Work Quotes

A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left.

I understand why creative people like dark, but American audiences don't like dark. They like story. They do not respond to nervous breakdowns and unhappy episodes that lead nowhere. They like their characters to be a part of the action. They like strength, not weakness, a chance to work out any dilemma.

If I'm nervous, it means I had to work hard to get there, whether it's playing in a tournament or speaking at an event. So I try to stop and be proud of getting to live in that moment.

A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.

You know, making a movie is a collaborative effort and sometimes all the ingredients don't work out. I know that every now and again I am going to make a movie that won't work.

Whatever you do, do it with all your might. Work at it, early and late, in season and out of season, not leaving a stone unturned, and never deferring for a single hour that which can be done just as well now.

Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.

I grew up in a fun-loving environment - you work hard and play hard.

If you're from a poor background, you have to work even harder. But that's what makes you who you are.

I approach love differently now that I know it's hard for it to work out.

I was able to work out all sorts of attitudes to style and event and character, all of which affected the way I came to think about my own writing. I believe that all good writers are original.

My share of the work may be limited, but the fact that it is work makes it precious.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

Iowa is home to teachers, farmers, lawyers, factory workers, and many others who work hard every day to provide the best for their families and their future.

I was interested by the idea that artists working in a totalitarian dictatorship or tsarist autocracy are secretly and slightly shamefully envied by artists who work in freedom. They have the gratification of intense interest: the authorities want to put them in jail, while there are younger readers for whom what they write is pure oxygen.

One can not be an American by going about saying that one is an American. It is necessary to feel America, like America, love America and then work.

What can you do if a part of it is uphill? You can't work out another route. You've just got to run the one they give you. But they tell me London is a nice course. Even the cobbles, I hope, are not very much of a problem for me.

Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself.

Most people treat the office manual the way they treat a software manual. They never look at it.

Always work hard, be honest, and be proud of who you are.

Nature, I have constantly argued in my work, is the real superpower of this godless universe. It is the ultimate disposer of human fate, randomly recarving geography over 10,000-year epochs.

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

Libyans have to work together for a new Libya. They should keep in place the sinews of security.

Greece needs to work on a cleaner image. It's a big problem, as they have this reputation of being so corrupt.

There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.

It's business, selling comics, you work out what sells and you don't want to muck about with it too much.

If I don't feel confident about my body, I'm not going to sit at home and feel sorry for myself and not do something about it. It's all about taking action and not being lazy. So you do the work, whether it's fitness or whatever. It's about getting up, motivating yourself and just doing it.

If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done.

Work hard, use your common sense and don't be afraid to trust your instincts.

I live my life parallel with my work, and they are both equally important. I'm always amazed how much people talk about celebrity and fame. I don't understand the attraction.