Work Quotes (13110 quotes)

Picture of quotation author Chris Zylka
„My mentor Jon Simmons introduced me to the Stanislavski system, which is so heavy on back-story. So you write and write and write these back stories about a character and then you throw it away. So then on set, if it doesn't come, then you didn't do your work.“
― Chris Zylka ―
Picture of quotation author Stefan Zweig
„Never can the innate power of a work be hidden or locked away. A work of art can be forgotten by time; it can be forbidden and rejected but the elemental will always prevail over the ephemeral.“
― Stefan Zweig ―
Picture of quotation author Alan Zweibel
„My job is to put words together and tell a story. If that doesn't work for you, it's not a war crime.“
― Alan Zweibel ―
Picture of quotation author Markus Zusak
„I like to tell students, 'I didn't burst on to the literary scene.' I'm never good at things at the beginning. I was terrible at the start. I need to work and work.“
― Markus Zusak ―
Picture of quotation author Markus Zusak
„Every time you find something that doesn't work, you're a step closer to what does work.“
― Markus Zusak ―
Picture of quotation author Ayelet Zurer
„I've always had questions about how things work and why it was that way. From all kinds of perspectives, from the physical to the spiritual.“
― Ayelet Zurer ―
Picture of quotation author Mark Zupan
„Playing college soccer was going to be the top of my athletic feats. I wasn't going to the Olympics. I was a decent player, but it's because of hard work, not because I was Freddy Adu. I wouldn't have a medal from the Olympics if I wasn't in a chair. I wouldn't have gone to the Olympics and experienced the whole atmosphere.“
― Mark Zupan ―
Picture of quotation author Peter Zumthor
„I can't be bought with money. If someone calls me and asks me to work for them for three or four years, and they'll pay me well to build their vacation home, I ask myself why I should work three or four years on something like that.“
― Peter Zumthor ―
Picture of quotation author Peter Zumthor
„I design for the use of a building and the place and for the people who use it... the reputation for arrogance comes because when work is offered to me, I look whether I can find a genuine interest in quality.“
― Peter Zumthor ―
Picture of quotation author Peter Zumthor
„I work anywhere between three and 10 years on a project, depending on the size. My lifetime is finite. Therefore, I have to look carefully at how many projects I want to put into my lifetime.“
― Peter Zumthor ―
Picture of quotation author Peter Zumthor
„I need a close contact to the client, whoever it is, and a commitment of the client to go out and do a process together. I want to do the best for him. I need his respect and his patience. I want to work with a sophisticated person who's interested in a good building and not in my name.“
― Peter Zumthor ―
Picture of quotation author Peter Zumthor
„Architecture to me is whole. I cannot say I only care about this 25% and the other 75% I let go... it's just I want to work the way I want to work. In my shop, you can order certain things and other things you cannot. They are not available.“
― Peter Zumthor ―
Picture of quotation author Peter Zumthor
„I think the chance of finding beauty is higher if you don't work on it directly. Beauty in architecture is driven by practicality. This is what you learn from studying the old townscapes of the Swiss farmers.“
― Peter Zumthor ―
Picture of quotation author Peter Zumthor
„I work a little bit like a sculptor. When I start, my first idea for a building is with the material. I believe architecture is about that. It's not about paper, it's not about forms. It's about space and material.“
― Peter Zumthor ―
Picture of quotation author Mortimer Zuckerman
„Americans cannot maintain their essential faith in government if there are two Americas, in which the private sector's work subsidizes the disproportionate benefits of this new public sector elite.“
Picture of quotation author Andrew Zuckerman
„The work that I feel is most authentically mine is the one that is my first reaction, the first thing that feels like the truth. In aggregate, those choices, those series of decisions, create your point of view, your visual language.“
Picture of quotation author Mark Zuckerberg
„The companies that work are the ones that people really care about and have a vision for the world so do something you like.“
― Mark Zuckerberg ―
Picture of quotation author Mark Zuckerberg
„In terms of doing work and in terms of learning and evolving as a person, you just grow more when you get more people's perspectives... I really try and live the mission of the company and... keep everything else in my life extremely simple.“
― Mark Zuckerberg ―
Picture of quotation author David Zucker
„I would love to work with Adam Sandler. Because then all I'd have to do is just turn the camera on and off.“
― David Zucker ―
Picture of quotation author Shoshana Zuboff
„As information technology restructures the work situation, it abstracts thought from action.“
― Shoshana Zuboff ―

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