Work quotes

“A lot of the films I've made probably could have worked just as well 50 years ago, and that's just because I have a lot of old-fashion values.” Steven Spielberg

“I don't think any movie or any book or any work of art can solve the stalemate in the Middle East today. But it's certainly worth a try.” Steven Spielberg

“I get that same queasy, nervous, thrilling feeling every time I go to work. That's never worn off since I was 12 years-old with my dad's 8-millimeter movie camera.” Steven Spielberg

“Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.” Carl Sagan

“In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is usually not only of inferior metal to the other hands, it also seldom works properly.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“I have no idols. I admire work, dedication and competence.” Ayrton Senna

“The best work is not what is most difficult for you; it is what you do best.” Jean-Paul Sartre

“One cannot become a saint when one works sixteen hours a day.” Jean-Paul Sartre

“God has ways of shaking the world when He is at work. He literally caused the ground to quake when Jesus died on the cross.” Charles Stanley

“We're enlarging in every single area of the ministry at In Touch. We're on radio and television. We're in over 110 million homes in America plus radio on satellites. We just acquired the NAMB FamilyNet television network, and with that expanding possibilities of the gospel.” Charles Stanley

“It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.” John Steinbeck

“Man, unlike anything organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments.” John Steinbeck

“If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.” Michael Jordan

“Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.” Michael Jordan

“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.” Michael Jordan

“I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.” Michael Jordan

“I hope the millions of people I've touched have the optimism and desire to share their goals and hard work and persevere with a positive attitude.” Michael Jordan

“I want people to understand, gambling is not a bad thing if you do it within the framework of what it's meant to be, which is fun and entertaining.” Michael Jordan

“I wasn't really a work conscious type of person.” Michael Jordan

“I don't think the money people in Hollywood have ever thought I was normal, but I am dedicated to my work and that's what counts.” Angelina Jolie

“I'd like to believe that the people that have supported me in my work or identified with me in films, the people that feel they know me, they do and they don't have misconceptions - they understand. I believe that.” Angelina Jolie

“And I remember going to the record studio and there was a park across the street and I'd see all the children playing and I would cry because it would make me sad that I would have to work instead.” Michael Jackson

“The greatest education in the world is watching the masters at work.” Michael Jackson

“I love my family very much. I wish I could see them a little more often than I do. But we understand because we're a show business family and we all work.” Michael Jackson

“All British people have plain names, and that works pretty well over there.” Paris Hilton

“I've made all my money on my own without my family and I work very hard.” Paris Hilton

“It will work. I am a marketing genius.” Paris Hilton

“I travel around the world constantly promoting my projects and endorsing products. Yes, I do get paid to go to parties; in fact, I'm the person who started the whole trend of paid appearances. But when you see me at a party, I'm always working or promoting something.” Paris Hilton