Do The Work Quotes
So while you're an athlete, and you have that platform, what you want to be able to do is make it work for you as much as possible, because there's going to be life after sports.
I don't know what it takes to make marriage work, but I'm going to keep trying until I get it right. I haven't given up on love or marriage.
You don't sit down and write a wish list about the person you are going to fall violently in love with. It just doesn't work like that.
I know that people think of my work from the '70s as American, but I've been going to other places for a long time.
I've never had a grand plan. I've only just tried to keep open to many different possibilities, have fun and work with people who are passionate about what they do.
I'm a very disciplined person when it comes to my work, but discipline can't save m from being a drug addict.
People say sometimes, "You work in the fastest-moving industry in the world." I don't feel that way. I think I work in one of the slowest. It seems to take forever to get anything done.
The professional loves her work. She is invested in it wholeheartedly. But she does not forget that the work is not her.
Writers think in metaphors. Editors work in metaphors. A great reader reads in metaphors.
Where had I been that I didn't know about imaginary friends? I could see the point of it. How a lost part of yourself steps out and remind you who you could be with a little work.
Every time I start a new piece of work, I spend a long while under the duvet thinking I can't do it.
Young people are threatened... by the evil use of advertising techniques that stimulate the natural inclination to avoid hard work by promising the immediate satisfaction of every desire.
Women of all classes are awakening to the necessity of self-support, but few are willing to do the ordinary useful work for which they are fitted.
Beauty, unlike the rest of the gifts handed out at birth, does not require dedication, patience and hard work to pay off. But it's also the only gift that does not keep on giving.
There's no great mystery to acting. It's a very simple thing to do but you have to work hard at it. It's about asking questions and using your imagination.
Building technical systems involves a lot of hard work and specialized knowledge: languages and protocols, coding and debugging, testing and refactoring.
The fishing is best where the fewest go and the collective insecurity of the world makes it easy for people to hit home runs while everyone is aiming for base hits.
The only place where compensation comes before service is in the dictionary or anywhere the government meddles.
The need to be a great artist makes it hard to be an artist. The need to produce a great work of art makes it hard to produce any art at all.
Work like hell, tell everyone everything you know, close a deal with a handshake, and have fun.
Work may be your dominant thought, and joy an afterthought. But joy is your true purpose, and work the afterthought.
You know how creative people are, we have to try everything until we find our niche.
I'm lazy! I hate work! Hate hard work in all its forms! Clever shortcuts, that's all I'm about!
All jobs are odd, or they would be games or naps or picnics.
The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.
My dreams for the future are simple: work, a happy, healthy family, a lovely long motorcycle ride, and continuing the struggle to awaken people to the need for serious human rights reform.
The work of an advertising agency is warmly and immediately human. It deals with human needs, wants, dreams and hopes. Its 'product' cannot be turned out on an assembly line.
The thing that makes 'Dirty Jobs' different is that it's one of the few shows that portrays work in a way that doesn't highlight the drudgery. Instead, it highlights the humor.
The failure to work out sensible budgets makes it impossible for government agencies to make long-term plans, and instead leaves them scrambling to spend money in the short term.
Ideology and communication more often than not run into each other rather than complement each other. Principle and communication work together. Ideology and communication often work apart.
I want people to be drawn into the space of the work. And a lot of people are like me in that they have relatively short attention spans. So I shoot for the window of opportunity.
The unfortunate thing about working for yourself is that you have the worst boss in the world. I work every day of the year except at Christmas, when I work a half day.
