Do The Work Quotes

All of the problems we're facing with debt are manmade problems. We created them. It's called fantasy economics. Fantasy economics only works in a fantasy world. It doesn't work in reality.

I've never been a social bunny. I thrive on work.

Maybe if everyone walked around being in touch with each other's hidden pain it could work out and even be beautiful, but it doesn't feel safe to be the only compassionate person on the planet.

Annika has the type of game I want to work on. She's just so consistent. Hopefully I'll be like that one day.

[T]he yeoman's work in any science, and especially physics, is done by the experimentalist, who must keep the theoreticians honest.

I am not a librarian of my own work. It's a good thing not to be too involved with what you have done.

We work for praise, and dawdle once we have it.

I feel like the same person, but I feel as if I need to work twice as much now.

The germ of an idea doesn't make the sculpture that stands up... so the next stage is hard work

It only 'doesn't work out' if you quit. Never, ever quit!

When you work for other people you'll find ... that they do know what's best for them, and for the company. And you should listen to them and be respectful, but they don't know what's best for you.

A common mistake among those who work in sport is spending a disproportional amount of time on "x's and o's" as compared to time spent learning about people.

The way an actor is trained doesn't ultimately have much bearing on my work. I'm interested in the actor as artist.

I think the market driven economic system is the most productive system, but to have that work in the world, you've got to also have social investments to go along with that.

You can go far on hard work and big dreams, often a hell of a lot farther - and faster - than people with more education and experience.

As the Pentagon makes plans for the largest troop rotation since World War II, I will work with the Armed Services Committee to help make this proposal a reality.

I'm excited to doing more scoring work in the future.

You have to understand how the human eye behaves when it views a scene for the first time. Work with that knowledge, and your paintings will have more drama and will evoke strong reactions.

I come home more exhausted after a day of emotional work on set than I've ever had in any sporting event I've played or anything. It's draining. But it's also part of the fun.

You want to work with people who you like and have an easy rapport with.

I have been very lucky to work in so many new ballets, but that is what a dancer's work is.

My life's work has been accomplished. I did all that I could.

I have three joys in my life: work, sport and food. All these come in one and do not make a hobby.

For some sport is a hobby but for me it is a way to survive. It makes me calm, balanced and well-rested. Not tired but vice versa. I think sport balances off my work load.

The school was very supportive. The only class that I had to attend every day was biology when we were doing dissections. I would take an 8 a.m. bio class, dissect my animal, and then run to work.

As soon as I step on that stage, nothing matters. I don't think of it as work. It's just so much fun.

When preparing for a concert, I do lots of training. I work with a choreographer to create great moves and then I have to keep my voice strong with lessons.

I am a strong Ukrainian girl, that is why I work a lot.

If they make it illegal to wear the veil at work, bee keepers are going to be furious.

I take the responsibility of choosing seriously because it becomes an indelible part of your body of work. Something has to sing to me.

I love being outdoors and try to work out outside when I can. I spent most of my childhood outdoors.

My first love is writing and producing. So I sometimes put my own stuff off to work on other people's projects.

You have to work at creating your own culture.

Sure, things could always have been done better, but I just wish people would drop their political hammers for a few weeks, as happened in 2001, and work on the problem at hand

I respect my work. But also I think it's very superficial.

I am in a key moment. I kind of understand that I have to use my work more completely without being ashamed.

The worst case scenario is you really like someone's work, then you meet them and they're a self-involved, entitled douchebag.

My all-time heroes are Thurgood Marshall and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., two men who had to really work to achieve what they did. And I had the privilege of meeting them both.

You have to work in this business on your own terms. Don't sell out for money, fame, or notoriety.

After four or five different wars, I grew weary of that work, partly because in an open war, open to coverage, as Vietnam was, it's not that difficult, really.

I'm trying to get low. People's personalities can get in the way of their own work.

No matter who says what, you should accept it with a smile and do your own work.

I don't claim anything of the work. It is his work. I am like a little pencil in his hand. That is all. He does the thinking. He does the writing. The pencil has nothing to do with it.

Every act of love is a work of peace no matter how small.

We do our work for Jesus and with Jesus. It's not a matter of praying some times and working others. We pray the work.

During my boxing career, you did not see the real Muhammad Ali. You just saw a little boxing and a little showmanship. It was after I retired from boxing that my true work began.

If the right job came along, absolutely with bells on I would work in Sweden.

Exile as a mode of genius no longer exists; in place of Joyce we have the fragments of work appearing in Index on Censorship.

For 25 years, it has been my privilege to represent the city of San Francisco and the great state of California; to work to strengthen our vibrant middle class; to secure opportunity and equality.

What you want, as an actor, is a great leader. I can't bear it when I work with a director who is wishy-washy and says, "What did you think?"