Work is making a living out of being bored.

Why should I stop working? If I do, I'll die and it'll all be finished. 'm lucky to work in the most perfect of…

— Karl Lagerfeld

It isn't called TV money for nothing. There was a time where I paid my rent by doing theater for years, and I was…

— Jim Parsons

The jingles saved my life. When I got hired to do that, I was on top. I finally was making a living doing what…

— Mark Foster

Playing live and making a living from music was always the only goal.

— Lewis Capaldi

We've given up making a living, its all this crazy love poetry now!

— Rumi

The only people who have control over their careers are the ones you see on the covers of magazines. Everyone else is just plodding…

— Adam Baldwin

If you love writing or making music or blogging or any sort of performing art, then do it. Do it with everything you've got.…

— Seth Godin

I'm fortunate that I'm making a living at it now because I'm not equipped to do anything else.

— Sonny Rollins

“There’s a common misconception that work is necessary. You will meet people working at miserable jobs. They tell you they are “making a living”.…

— Adrian Tan

Before I became a writer, I was running a jazz bar in the center of Tokyo, which means that I worked in filthy air…

— Haruki Murakami

I always felt that making a living wasn't the easiest thing in the world, and I decided I was going straight ahead and try…

— Doris Day

“No difference making a living with what’s between your ears and making one with what’s between your legs.”

— Dennis Vickers

Any time you're making a living at what you love to do, you're blessed.

— Tom Petty

I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage…

— Maya Angelou

I am sure I'd have made a better all-around man if I hadn't lost so much time just making a living.

— Herbert Hoover