Top 100 For Work Quotes
#1. There is no time for cut-and-dried monotony. There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves no other time.
Coco Chanel
#3. As soon as she was ready for work, she called out to Eric's closed door. "Anything in particular you want for breakfast?"
"Yeah," he said, heading for the door. "But I don't think it's on the menu.
Terry Spear
#4. There are Universes begging for Gods, yet he hangs around this one looking for work.
Philip Jose Farmer
#5. The key is never, never work. Nothing is more aging than work. It's not only the strain of getting up in the morning for work, but it's the resentment that settles on your face
Quentin Crisp
#6. Things have slowed down considerably since the new series has started airing and I am currently looking for work. It has been a nice year-long vacation nonetheless.
Rob Mariano
#7. I've always been one to arrive early for work; preparation is a big part of how I work, and I like to be in my office going through plans for the upcoming training sessions or meetings I have.
Brendan Rodgers
#8. I love to hug my children. I love to tell them I love them every day before they leave for school or before I leave for work. And I think that's the most important thing you can do as a father is to make sure that your children know they're loved.
Chris Christie
#9. Wake & Bake. More like Wash & Bake. Half a bowl of cereal and a shot of bourbon later, I'm there, my friendly haze having finally arrived. I'm ready for work.
Mark Z. Danielewski
#10. I have rituals for cleaning out resentments, disappointments, heartbreak, depression and for work. One of the things I do is go over old stuff if I have been unable to write for a while.
Hubert Selby Jr.
#11. Usually my ideas for work have revolved around my interest in people, especially people that live on the edges of society.
Mary Ellen Mark
#12. How long does it take?" I asked. "I'm sorry?" "How long does it take you to get dressed for work in the morning?" "Two and a half hours," she said. "Do they pay you overtime for that?
Ilona Andrews
#13. I'd been a Bond girl and in Dracula films and 'Coronation Street,' but I was always hunting for work. After 'The New Avengers,' I never had to wait for work again.
Joanna Lumley
#14. I began my journalistic career on the day Ronald Reagan was sworn in. That's the day I showed up for work at 'The New Republic' magazine.
Charles Krauthammer
#15. He that pays for work before it's done, has but a pennyworth for two pence.
Benjamin Franklin
#16. I have a real eclectic taste for work, for movies, for characters and jobs.
Ricky Schroder
#17. Startups are not the best choice for work-life balance, and that's sort of just the sad reality.
Sam Altman
#18. The reward for work well-done is more work.
Jim Butcher
#19. There is no substitute for work. Worthwhile results come from hard work and careful planning.
John Wooden
#20. How many people do you think get to do the thing they love for work? -Takano Masamune to Onodera Ritsu
Shungiku Nakamura
#21. The important thing about Paris is not so much that one sees exciting work, but one meets people who feel that art is worth living completely for. This whole atmosphere is very good for work.
John Olsen
#22. In the end, for congenial sympathy, for poetry, for work, for original feeling and expression, for perfect companionship with one's friends
give me the country.
D.H. Lawrence
#23. There's nothing more prized to a man than something he had to wait for, work for, or strugle a little bit to get.
Sherry Argov
#24. I still enjoy the tactile sensation of holding a book. But when I need to read fast for work, I use the Kindle App on my iPad.
Jonathan Tropper
#25. With me, traveling for work is arriving at the airport, checking into the hotel, leaving the hotel the next morning at 4 or 5 to do something like 'The Jimmy and Jackie Captain Crazy Morning Zoo,' doing a bunch of those in a row, then going back to the hotel, and then finally going to the club.
Gilbert Gottfried
#26. The high wage begins down in the shop. If it is not created there it cannot get into pay envelopes. There will never be a system invented which will do away with the necessity for work.
Henry Ford
#27. Every month, we get the reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that say even more people have given up looking for work.
Ted Cruz
#28. Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse. Murphy's First Corollary If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the next morning you will have a flat tire.
George Edward Woodberry
#29. When I am there at our global product development centers, I am meeting with the design team and reviewing design work being done there and meeting with engineers responsible for work being done specific to that region, meeting with purchasing team.
Mary Barra
#30. We have to create jobs but also make sure that those who are looking for work aren't just left without any assistance whatsoever.
Sander Levin
#31. I hate when people say, 'Oh, they laughed all the way to the bank.' That's nonsense because the most cynical, unhappy people are Hollywood screenwriters. They earn hundreds of thousands of dollars a year for work that's never made.
Susan Isaacs
#32. Acting is a freelance career ... you never stop having to prove yourself and fight for work.
Miranda Otto
#34. Turn up for work. Discipline allows creative freedom. No discipline equals no freedom.
Jeanette Winterson
#35. Listen, here it is: Technically, I never quit. I'm seven years late for work.
Dave Chappelle
#36. I have no taste for work any longer, I can do nothing more except wait for night.
530: Things are bad! Things are very bad: I have it, the filth, the Nausea.
