work quotes

“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

“Workers of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but your chains. ”

— Karl Marx

“Let the ruling classes tremble at a communist revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Workingmen of all countries, unite! ”

— Karl Marx

“The worker of the world has nothing to lose, but their chains, workers of the world unite.”

— Karl Marx

“The man of genius is he and he alone who finds such joy in his art that he will work at it come hell or high water.”

— Stendhal

“Politics in a literary work, is like a gun shot in the middle of a concert, something vulgar, and however, something which is impossible to ignore. ”

— Stendhal

“Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.”

— Moliere

“Europe is so well gardened that it resembles a work of art, a scientific theory, a neat metaphysical system. Man has re-created Europe in his own image.”

— Aldous Huxley

“People intoxicate themselves with work so they won't see how they really are.”

— Aldous Huxley

“The finest works of art are precious, among other reasons, because they make it possible for us to know, if only imperfectly and for a little while, what it actually feels like to think subtly and feel nobly.”

— Aldous Huxley

“Like every man of sense and good feeling, I abominate work. ”

— Aldous Huxley

“A work can become modern only if it is first postmodern. Postmodernism thus understood is not modernism at its end but in the nascent state, and this state is constant.”

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“Though nature be ever so generous, yet can she not make a hero alone. Fortune must contribute her part too; and till both concur, the work cannot be perfected.”

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“If you work hard and play by the rules, this country is truly open to you. You can achieve anything.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

“My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation. ”

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“Sir Walter, with his 61 years of life, although he never wrote a novel until he was over 40, had, fortunately for the world, a longer working career than most of his brethren.”

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“Evil gains work their punishment.”

— Sophocles

“One is not idle because one is absorbed. There is both visible and invisible labor. To contemplate is to toil, to think is to do. The crossed arms work, the clasped hands act. The eyes upturned to Heaven are an act of creation.”

— Victor Hugo

“Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit.”

— Jawaharlal Nehru

“Make the workmanship surpass the materials.”

— Ovid

“What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god.”

— William Shakespeare

“By the work one knows the workman. ”

— Jean de La Fontaine

“But the shortest works are always the best. ”

— Jean de La Fontaine

“I could never hold a job for more than three months, which works out well because that's how long a movie shoots.”

— Dennis Quaid

“I want to work with great people. Great people really make you better.”

— Dennis Quaid

“There's no way that I could do a 9 to 5 job. There's no way. I was not cut out for that. You come in and you work for three months on the one job. They say, 'Great,' you know, and you're on to the next one - and you never even got fired. It's wonderful. ”

— Dennis Quaid

“Frank is such a great visual storyteller, that if you study his artwork you see that his Sin City books are already the best movies never seen on the big screen.”

— Robert Rodriguez

“I was from such a large family that when I first met my wife, I told her: 'You can go work outside of the house and I'll stay home and continue making my cartoon strips. Maybe I'll make some commercials nearby, you know I'll do anything locally, but I would love to just stay at home and raise the kids like I did when I was growing up.' ”

— Robert Rodriguez

work quotes

“Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work. ”

“Gentleness doesn't get work done unless you happen to be a hen laying eggs. ”

“There is no time for cut-and-dried monotony. There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves no other time! ”

“Workers of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but your chains. ”

“Let the ruling classes tremble at a communist revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Workingmen of all countries, unite! ”

“The worker of the world has nothing to lose, but their chains, workers of the world unite.”

“The man of genius is he and he alone who finds such joy in his art that he will work at it come hell or high water.”

“Politics in a literary work, is like a gun shot in the middle of a concert, something vulgar, and however, something which is impossible to ignore. ”

“Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.”

“Europe is so well gardened that it resembles a work of art, a scientific theory, a neat metaphysical system. Man has re-created Europe in his own image.”

“People intoxicate themselves with work so they won't see how they really are.”

“The finest works of art are precious, among other reasons, because they make it possible for us to know, if only imperfectly and for a little while, what it actually feels like to think subtly and feel nobly.”

“Like every man of sense and good feeling, I abominate work. ”

“A work can become modern only if it is first postmodern. Postmodernism thus understood is not modernism at its end but in the nascent state, and this state is constant.”

“Though nature be ever so generous, yet can she not make a hero alone. Fortune must contribute her part too; and till both concur, the work cannot be perfected.”

“If you work hard and play by the rules, this country is truly open to you. You can achieve anything.”

“My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation. ”

“Sir Walter, with his 61 years of life, although he never wrote a novel until he was over 40, had, fortunately for the world, a longer working career than most of his brethren.”

“Evil gains work their punishment.”

“One is not idle because one is absorbed. There is both visible and invisible labor. To contemplate is to toil, to think is to do. The crossed arms work, the clasped hands act. The eyes upturned to Heaven are an act of creation.”

“Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit.”

“Make the workmanship surpass the materials.”

“What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god.”

“By the work one knows the workman. ”

“But the shortest works are always the best. ”

“I could never hold a job for more than three months, which works out well because that's how long a movie shoots.”

“I want to work with great people. Great people really make you better.”

“There's no way that I could do a 9 to 5 job. There's no way. I was not cut out for that. You come in and you work for three months on the one job. They say, 'Great,' you know, and you're on to the next one - and you never even got fired. It's wonderful. ”

“Frank is such a great visual storyteller, that if you study his artwork you see that his Sin City books are already the best movies never seen on the big screen.”