Great Work Quotes

I know that an author must be brave enough to chop away clinging tentacles of good taste for the sake of a great work. But this is no great work, you see.

until you learn that an artist cannot afford to scorn any phase of life that is human, you will never do great work.

NFL cheerleading is harder than most people think. They train up to six hours every day with games on Sundays. They gave me a great work ethic.

The first great work (a task performed by few) Is that yourself may to yourself be true.

If you get into a Broadway show and it doesn't work, you're a failure. And if it does work, you may be stuck for who knows how long. It just doesn't sound great to me!

I'm kind of a failure. I mean, I'll be honest. I'm successful in that I'm getting to work on great stuff, but I think I'm a failure in all the personal stuff that is most important to me.

If you look around, complacency is the great disease of your autumn years, and I work hard to prevent that.

All My Children taught me a great work ethic; you work so hard on a soap opera! It is a good way to start in the business, get success without getting a big head and learn your craft.

All My Children' taught me a great work ethic; you work so hard on a soap opera!

I've written some great things. That's a gift, but there's consequences. Yeah, you get this great work, but you suffer. You really, really suffer.

Let the Saints remember that great things depend on their individual exertion, and that they are called to be co-workers with us and the Holy Spirit in accomplishing the great work of the last days

Literature has done great work for feminism - writing and reading are a practice of empathy - and great literature will continue to do so.

all great people are humble because great people have great work and are humbled by the largeness of their dreams.

I never feel like I've done good enough. That's why I'm always so excited about working because I gotta keep pushing myself to do better work, to do great work.

Saying, have a great work-out is like saying, I hope you pull something.

I would love to work with Guillermo del Toro and J.J. Abrams. I think they are creative geniuses that are constantly producing great work, and they're two people that I would just love to work with.

I suppose I get a lot of questions about Tiger. But Tiger Woods is a tremendous talent. He plays well. He has a great work ethic. He's probably as talented of a golfer as anyone who's ever played.

You can do crap work in a big movie, and it does good things. You can do great work in a movie no one sees, it does nothing. That's the way it goes.

Turkey, Japan do great work because they can keep under control their little personal selfishness, egoism, jealousy, etc. when they get down to work.

Reading poetry and reading the great works of the canon that we were reading in the '60s and the '70s and '80s was mind altering.

I am the people the mob the crowd the mass. Do you know that all the great work of the world is done through me?

I did some great work with my Calvin Klein ads on the motorcycle. It was really groundbreaking because people hadn't seen a woman actually riding a motorcycle before.

I think all the knowledge and all the travels that I've done, I'm going to do a lot of great work in the future.

A great work of art is one that continues to repay attention.

My theatrical background was in the great work of the South African playwright Athol Fugard.

I know writers for whom the act of writing is a necessary chore. They suffer to write great work. I am very lucky that for me writing is a delight.

James Joyce buried himself in his great work. _Finnegan's Wake_ is his monument and his tombstone. A dead end.

The great works belong to no one nation, no one cultural tradition even. They are universal.

Ingenious philosophers tell you, perhaps, that the great work of the steam-engine is to create leisure for mankind. Do not believe them; it only creates a vacuum for eager thought to rush in.

It was great working with Kevin Smith - just a dream.

I'm not a popular actor. I don't necessarily want to be famous. I want to be known for great work. I want to be known to surprise audiences.

It's great working with directors and with somebody else's vision.

I want my whole life to be a great work of art, not just my art. And that means paying attention to my entire life and trying to make sure my whole life is balanced.

Great works of the imagination are not produced quickly nor do they take quick effect on the popular mind.

I don't think I'm craving any more fame. But success and being recognized for making great work all around the world, I think it's a great thing.

That's the happiest I am, when I'm doing great work.

Acting is kind of a calling for me so I'm just happy to be there and do great work.

There is no such thing as great work without longevity.

We're being very good team players here and very happy we've got a great working relationship with Reince Priebus and the RNC. They've been spectacular to us.

I think it's important to do great work.

We goofed around a lot and acted silly. It was great working with Mark Wahlberg too. Some off scenes I had with him I was terrified to do, but he was great.

Great works of art are only great because they are accessible and comprehensible to everyone.

Political correctness sometimes does great work when it helps equalize the playing field when it comes to language, but it does a great disservice when it tries to silence a person of color.

When God contemplates some great work, He begins it by the hand of some poor, weak, human creature, to whom He afterwards gives aid.

I think that China has many outstanding authors, and their great works should also be recognised by the world.

Committing great work does not necessarily feed you.

There's definitely a wave of Brits doing great work on American television, and I wouldn't mind being one of them!

Ridley Scott's company makes great work in whatever arena, whether it's movies or commercials or television. They just do really quality stuff, so you know it's going to be quality.

I am especially indebted to a 10th grade English teacher who encouraged me to read great works of literature.

The instinct to produce great work doesn't require a fancy notebook.