--- title: "11 Working Restaurant Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Working Restaurant quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Working Restaurant sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/766/ayo-edebiri-6347_late-night_i-was-babysitting-i-was-working-restaura_2022268.jpg" --- > [I was babysitting. I was working restaurant jobs, doing freelance, doing late-night shows where you could transcribe. I was working as much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayo-edebiri/i-was-babysitting-i-was-working-restaurant-jobs-doing-freelance-doing/) [Ayo Edebiri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayo-edebiri/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/766/ayo-edebiri-6347_late-night_i-was-babysitting-i-was-working-restaura_2022268.jpg) > [I learned all my life skills working in a restaurant. How to have a relationship, manage, develop a brand, dress people, make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gok-wan/i-learned-all-my-life-skills-working-in-a-restaurant-how-to-have-a/) [Gok Wan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gok-wan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/418/gok-wan-6346_dress_i-learned-all-my-life-skills-working-in_520845.jpg) > [At thirteen, when I arrived in Hong Kong after leaving China, I made a living by working in a restaurant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-yan/at-thirteen-when-i-arrived-in-hong-kong-after-leaving-china-i-made-a/) [Martin Yan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-yan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f09/martin-yan-16810_china_at-thirteen-when-i-arrived-in-hong-kong_1447219.jpg) > [As a child, I didn't see my dad that much because he was always working at the restaurant. He became pretty jaded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-chang/as-a-child-i-didn-t-see-my-dad-that-much-because-he-was-always/) [David Chang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-chang/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/656/david-chang-8104_after_as-a-child-i-didn-t-see-my-dad-that-much_1444839.jpg) > [I was 18 when I first started working at a restaurant. I was a dishwasher. I only got the job because I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ferran-adria/i-was-18-when-i-first-started-working-at-a-restaurant-i-was-a/) [Ferran Adria](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ferran-adria/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7c/ferran-adria-8149_because_i-was-18-when-i-first-started-working-at_726232.jpg) > [Working in a restaurant means being part of a family, albeit usually a slightly dysfunctional one. Nothing is accomplished independently.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-bastianich/working-in-a-restaurant-means-being-part-of-a-family-albeit-usually-a/) [Joe Bastianich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-bastianich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a1/joe-bastianich-11198_accomplished_working-in-a-restaurant-means-being-part_884212.jpg) > [Working in a restaurant is tough. You're standing in front of hot things, holding sharp things, for hours on end with little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sohla-el-waylly/working-in-a-restaurant-is-tough-you-re-standing-in-front-of-hot/) [Sohla El-Waylly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sohla-el-waylly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ab/sohla-el-waylly-6583_end_working-in-a-restaurant-is-tough-you-re_2313448.jpg) > [As a member of Fleetwood Mac, for two weeks I was still working at the restaurant because I'd given them notice. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stevie-nicks/as-a-member-of-fleetwood-mac-for-two-weeks-i-was-still-working-at-the/) [Stevie Nicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stevie-nicks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57e/stevie-nicks-2817_fleetwood-mac_as-a-member-of-fleetwood-mac-for-two-wee_2138507.jpg) > [“Don’t do this to them, he tells his corporate executives. They’re working 12 hours a day. They’re in the restaurant at 1:00…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-charnas/don-t-do-this-to-them-he-tells-his-corporate-executives-they-re/) [Dan Charnas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-charnas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/796/dan-charnas-94035_harder-job_don-t-do-this-to-them-he-tells-his-corpo_2855253.jpg) > [I've been in L.A., but I wasn't acting. I didn't know that I wanted to act, so I was in L.A. but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mircea-monroe/i-ve-been-in-l-a-but-i-wasn-t-acting-i-didn-t-know-that-i-wanted-to/) [Mircea Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mircea-monroe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d74/mircea-monroe-38948_act_i-ve-been-in-l-a-but-i-wasn-t-acting-i-d_2419752.jpg) > [Go get a job. Whether it’s working as a designer or working in a restaurant and then doing your own thing in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-wintour/go-get-a-job-whether-it-s-working-as-a-designer-or-working-in-a/) [Anna Wintour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-wintour/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/360/anna-wintour-2501_designer_go-get-a-job-whether-it-s-working-as-a-d_1404570.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/working-restaurant/#itemlist", "name": "Working Restaurant Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was babysitting. I was working restaurant jobs, doing freelance, doing late-night shows where you could transcribe. 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