Do The Work Quotes

The finest works of art are those in which there is the least matter. The closer expression comes to thought, the more the word clings to the idea and disappears, the more beautiful the work of art.

No one could have less faith in the absolute and definitive importance of the work created by man, because I believe that this world is nothing but a dream.

It's always nice when your work is recognized.

It's time to break our ties with anything in us that would rather complain about its situation than go to work to change it.

As many have noted, the peril for authors is that our work space is too easily our play space.

My theory is that when you're young, you should work eighty hours a week to create a product or service that changes the world.

Someone once said that death is God's way of telling you to slow down. I do enjoy what I do, and the secret of my success is the willingness to grind work out.

It feels good to finally stand on top of vanquished sloth, and actually impress some people as a hard worker.

It's funny, though, with films, because you can incorporate a variety of elements, and sometimes that can work for you and sometimes I think it can work against you.

Working on a studio picture, I can't help but be aware of all the political stuff that's going on. I have to work to be able to survive, in a sense.

I really enjoy a variety of different work, and what I've just done may sometimes determine what I choose to do next.

You can have a great time on a film and the chemistry can seem great but then you look at the finished film and it just doesn't quite gel, something doesn't quite work.

In fact, 95% of the people in my films have been nothing less than a pleasure to work with.

It's still too early to say how my wife will influence my life. But I do already know that it's sometimes hard work living with her.

I work out five days a week, I can't imagine not doing it.

This last year I kind of stopped working out. I think my body just needed a break. And so I did that, and focused more on feeling good as opposed to beating myself up.

The fact that Cornish exists at all is just incredible as is the work that people are doing down there, it's such an important part of who people are.

The work gets more difficult as you get older. You learn more and you gather more experiences, there is deeper pain and higher highs.

After I had the kids, I took a break from work, and all my creativity went into my kitchen. I like experimenting.

I love the English way, which is not as capitalistic as it is in America. People don't talk about work and money. They talk about interesting things at dinner parties.

If you read something bad about yourself and it stings you, I've learned that somewhere that's a judgment I'm holding about myself, so I'll try to work through that.

I was having such a hard time when I made Sylvia. I gave everything I had for that role. It's one or two or three things I'm most proud of in terms of my work. But it was very dark.

I just had a baby. I'm not going to work unless it's something really special and meaningful, because I can't imagine missing all that time with my daughter.

My actual beauty routine is pretty simple, I try and have a facial once in a while. I'm not a huge products girl. I have so much going on with work and kids, I just use moisturiser basically.

I think that the process of figuring out what kind of leader I wanted to be was challenging, because as an actor, you work alone, really.

It isn't false modesty when I say this, but although I am supposed to be a famous person it doesn't mean anything to me. I just sit at home and work.

Never let your inferiors do you a favor - it will be extremely costly.

Wherever I sit is the head of the table.

Every complex problem has a simple solution that doesn't work.

Never drink if you've got any work to do. Never.

Is it hot in the rolling mill? Are the hours long? Is $15 a day not enough? Then escape is easy. Simply throw up your job, spit on your hands, and write another "Rosenkavailer."

Religion as a vital issue is dead except on paper, and whatever beauty-baiting the future may witness will be the work of greed and trade, and not of honest cosmos-facing.

I have seen things few of my countrymen have. The first time I went on an aeroplane I couldn't work out how the lavatories worked up in the sky.

Child actors come off as work being their life and doing it 24/7, but I still have those days where it's totally, like, whatever: shopping, movies, adventures.

To love your family, love your work, live your purpose and be unconditionally grateful for every moment of your life... is to succeed at the highest level (in my opinion).

I tended to lean toward character work. I love to disguise myself.

Early in my career, my 3-, 5- and 9-irons performed differently than my other irons. But I adapted and made them work.

I believe a great performer is someone who sounds just as great live as they do in the studio and vice versa. They should know how to work the stage.

I do not love to work out, but if I stick to exercising every day and put the right things in my mouth, then my diabetes just stays in check.

Writing is not hard work, it is simply an obsession.

We as the Afghan people and government are willing to help Pakistan work for peace in Afghanistan and work for peace in Pakistan, together.

We know what they say, they want all of Palestine (including Israel) and say that negotiations did not work. They talk about wanting reform. That doesn't mean they will do it.

I'm an actress, and that's my work and my passion.

I've been able to work with great directors in Israel.

It's fun as a coach to work with somebody that has power and that has potential to achieve, really, anything that he wants to achieve. It's just a question of time and how much work they put into it.

Does anyone actually think I'm going to call Tiger Woods and tell him what to do with his swing one day, and he's going to go out and do it, simple as that? It doesn't work like that.

My work is very much like the restaurant critic's - a number of factors come together to make for a strong review.

In the end, all critics should be guided by this one principle: Is this piece of work [TV show, movie, play, concert, album, restaurant] succeeding at what it set out to do?

Animals have always been therapeutic for me to work with; they help me get me grounded from being on the road.

The blessing of life as a wholecan never be found in work.