“My core goal as an artist is to deconstruct the idea of working, of effort because we are raised to believe that great works of art require suffering.”— Seth Meyers, Dimo, Fred Armisen, imdb.com
“You pay for a motel room; you expect a TV to work.”— John Mulaney, Bill Hader, Don Lentile, Fred Armisen, imdb.com
“Feedback shouldn’t be rare, or reserved for a Big Deal Meeting with a box of tissues carefully placed on the table between you.”— Alison Green, thecut.com
“Taking your advice. Working on being more honest.”— Rayna McClendon, Willie Lewis, Luke Tennie, imdb.com
“This is what happens when you work to change things, and first they think you're crazy, then they fight you, and then all of a sudden you change the world.”— Elizabeth Holmes, businessinsider.com
“That’s part of what you’re being paid for — to get along reasonably well with people even if you don’t like them, to be reasonably pleasant to work with, and to regulate what emotions you display.”— Alison Green, askamanager.org
“Much like you often just 'know' when you’ve found the love of your life, it’s possible to 'know' when you’ve found your work soulmate, too.”— Isabelle Kohn, melmagazine.com
“If valuing money over time is making us sad and paranoid, how do we stop?”— Charlotte Cowles, thecut.com
“Work should be personal. For all of us. Not just for the artist and the entrepreneur. Work should have meaning for the accountant, the construction worker, the technologist, the manager, and the clerk.”— Howard Schultz, amazon.com
“Work the volunteer gig that makes you happy, and eat lots of ramen. Consider it an investment in the future. If that’s not working for you, you can always go back to being a working stiff.”— Cheryl Strayed, therumpus.net
“Actually, kids work harder than adults. But only if you treat them like adults.”— Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni, Akira Kurosawa, Heihachi Hayashida, Minoru Chiaki, imdb.com
“Once I did that hard work, life opened up in a way that I never could have expected.”— Mandy Moore, bustle.com
“If there are people who like the work you’ve done, because of that, they like you and want your autograph and to take a photo, that’s really gratifying. You have to be appreciative.”— Stan Lee, usatoday.com
“Dwight Schrute: Big changes coming to the old desk clump. No longer a Pam-Jim alliance against Dwight. Now it is Dwight and a friend axis against Pam. Jim Halpert: You could've just called that an alliance too, right? Dwight Schrute: I chose my words very carefully.”— Bryan Cranston, Dwight Schrute, Rainn Wilson, imdb.com