Work Quotes

“A committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours.”

“Men are not born to rot in idleness, but to be employed in works of magnificence and excellence.”

“Work is not man's punishment. It is his reward and his strength and his pleasure.”

“Play, that you may be serious.”

“I’m a firm believer in the theory that people only do their best work when they’re right up against it.”

“Work is the most fun you can have without laughing.”

“A man can be an artist at anything.... It is the spirit of the man in his work that makes him an artist.”

“Cruise directing is the best job in the world. I get to make people happy every day.”

“When you are in a room and your job is to write jokes, it is not a laughing matter.”

“There's no free lunch, and you have to do your homework.”

“You have to love what you do to want to do it everyday.”

“A mad, keen photographer needs to get out into the world and work and make pictures.”

“The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes.”

“Business is more exciting than any game.”

“For it is not in doing what you like, but in liking what you do that is the secret of happiness.”

“I've been lucky to work with people who are not monsters.”

“The morrow of laziness is doubtful.”

“I've never been someone who's been given a lot of money.”

“Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.”

“The busy bee has no time for sorrow.”