Bonnie Raitt Quotes

The fifth member of my band is my non-profit work.

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• I promised my mom that if, after a year of putting 150 percent into my career it didn't work out, I would go back to school. I never did go back.

  

  Queen Latifah
  • Work
  • School
  • Career

• All the actors I respect, especially old-Hollywood actors, the reason I think so many of them have had long careers is that there is a sort of mystery about them. You don't know what they do on Friday nights when they go home from work. You have no clue. You have this sort of fantasy about them.

  

  Kate Mara
  • Work
  • Long
  • Home

• Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.

  

  Edmund Burke
  • Work
  • Never
  • Moving On

• There are millions of Americans outside Washington who are tired of stale political arguments and are moving this country forward. They believe, and I believe, that here in America, our success should depend not on accident of birth, but the strength of our work ethic and the scope of our dreams.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Work
  • Believe
  • Country

• But all over Ohio - all over America - men and women are going back to work with the pride of building something stamped 'Made in America.'

  

  Ted Strickland
  • Work
  • Men
  • Women

• I don't believe in sharing my money. If I go out and work my nuts off and make some money, I don't feel that I should have to share it with my community.

  

  Gary Numan
  • Work
  • Believe
  • Money

• Research indicates that employees have three prime needs: Interesting work, recognition for doing a good job, and being let in on things that are going on in the company.

  

  Zig Ziglar
  • Good
  • Work
  • Job

• Getting into the residential investment business entails lots of renovation work.

  

  Fabrizio Moreira
  • Work
  • Business
  • Investment

• When you're a woman, you have to work harder to get a laugh... I follow so many hilarious women on Twitter. It's a daily reminder that women get to be funny.

  

  Rainbow Rowell
  • Work
  • Women
  • Funny

• I can be collaborative, for instance, in situations where I go and study the artist's work before I start writing. Then I can at least try to write towards their style.

  

  Warren Ellis
  • Work
  • Writing
  • Style

• Glory is attained from hard work, step by step.

  

  Ma Long
  • Work
  • Step
  • Hard Work

• The workingmen have perceived that women are in the field of industry to stay; and they see, too, that there can not be two standards of work and wages for any trade without constant menace to the higher standard.

  

  Florence Kelley
  • Work
  • Women
  • See

• People say, 'How does having kids change your writing? Do you see the world through their eyes?' No - you just become a faster songwriter... In the old days, you'd be like, 'Oh I'm gonna work on this song for a few days.'

  

  Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam
  • People
  • World
  • Work

• We tried every single way of giving birth. It didn't work. I wasn't too crazy about having to do a C-section and take all the drugs. Finally, I just had to be like, 'Let it go.'

  

  Camila Alves
  • Work
  • Giving
  • Single

• I feel like I've made good friends with people I've worked with, but in terms of lasting inspiration, it is probably Matthew Vaughn who directed 'Kingsman' who's been really supportive, loyal to me, and been a really good person to work with.

  

  Taron Egerton
  • Work
  • Friends
  • Inspiration

• You don't have to buy from anyone. You don't have to work at any particular job. You don't have to participate in any given relationship. You can choose.

  

  Harry Browne
  • Work
  • Job
  • Relationship

• When you really work hard for something that you genuinely and truly love, and you don't want it to fail, it's a good feeling to see it do good.

  

  Fetty Wap
  • Good
  • Work
  • Love

• I couldn't be luckier to wake up every morning and be so excited to get to work, even if it's five in the morning.

  

  Carly Chaikin
  • Up
  • Work
  • Morning

• The metaphor I've used is... somebody's going to push my family off a cliff pretty soon, and I won't be there to catch them. And that breaks my heart. But I have some time to sew some nets to cushion the fall. So, I can curl up in a ball and cry, or I can get to work on the nets.

  

  Randy Pausch
  • Up
  • Time
  • Work

• I like sports, and swimming is my favorite. Doing physical exercises keeps one fit and healthy and helps one work more efficiently. I think we all need to strike a balance between work and relaxation. This can keep us energetic and help us do our job better.

  

  Xi Jinping
  • Work
  • Job
  • Help

• Get into the habit of dealing with God about everything. Unless in the first waking moment of the day you learn to fling the door wide back and let God in, you will work on a wrong level all day; but swing the door wide open and pray to your Father in secret, and every public thing will be stamped with the presence of God.

  

  Oswald Chambers
  • Work
  • God
  • Father

• Suffering isn't a moral endowment. People don't always do well under duress, and it seemed to me to be truer to a fellow in that situation to make him angry.

  

  E. L. Doctorow
  • People
  • Me
  • Suffering

• The fifth member of my band is my non-profit work.

  

  Bonnie Raitt
  • Work
  • Band