Work Quotes
-
The use of the word royalty, as fee to a proprietor for the exploitation of a work or property, derives from the period when the sovereign assumed title to all wealth of the realm. It was the struggle for freedom from these encroachments of the state that chiefly marked the Nineteenth Century, and established everywhere constitutional regimes of limited authority. In the Twentieth Century, however, we have witnessed a gradual and almost unrestricted movement back to state authoritarianism, primarily in the economic sphere, accompanied by the spread of state monopoly and intervention.
-
Love and work have the virtues of making a man pretty indifferent to anything else.
-
To let the brain work without sufficient material is like racing an engine. It racks itself to pieces.
-
I really just like making music. People call that 'work.' Like, 'Oh, you're going to the studio to work?' No, that's even what I do in my off day. I love recording.
-
They have equal weight and you do the same work you'd do if you were playing a dramatic role.
-
We all drive differently and have different styles. For me I need a car I can develop beneath me and feel comfortable in. If the car feels neutral and unbalanced it doesn't work for me.
-
We work so hard on our craft, and once we get out of Duke Ellington, there are not going to be people looking for technique. I worry about that a lot.
-
I used to joke that if acting didn't work out, poetry was my commonsense fallback.
-
Housework can kill you if done right.
-
Sometimes when people look at the work I've done with my family, they think it's autobiographical. But it really isn't. It's more about the idea of family.
-
A lot of times I pick passion projects but at the end of the day, I don't think much of what's going to work, I want to think about how it feels to do the work.
-
Tiger, come on now, you've still got work to do. This round and golf tournament are not over. Hang in there and finish the race.
-
Any work of love brings a person face to face with God.
-
I think that there is no doubt that every experience you have in your life, whether it's playing a character or something else, you bring that to the work.
-
Of all the excellent copyedits I've received over the years, Marie-Lynn Hammond's was by far the best. Her work on Half Blood Blues was incredibly sensitive and astute.
-
With a lot of people you think you want to work with, you reach out to them about working and then realize you don't want to anymore because they're a complete dickhead.
-
The Quartets have been a major part of my work.
-
I would love to have a part opposite a great actor - like, say, Pacino or De Niro or Hoffman. And to work with a top director. That's my dream.
-
I work out a lot. I started to work out on the road as much as I can, but I work out a lot at home to keep myself in good shape.
-
All I gotta do is my job, do what it is that I bring to the table - that fire - and put the thump on these songs, and everything's gonna work from there.
-
I'm always calculating what I want to do, who I want to be, what I want to accomplish. I don't need to worry about that - that's always there on a slow simmer. The muscle I have to work on is being more present.
-
My father was on the Judiciary Committee all 18 years. He had a good personal relationship with Jim Eastland. They probably didn't agree on practically anything, or very little, from a public policy standpoint. But they were willing to work through that to see what they could get done just because they knew each other and liked each other.
-
I started my entire journey as an indie artist. Ownership has its benefits and it's just about putting in the work. I'm just working.
-
I can't tell you how many times I quit only to realize that when the work has been your life, you don't really have a life without it.
