“Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance?”
Working quotes
531 working quotes, film quotes, movie lines, taglines-
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“You know, the finest line a man will walk is between success at work and success at home.”
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“I don't think you pick your projects; you fall in love with them.”
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“Always be smarter than the people who hire you.”
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“Anyone who works is a fool. I don't work - I merely inflict myself upon the public.”
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“Anyone can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at the moment.”
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“The biggest challenge in New Orleans has been to find a worker who can climb a ladder after lunch.”
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“We have a lot of work to do, crying is not on the list.”
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I remember I sat down with him once and I said, "Forrest, surely there's an easier way for somebody in your position to make a living." And he looked at me and he said, "Brother, I'm not talking about making a living. I'm just talking about... living."
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“I'm all about supporting anyone whose art is also the way they make their living.”
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“- Eric Stanton: I made it clear to you when I took this job. You can't tie me down. Cramps my style. I always work best when a certain feeling comes over me, and right now I haven't got it.
- Joe Ellis: [under his breath] Genius!
- Professor Madley: Eric my boy, you're an artist. You have my sympathy. And a bus ticket on the firm.” -
“Most men who become actors do so either because, like myself, they couldn't get a job at anything else or because, as I firmly believe, they are attracted by the prospect of long mornings in bed.”
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“- Squaw: Squaw get them firewood!
- Wendy Darling: Squaw no get them firewood! Squaw go home!”
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“- Papo: You guys sure killed a lot of people for a little money.
- Gill: People? Who gives a fuck about people like that? Or people like you for that matter.
- Papo: Oh, I get it. Dealers of death. Who cares about people that sells drugs to eight-year-olds? Hey man, you expect them to work at Burger King making 3.75 an hour? I pay them 200...” (continue) (continue reading) -
“You're gonna work days, and you're gonna work nights, and you're gonna work between time when I think you need it.”
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“There's always work at the post office.”
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“From now on you're working for me. Most of you know how I operate. If you don't, read the papers and find out!”
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“- Stu: So you're an actor?
- The Caller: Yes, one of your pathetic failed ones. You don't have to come find me and ruin me, I can't get work as it is. I've done some off-Broadway, some off-Manhattan, but that dried up. Now I wait tables, clean toilets, anything I can to make the rent. I'm a walking cliché.”
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“Where is Mr. Disney? I should so much like to get this started and finished as briskly as is humanly possible.”
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“Work hard, lad, and one day, your life will be as solid as this very building!”
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