Quotes About Work

I seldom try to probe the mystery of my sloth. I have squandered a gigantic fortune of work hours... seems likely that I'll go on squandering till the very end.

This is a dream come true. To wake up in a place that I own and go to work in New York City as an actor - I feel like Mary Tyler Moore throwing her friggin' hat in the air.

All the best ideas come out of the process; they come out of the work itself.

I am enslaved to my work, always wanting the impossible, and never, I believe, have I been less favoured by the endlessly changeable weather.

Work is nearly always a torture. If I could find something else I would be much happier, because I could use this other interest as a form of relaxation. Now I cannot relax.

While everyone I work with may not share my beliefs, I have been surrounded by nothing but support.

I think it's not a big secret that I like to work a lot. I really go out for projects when I find things I'm passionate about.

My main recollection is of the work I had to do in order to eat

You should just evaluate the work and make your judgments accordingly. That's the way you do it in life and every other subject.

If you turn down work because you are frightened of getting typecast, you'll never do anything good.

People get work done, not buildings, not staffs in a generic sense, and not plans, but people

I've never really been a workaholic. I work very hard, but I also enjoy playing. I think it's important to have a balanced and well-rounded life.

One of my favorite modern American authors is Denis Johnson. I'm deeply inspired by all of his work - I rip him off constantly.

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.

Remember that work is not a place for self-fulfillment. If it were, you would know it.

If I'm not doing the work I want, I usually suffer a psychological allergic reaction and get ill. It niggles when things get out of my control.

The only thing that weakens worry is work, so I will be working for Marie Corfield

Director Oliver Stone says he's going to make a movie about Vladimir Putin. I can't believe anyone would want to work with that insane communist. And Putin is a little crazy as well.

A day's pay for a day's work is more than adequate when both the work and the pay are appreciated as much as they are expected.

When you're having a bad day at work, a lot of times it's your head. When you're having good days, a lot of times it's the absence of the mind.

Like I said in my election manifesto - why don't they legalise the whole thing and let people like me work?

It is a mistake to expect good work from expatriates for it is not what they do that matters but what they are not doing.

Take responsibility and go to work so God has something to help us with.

If the work is worthwhile, then whether we can complete it or not, it's worth making the attempt. That's why courage is important.