Quotes About Work

I have no plans to say or do anything about The Clinton Foundation other than to say how proud I am of it and that I think for the good of the world, its work should continue.

Love and work have the virtues of making a man pretty indifferent to anything else.

It seemed pathetic and terrible to me and it still does, that men and women work eight hours a day at jobs that bring them no joy, no reward save a few dollars.

You get what you work for, not what you wish for.

Obvious enough that generalities work to protect the mind from the great outdoors; is it possible that this was in fact their first purpose?

It's a real pleasure to go to work when you're in the most extraordinary surroundings, and working with people who are young and interested and creatively keen.

I've been aware of the work I do as an actor being directorial in feel.

Peace on earth and good will toward men - that is something we need to work on. Like Nelson Mandela, we should learn from him.

I think this dichotomy or opposition between work and play, between leisure and serious stuff, is definitely a bad way of thinking about the useful insights that play provides.

Trying to write while I'm distracted definitely doesn't work for me. I'm also a compulsive saver of my files, so every writing session ends with me emailing what I've written to myself, just in case.

Serious work gets done ... in congenial surroundings, which tend to make you laugh.

There are multitudes in our congregations who are just waiting while they ought to be acting. They must work, if they would have God work in them. There can be no religion without obedience.

It was an interesting way to come across in my first big role. To work with Robert DeNiro was very exciting.

I think you're born with style, but you have to develop it. You can be born with the talent to be an opera star, but you've got to work and practice it.

The proper work of man, the grand drift of human life, is to follow reason, that noble spark kindled in us from heaven.

From borrowing one gets poorer and from work one gets richer.

The least difficult thing a foreign missionary has to learn is the language; the part of her work which she has the most reason to dread is its responsibility.

Movies either work or they don't work and they're either funny or they're not and we work very hard. To achieve that kind of work is really kind of delicate stitching.

I always thought that Bill Murray was one of the great actors that I've worked with. And I've worked with all kinds of people who are known primarily for their dramatic work.

Almost everywhere men have become the particular things which their particular work has made them.

Work honestly and build, build, build. That's all I can tell you.

Make lots of money. Enjoy the work. Operate within the law. Choose any two of three

I have never lost a total passion for my work.

It is not the style but the quality and emotional impact of work that makes it marketable. Unless we make art that connects with people, we won't sell much, no matter what the style or subject.