Work Quotes

I would be a liar, a hypocrite, or a fool - and I'm not any of those - to say that I don't write for the reader. I do. But for the reader who hears, who really will work at it, going behind what I seem to say. So I write for myself and that reader who will pay the dues.

Maya Angelou
- Fool
- Liar
- Hypocrite
We want everybody to have the best facilities in which to work, but we do not believe in posh and impressive private offices.

Akio Morita
- Work
- Believe

I will work to restore fiscal responsibility to our country's budget and to provide for a more robust economy.

Ed Pastor
There's this little box that African-American actors have to work in, in the first place, and I was able to rise above that box. I could have done a bunch of movies where I stayed as the Axel Foley or Reggie Hammond persona. But I didn't want to be doing the same thing all the time. Every now and then, you crash and burn, but that's part of it.

Eddie Murphy
- Time
- Done
- American
If you're doing anything disruptive, and if you know it to be good and true and progressive, let the naysayers fuel you to work harder and go faster and sleep less.

Whitney Wolfe Herd
- Good
- True
- Sleep
The percentage of people that go to drama college in the U.K. is probably just like anywhere in the world. It's a very hard business to work in. They say that, at any one time, there's only 5% of actors in the world that are actually working and getting paid, which is a shocking percentage, really.

Luke Evans
- People
- Time
- World
I work out all the time, but because it's good for my mental state.

Hannah Bronfman
- Time
- Good
- Work
Fifteen years ago, I suffered a stroke, which caused me to lose my speech. Now, what does an actor who can't talk do? Wait for silent pictures to come back? I work with a speech therapist twice a week.

Kirk Douglas
- Work