Jean-Paul Sartre
#37. Work was made for man, and not man for work. Work is man's servant, both in its results to the worker and the world. Man is not work's servant, save as an almost universal perversion has made him such.
J.G. Holland
#39. The cardinal rule for any performer is that they should know themselves before they enter the spotlight, and I didn't. I was just Neil and I did what I was supposed to do. I was supposed to get married, so I got married. I was supposed to get a job, so I looked for work.
Neil Diamond
#41. I have a bad sweet tooth. I'm pretty good when I have to eat well for work, but otherwise, I could eat a whole roll of raw cookie dough.
Jeremy Renner
#42. It wasn't like I hired him. I don't fucking hire any of them. They show up for work and then Grace gets pissed when I won't pay them. PTSD Jesse followed Alex back from Florida like some lost puppy. I keep telling Alex not to feed strays.
Lexi Blake
#43. One of the difficulties of not knowing for so long whether we were doing a fifth season or not was that we weren't really allowed to go out shopping for work.
Claudia Black
#45. My youngest son's pre-school class was recently asked what their dads do for work. The responses were things like, my dad sells money, and my dad figures stuff out. My son said, 'I've never seen my dad do work.' It's true. Skateboarding doesn't seem like real work, but I'm proud of what I do.
Tony Hawk
#46. I need so much time for doing nothing that I have no time for work.
Pierre Reverdy
#47. We are being tough in saying it is a duty on the unemployed in future not only to be available for work - and not to shirk work - but also to get the skills for work. That is a new duty we are introducing.
Gordon Brown
#48. Prayer not only teaches and strengthens one for work, work teaches and strengthens one for prayer.
Andrew Murray
#49. I can't do any more 'Peep Show' because of my loyalties in Los Angeles to 'Two And A Half Men,' so I'm staying put there for the moment. I'm loving life is L.A. at the moment - I'm out there for work, as that is where the jobs are.
Sophie Winkleman
#50. In my game, there are a lot of nine-hour flights here, there, and everywhere for work, so I prefer to take a shorter plane journey somewhere hot - just for fun.
Katie Price
#51. I really do feel now that the way I dress onstage and for work is a true reflection of my own sense of style as well.
Rachel Stevens
#52. As a remedy against all ills - poverty, sickness, and melancholy - only one thing is absolutely necessary: a liking for work
Charles Baudelaire
#53. Prayer is not a substitute for work. First we have to do all we can ourselves to understand a situation. Then when we ask for help, sometimes it is very evident, sometimes it isn't. Sometimes we may well be helped by not getting a decision.
George W. Romney
#54. The man who has the largest capacity for work and thought is the man who is bound to succeed.
Henry Ford
#55. I don't have to act for work anymore; I can act for passion. That's freeing, but it's also a prison of its own. When you can do anything you want, you're really responsible to do something great. And that's scary.
Ashton Kutcher
#56. The White Palace was pretty impressive. Very impressive, in fact. The day to day running of the set was everybody showed up for work. They are seasoned filmmakers over there. They have an infrastructure for filmmaking, which is very healthy. It's small, but they were tenacious, polite, timely.
Pierce Brosnan
#57. I need work. I still audition for work. I don't get offered things out of nowhere. I have to work hard, still, and I get a lot of rejections. It just goes on and on.
Bojana Novakovic
#58. Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for - in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it.
Ellen Goodman
#59. Establish an atmosphere that energizes you. Some creative people flourish in confusion; others need to be free from interruption. Many prepare themselves for work by exercising to stimulate circulation; others meditate to quiet the chatter of the outer world.
Nita Leland
#60. We are very fortunate to be recognized here in such an extraordinary manner for work that we enjoy.
Sidney Altman
#61. What you wear for work should be comfortable and empowering. If you're working in business, your outfit should mean business. If I go to meet somebody about an acting job, or something creative, then I'll be in my jeans. For me, overdressing is my biggest fear.
Twiggy
#62. When a woman tells me she loves my dresses. These women have nothing to gain to tell you that they love your dresses. A lot of professional women admit dressing for work previously was such a challenge. It's these moments for me that are so rewarding.
Sarah Lafleur
#63. After my years in Hollywood, I got tired of apologizing for work that really wasn't mine to begin with.
Sue Grafton
#64. I love Chicago. It's such a great town, and it's got great culture and great history, and it's not as extreme as LA or New York, and it's just- it's hard for me for work, because I don't live and work in the same place and that's tough. But I'm- I love it.
Joan Cusack
#65. Reducing net E.U. migration need not mean undermining the principle of free movement. When it was first enshrined, free movement meant the freedom to move to a job, not the freedom to cross borders to look for work or claim benefits.
Theresa May
#66. If you're looking for work and have a choice of a job, choose a job that allows the opportunity for some creativity, and for spending time with your family. Even if it means less pay ...
