There is always attention on what you do at this level but then you are paid a lot and you should work hard for your lot so I have no problems with this.
Claus JensenI have made more documentaries in my time than I think I care to remember, though I am immensely proud of all my work.
Charles GuggenheimI would love to work with someone like Kevin Spacey as he could pass on what I need to learn.
Rachel StevensInstead of asking - 'How much damage will the work in question bring about?' why not ask - 'How much good? How much joy?'
Henry MillerDon't just work
for the money; that will bring only limited satisfaction.
Kathy IrelandWork saves us from three great evils: boredom, vice and need. - Candide
VoltaireA lot of my work has to do with not allowing my characters to have an ego in a way that the stomach doesn't have an ego when it's wanting to throw up. It just does it.
Matthew BarneyYou can know a person by the kind of desk he keeps. If the president of a company has a clean desk then it must be the executive vice president who is doing all the work.
Harold GeneenMiracles sometimes occur, but one has to work terribly hard for them.
Chaim WeizmannThink as you work, for in the final analysis, your worth to your company comes not only in solving problems, but also in anticipating them.
Tom LehrerI'm down but not out. I want to get back to work and whatever I decide to do, it'll be big.
Chris EvansWhat's much more important is an investigative mind and an understanding of how the body works
Duncan FletcherWe work well together so it will be fun to be reunited for the programme [on his helper Chris in Hell's Kitchen]
Jean-christophe NovelliHard work spotlights the character of people - some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.
Sam EwingWe've spent two years together and we've really struggled. We honestly haven't earned very much in that time. Next month we are finally picking up something for all the hard work. I can tell you, we've all been waiting for that money for so long. [on the £500,000 bonus]
Sarah HardingCriticise my work, but don't criticise the way I speak, don't criticise my teeth, don't criticise the way that I dress - it doesn't relate to my work
Tracy EminYou are born an artist or you are not. And you stay an artist, dear, even if your voice is less of a fireworks. The artist is always there.
Maria CallasAnybody who has worked for him will tell you trying to persuade him not to work a 16-hour day, a seven-day week and a 51-week year is very difficult indeed.
If I had a criticism, I would say he is a workaholic.
Ian MacKenzieIf you want to live in this world, doing the duty of life, knowing the blessings of it, doing your work heartily, and yet not absorbed by it, remember that the one power whereby you can so act is, that all shall be consecrated to Christ, and done for His sake
Alexander MaclarenObstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
Michael JordanThis is something that I cannot get over - that a whole line could be written by half a man, that a work could be built on the quicksand of a character.
Karl KrausBuying the single on vinyl was a very tangible thing. You weren't only buying a song, you were also buying the artwork and a slice of identity and lifestyle.
Nick ThorpeI'm not doing my philanthropic work, out of any kind of guilt, or any need to create good public relations. I'm doing it because I can afford to do it, and I believe in it.
George SorosA tremendous number of people in America work very hard at something that bores them. Even a rich man thinks he has to go down to the office everyday. Not because he likes it but because he can't think of anything else to do.
W H AudenI've been working so hard, I'm about to have a Mariah Carey.
UsherIt really isn't anybody's business how many people we have working for us. What's offensive is that I'm portrayed as this prima donna with these sycophants telling me how great I am all the time. Yes, they do work for me, but we're working together for a higher good...
Demi MooreWork is not man's punishment. It is his reward and his strength and his pleasure.
George SandI want to work for a company that contributes to and is part of the community. I want something not just to invest in. I want something to believe in.
Anita RoddickI tried but every time I worked out I threw up, and I thought to myself that you can get drunk and throw up, so it's just not for me, I'd rather smoke, drink Diet Cokes and eat.
John DalyI used to work in a fire hydrant factory. You couldn't park anywhere near the place.
Steven WrightTus Maith Leath na Oibre. Gaelic saying Translates as 'A good start is half the work'
AnonymousI see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other category in which to put it.
Marianne MooreHe was great. Just a goof ball. I mean that in the best sense of the word. He's just a fun [guy], but we had a blast. [on working with Johnny Depp]
Ray LiottaPoverty and the rule of race that is called apartheid drive the migrant from security on the land to work in the cities, and then back again.
Ruth FirstI have spoken to him many times - he should work for the Newcastle tourist board when he retires!
[on Alan Shearer before joining the Toon Army]
Michael OwenIt's a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a day is work. He can't eat for eight hours; he can't drink for eight hours; he can't make love for eight hours. The only thing a man can do for eight hours is work.
William FaulknerA journalist and an information architect face exactly the same problem - how to give shape to the pile of information in front of you in a way that will make it easy and natural for people to comprehend. I can't imagine any better preparation for the work I do now.
Jesse GarrettIt's fun to be on the edge. I think you do your best work when you take chances, when you're not safe, when you're not in the middle of the road, at least for me, anyway.
Danny DeVitoI was coming home from kindergarten - well they told me it was kindergarten. I found out later I had been working in a factory for ten years. It's good for a kid to know how to make gloves.
Elle DegeneresIn comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works, without making acknowledgment.
Pliny The ElderI employ 20 people in Vienna. The other 130 coworkers are pilots and flight companions. The overhead is limited with me.
Niki LaudaWork is the greatest thing in the world, so we should always save some of it for tomorrow
Don HeroldThe jobs I'm being asked to do, the five hats that I wear, are too much for this mortal. I'm a little amazed at the workload
Porter GossWhen you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it.
W Clement StoneYour most precious possession is not your financial assets. Your most precious possession is the people you have working there, and what they carry around in their heads, and their ability to work together
Robert ReichTo read your own mind is to look at your self and read your soul. Hatred becomes love and that is the path I am working on
Richard GereA leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
Lao TzuAnyone can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at the moment.
Robert BenchleyIn saying what is obvious, never choose cunning, yelling works better
Cynthia OzickI write about five thousand words a day, when working on a book, about three thousand a day if I'm writing a short story. I take long periods off between projects, when I read a lot, garden, and think about the next book or stories.
Eric Brown
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