Joan Allen
So long as you live and work, you will be misunderstood; to that you must resign yourself once and for all. Be silent!
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
My husband and I were so closely united by our affection and our common work that we passed nearly all of our time together.
~ Marie Curie
The only pictorial matter that is of interest to me is the matter and sentiments brought about by the work itself.
~ Pablo Picasso
People who know how to employ themselves, always find leisure moments, while those who do nothing are forever in a hurry.
~ Madame Roland
I must say, I feel the reception of my work is none of my business.
~ Judith Butler
I see a lot of people who love their jobs. I see some garbage collectors smiling as they go about their work.
~ Willie Stargell
Bertolucci is extraordinary in his ability to perceive, he's a poet...he is very easy to work for.
~ Marlon Brando
I'm a worker. I do the work to communicate, and I want people to embrace it, and when they do I'm happy.
~ Patti Smith
Scientific reality is the modern human condition, and you can see that in the symbolic nature of my work.
~ Thom Mayne
Fame is a by-product. It's not a goal. What matters is loving your work and loving what you do
~ Madonna Ciccone
Work is always an antidote to depression.
~ Eleanor Roosevelt
The lucky few who can be involved in creative work of any sort will be the true elite of mankind, for they alone will do more than serve a machine.
~ Isaac Asimov
Peace is a never ending process... It cannot ignore our differences or overlook our common interests. It requires us to work and live together.
~ Óscar Arias
I don't believe in inspiration. I believe in work, because while one works one's creativity is opened.
~ Giacomo Manzu
Within a capitalist consumer society, the cult of personality has the power to subsume ideas, to make the person, the personality into the product and not the work itself.
~ bell hooks
My only want and wish, really, was to tell a good story. I wanted to do good work, tell a good story, and give the character a voice. Those were my only expectations.
~ Uzo Aduba
When we're doing our lessons, the teacher doesn't say, 'Ready, set, work,' They say, 'Ready, set, play,' and I always took that word seriously.
~ Bobby McFerrin
I was on a Japanese designers' pedestal - considered a maestro. My design was getting closer to a couturier's work, and I felt like I was missing something.
~ Yohji Yamamoto
Only so you can appeal to your God and pray Him to support and bless your courage, your work, your perseverance, your strength, your resolution, and with all these your claim on life.
~ Adolf Hitler
The important thing is to be relaxed in your work. Same in life. Don't make everything too intense. Then you can let everything go and not "act".
~ Tom Cruise