Work Quotes · Page 739

I'm never, I hope, stupid enough to believe that Twitter or blogging or any of this stuff is a substitute for actually…

— Neil Gaiman

I wrote 'Criminal' in 45 minutes when everyone else went to lunch because I had to have a hit. I can force…

— Fiona Apple

Compared to Apple, Internet companies like Google and Facebook don't have strong perspectives on the way they want the world to work.

— Om Malik

I first became familiar with Dave Eggers's work when I was living in San Francisco and enrolled at USF's MFA Program.

— James Bernard Frost

I do know that I have to work hard for every single thing that I get, really hard, and that's okay.

— Kyra Sedgwick

One wants one's work to be the world, but of course it's never the world. The work is in the world; it…

— Jasper Johns

Oppurtunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

— Thomas Edison

To me, movies is just scratching the surface for the work. There are people who are so, so great at that.

— Paula Malcomson

We can each define ambition and progress for ourselves. The goal is to work toward a world where expectations are not set…

— Sheryl Sandberg

The world doesn't give a damn about you unless you do something. Those are the rules; I didn't make them. If you…

— Ray Bradbury

Moving to London was hardcore because I was really broke. I was in debt. I had to work every hour of the…

— Nicola Coughlan

Never has a strong, responsible trade union movement been so needed. With austerity policies biting hard and with no evidence that they…

— Frances O'Grady

“Work, like marriage, is a place you can lose yourself more easily perhaps than finding yourself. It is a place full of…

— David Whyte

When I first arrived in Los Angeles I became a little bogged down in the whole success thing. Now I'm at a…

— John Glover

I want to pick good projects, I want to work with great directors and try not to put too much pressure on…

— Rachel McAdams

We have to understand that we want to pay the farmers the real price for the food that they produce. It won't…

— Alice Waters

There's a level of discipline I use as a writer, designed to get better at what I'm doing, that requires quite a…

— Anonymous

I was blown away by the amazing atmosphere at Moshions's studio. The amount of work, love and dedication that went into the…

— Ncuti Gatwa

I hope I get an opportunity to work with Akshay Kumar and Prabhu Deva, as they are very supportive people.

— Kriti Sanon

I've always had to work to feel reassured, to feel secure, and that's not nice because you don't know where you stand.

— Ronan Keating

“If every day at work feels like a Friday, then you are doing what you were meant to do.”

— Alan W. Kennedy

A lot of guys think you're almost supposed to just get stuff but you've got to put in the work, you've got…

— Aljamain Sterling

We were kept at work, and permitted to speak with each other only on such subjects as related to the Convent, and…

— Maria Monk

I try to work on houses not cars. If I was as good at working on cars as I was on houses…

— Scott McGillivray

The best part of my job is that it really isn't a job at all, it's a labour of love. Every night…

— Joe Bowen

I went from being a big fish in a small pond to going to City with a lot of top players, I…

— Jadon Sancho

I've been very, very fortunate. I don't need to work another day in my life. I have all the security I need.

— Stan Van Gundy

I had a band with a girl in New York, and we would go around and do gigs. And then I happened…

— Laura Bell Bundy

Crazy is a relative term, you know. Everybody is unique in their own way and some people work harder for longer hours…

— Bryson DeChambeau

I am suspicious of writers who say their work is original and influenced by nobody. If it is, it is probably uninteresting.…

— Teju Cole

I would love to go to Hawaii and do 'Hawaii Five-0,' because who doesn't want to work in Hawaii?

— Joanna Garcia

“Hard work by itself isn't worth two cents on a rainy day if it doesn't give you a good life.”

— Walter Dean Myers

Usually, if there is a woman's part in a piece, there's only one, so you've got no other actresses to work with.

— Glenda Jackson

We have a responsibility and an obligation to do everything we can to try to make this work.

— John Hickenlooper

I can't give my secrets away. But I've definitely been putting in a lot of work, and you can kind of see…

— Khalil Mack

I always wanted kids I could take to work, and for them to experience the things I experience. So, having three boys…

— David Beckham

Due to my hectic work schedule, I hardly have enough sleep, and my skin tends to look dull. Facial masks are my…

— Park Shin-hye

“After all, I wasn't crippled in any way, I just studied too hard, I didn't know when to stop.”

— Sylvia Plath

I try to pay it forward. I do a lot of philanthropic and charity work. Some of my greatest awards, greatest rewards,…

— George Perez

My work is that of keeping every operation down (in size) so that the farmer and the man farthest down can get…

— George Washington Carver