Quotes About Work

So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, for whoever has entered God's rest has also rested from his works as God did from his. Let us therefore strive to enter that rest. (Heb. 4:9–11)

Between my finger and my thumbThe squat pen rests.I'll dig with it.

By God, the old man could handle a spade. Just like his old man.

To work, her dumb lunge says, is to move a certain mass ...through a certain distance, is to pull your weight and feel exact and equal to it. Feel dragged upon. And buoyant.

And here is love like a tinsmith's scoop sunk past its glean in the meal-bin. --"Sunlight

The aim of poetry and the poet is finally to be of service, to ply the effort of the individual into the larger work of the community as a whole.

I like to have fun all the time, even if I'm working.

Time is the most valuable thing you have - and I'm not just talking about the minutes for which you're paid.

I was a child actor. I was this spaz kid diagnosed with ADHD, and I worked all the time.

To spend too much time in studies is sloth.

I always say to people that working full time and being a mom is probably the hardest job, because as a mom you think about your child 24/7.

I think a lot of people have too much time on their hands.

One has no talent. I have no talent. It's just a question of working, of being willing to put in the time.

Part of the reason why some of the relationships I've had in my past worked for so long is because when you're making movies, a huge gap of time can pass when you don't even see the person.

I'm so lazy. I'm on the road all the time working, so when I'm at home, my perfect date is just laying on the couch!

In many ways, September feels like the busiest time of the year: The kids go back to school, work piles up after the summer's dog days, and Thanksgiving is suddenly upon us.

I'm lucky that most of the time I'm on location in amazing places. Most of the time, I don't need holidays, I just stop working.

I worked in information technology and academia for a long time and met many people who were better with things and ideas than with people.

I had a great time working on the movies, both the major movies I've done. I've had a great time. I like the people in Hollywood a lot.

Unfortunately, I don't have much free time

I'm on the road so much that I don't get to spend as much time there as I would like.

For 10 or 11 years, I had my kids, I wrote four or five books, and I was working all the damn time.

By the time I am Howard's age I hope to be long retired. I don't plan on working that long.

Even if the dramatic scenes are really hard, if you're happy with what you have and it's been creative and you had a good time with the people you worked with, that's a good day.