Dalai Lama
#67. People ask how hard it can be sitting down for work during a 500-mile race? Well, without power steering or power brakes, holding onto 650 horses in a car that has nearly 3,000 pounds of downforce and can produce up to 4Gs vertically and laterally can be extremely tough - even sitting down.
Charlie Kimball
#68. The less important you are on the table of organization, the more you'll be missed if you don't show up for work.
Bill Vaughan
#69. Being asked to decide between your passion for work and your passion for children was like being asked by your doctor whether you preferred him to remove your brain or your heart.
Helen Bevington
#70. I do like certain kinds of frames for work. That's important.
Robert Barry
#71. There is no such thing as unfortunate genius; if a man or woman is fit for work, God appoints the field.
Adah Isaacs Menken
#72. Prayer is no substitute for work; equally true is it that work is no substitute for prayer.
Leonard Ravenhill
#73. Prayer will never do our work for us; what it will do is to strengthen us for work which must be done.
William Barclay
#74. For work I get so dolled up that it's nice to wear boyfriend jeans and a sweater.
Meghan Markle
#75. I understand the intensity of the supporters. I wonder how they could turn up for work on Monday morning after we lost 5-1 to Manchester City.
Alex Ferguson
#76. In the South of long ago whenever a new man appeared for work in any of the laborers gangs, he would be asked if he could sing. If he could he got the job. The singing of these working men set the rhythm for the work.
William Christopher Handy
#77. For life: it is rather a determination not to be overwhelmed. For work: the truth can only be recalled, never invented.
Marilyn Monroe
#78. Getting married has certainly made a massive difference to my own life. So I am committed to giving support for family finances and having the right policies for work-life balance that make it easier for couples to have a rich family life.
Gordon Brown
#79. Going to the golf course every day for work? That's a good job.
Dennis Quaid
#80. If a worker is deprived of hope to acquire some personal property, what other natural stimulus can be offered him that will inspire him to hard work, labor, saving and sobriety today, when so many nations and men have lost everything and all they have left is their capacity for work?
Pope Pius XII
#81. The Brothers Grimm came along and I was so desperate for work ... Actually I've got to say that I like the movie, I won't apologize for it.
Terry Gilliam
#82. Government must guard against quasi-monopoly suppliers becoming too important to fail, and encourage competition through, for example, splitting up contracts to encourage (smaller businesses) to bid for work.
Margaret Hodge
#83. I'm lucky enough to do what I like for work - not everyone's that fortunate.
Rafael Nadal
#84. It is a good discipline to be forced to work for work's sake, even to the length of not being allowed to enjoy the fruits of one's labour ...
Swami Vivekananda
#85. We ought to be able to combine opposites: the love of goodness with indifference to other people's opinions, a liking for work with indifference to fame, concern for our health with indifference to life.
Nicolas Chamfort
#87. It is axiomatic with most writing people that there are no such things as perfect conditions for work.
Mary Roberts Rinehart
#88. It is better to do what you love for work, but if it is your day job that enables an unpaid passion, then your life is still sweeter. What is important is that you make time for your dreams, not whether or not you get paid for it.
Tara Moss
#89. Prayer is not a preparation for work, it IS work. Prayer is not a preparation for the battle, it IS the battle. Prayer is two-fold: definite asking and definite waiting to receive.
Oswald Chambers
#90. This way of leaving your family for work had condemned them over several generations to have their hearts always in other places, their minds thinking about people elsewhere; they could never be in a single existence at one time. How wonderful it was going to be to have things otherwise.
Kiran Desai
#91. The richest people in the world build networks; everyone else is trained to look for work.
Robert Kiyosaki
#92. What we lack is a basic willingness to see literature as providing some kind of necessary foundation. Our society still expects schools to prepare their charges for work only and not for life. As such, literature is construed as at best technically useless and random, at worst socially disruptive.
Gwee Li Sui
#93. Don't use your bedroom for work, unless you're a prostitute.
David Letterman
#94. Personnel and their capacity for work on their exact jobs is the basic key to income and success.
L. Ron Hubbard
#95. The only industries that function well are the industries that take responsibility for training. The Japanese, you know, assume that when you first come to work you know absolutely nothing. School isn't preparation for work and never was.
Peter Drucker
#96. If all purchases are spontaneous and simply driven by what is seen and loved, there is a high risk of ending up with 10 cocktail dresses and no outfits for work.
Aslaug Magnusdottir
#98. I resign," says Velvel. He takes off his glasses, slips them into his pocket, and stands up. He forgot an appointment. He's late for work. His mother is calling him on the ultrasonic frequency reserved by the government for Jewish mothers in the event of lunch.
Michael Chabon
#99. The corset is?a mutilation, undergone for the purpose of lowering the subject's vitalityand rendering her permanentlyand obviously unfit for work.
Thorstein Veblen
#100. The key to getting ahead is setting aside 8 hours a day for work and 8 hours a day for sleep - and making sure they're not the same hours.
Gene Brown
