Quotes About Work

'Inspiration' is a word used by people who aren't really doing anything.

Creativity is a highfalutin word for the work I have to do between now and Tuesday.

Juggling is the word. I'm a bad juggler, and there are often balls dropped. There is no balance. The idea of work/life balance is a myth. There's teetering from one end and running to the other and hoping not to fall off.

All my friends and peers keep asking me when I'm going to rest - I just tell them it's another dirty four-letter word!

The first person who ever told me that happiness was work was this manic-depressive artist I knew when I was in my 20s. I was like, 'What are you talking about? Happiness just happens. That's even the root of that word. How could it be work?'

Career is too pompous a word. It was a job, and I have always felt privileged to be paid for what I love doing.

I don't like it when celebrities get voice work. But then again, if I was the producer, I wouldn't want a bunch of no-names doing my show and have to worry about word-of-mouth. I see both sides of the story.

When you do television, you're filming out of sequence sometimes. You have to ground yourself very quickly in the character and in the work and in the words. I think theater allowed me that sort of sharp, quick focus to do that.

I will talk about two sets of things. One is how productivity and collaboration are reinventing the nature of work, and how this will be very important for the global economy. And two, data. In other words, the profound impact of digital technology that stems from data and the data feedback loop.

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.

Unemployment is capitalism's way of getting you to plant a garden.

I have found in work that you only get back what you put into it, but it does come back gift-wrapped.

There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in - that we do it to God, to Christ, and that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible.

The idea of having a steady job is appealing.

It is only when I am doing my work that I feel truly alive.

We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes nonwork.

You know, I think the greatest gift in the world is a good employee, you know, or people who can do your work for you and do it well the way you'd like to have it done. And I've always been able to surround myself with really good people.

Work is much more fun than fun.

Find a job you like and you add five days to every week.

On any given day, my father wasn't likely to return from work before I was asleep for the night. I saw that a man's work was important, that he must pursue it tirelessly, and that it might require certain sacrifices, like being away from the warmth and comfort of home.

Work is a necessity for man. Man invented the alarm clock.

The economy in the Valley will need to grow if students want to come back and work with their specialized degrees. We need to develop more to create more opportunities.

The end of labor is to gain leisure.