Work quotes

“I just get things done instead of talking about getting them done. I don't go out and party. I don't smoke, drink or do drugs and I'm not married, that leaves a lot of time for my work.” Henry Rollins

“I take the work seriously, just not myself in it.” Henry Rollins

“I can deal with people who watch me on stage but I am not good in communicating with people any other way than through my work.” Henry Rollins

“You don't have to twist my arm to work.” Henry Rollins

“Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.” Rumi

“Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.” Bill Gates

“Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.” Bill Gates

“Capitalism has worked very well. Anyone who wants to move to North Korea is welcome.” Bill Gates

“When you want to do your homework, fill out your tax return, or see all the choices for a trip you want to take, you need a full-size screen.” Bill Gates

“Today, we're very dependent on cheap energy. We just take it for granted - all the things you have in the house, the way industry works.” Bill Gates

“The idea that to make a man work you've got to hold gold in front of his eyes is a growth, not an axiom. We've done that for so long that we've forgotten there's any other way.” Francis Scott Fitzgerald

“We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes nonwork.” Milton Friedman

“Most of the energy of political work is devoted to correcting the effects of mismanagement of government.” Milton Friedman

“The black market was a way of getting around government controls. It was a way of enabling the free market to work. It was a way of opening up, enabling people.” Milton Friedman

“Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.” Anne Frank

“I dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men.” Marlene Dietrich

“Glamour is what I sell, it's my stock in trade.” Marlene Dietrich

“I never enjoyed working in a film.” Marlene Dietrich

“Deficiency motivation doesn't work. It will lead to a life-long pursuit of try to fix me. Learn to appreciate what you have and where and who you are.” Wayne Dyer

“People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.” Frederick Douglass

“Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.” Frederick Douglass

“I think like any marriage, especially when you've had divorced parents like myself; you want to try even harder to make it work.” Princess Diana

“If children understand that beliefs should be substantiated with evidence, as opposed to tradition, authority, revelation or faith, they will automatically work out for themselves that they are atheists.” Richard Dawkins

“Intelligent life on a planet comes of age when it first works out the reason for its own existence.” Richard Dawkins

“Physicists are working on the Big Bang, and one day they may or may not solve it.” Richard Dawkins

“What a book a devil's chaplain might write on the clumsy, wasteful, blundering, low, and horribly cruel work of nature!” Charles Darwin

“I think the one thing this picture shows that's new is the psychological disproportion of the kids' demands on the parents. Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.” James Dean

“I work really hard at trying to see the big picture and not getting stuck in ego. I believe we're all put on this planet for a purpose, and we all have a different purpose... When you connect with that love and that compassion, that's when everything unfolds.” Ellen DeGeneres

“Designing is my hobby. If I didn't do what I do for a living - at some point when I don't do this for a living - I'll probably just do design work. I love finding really special pieces of furniture.” Ellen DeGeneres

“I was coming home from kindergarten - well they told me it was kindergarten. I found out later I had been working in a factory for ten years. It's good for a kid to know how to make gloves.” Ellen DeGeneres