Quotes about Back to Work

Once you decide to work for yourself, you never go back to work for somebody else. Votes: 7

In my view, we need a massive federal jobs program which puts millions of our people back to work. We must end our disastrous trade policies. We need to raise the minimum wage to a living wage. And we have to fight for pay equity for women. Votes: 6

Get back to work you slacker or you're fired. Votes: 5

Since 2010, America has put more people back to work than Europe, Japan, and all advanced economies combined. Votes: 5

Rest when you're weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then get back to work. Votes: 5

I won and I get to scream and jump a little. But I got to go back to work tomorrow. Votes: 5

Women were going back to work, they were assuming their own power. They didn't have time to sit under the dryer. Votes: 5

I think I'm going to spend some time learning how to be a first-time mom, and then I'll go back to work. Votes: 5

They never pay the slaves enough so they can get free, just enough so they can stay alive and come back to work. Votes: 5

Politicians in Washington and Madison aren't hearing, aren't listening to their constituents and prioritizing getting people back to work and growing our economy. Votes: 5

I ran right back to work. My back was just destroyed after pregnancy. I almost had to have surgery, until I did Pilates and rebuilt my body. Votes: 5

We can support Barack Obama because he's committed to putting America back to work with good jobs - and he proved it by saving the auto industry. Votes: 5

We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work, they have the talent to put those men back to work. Votes: 5

The time I'm not spending with my kid has to be worth it, so when I sat down with my agents after I was ready to go back to work, I told them: It's all about the directors. Votes: 5

When I go to where I was getting excellent parts in movies I may have taken a few too soon, too anxious to go back to work and to anxious to make another film and to succeed more. Votes: 5

I get up every morning and think, today I'm going to make a difference. Today I'm going to end capitalism. Today I'm going to make a revolution. I go to bed every night disappointed but I'm back to work tomorrow, and that's the only way you can do it. Votes: 5

I obviously take a lot of pride in what I do on the football field, because that has the ability to influence a lot of people. That puts smiles on people's faces. That gives people a pep in their step on Monday morning when they go back to work. Votes: 5

If I make a movie that has a whole bunch of music in it, I get to listen to the music all day long, and I don't have to say, 'Well, I gotta go back to work and I gotta stop listening to the music.' I get to listen to music and go to work. Votes: 5

There are women who literally squeeze a baby out of their bodies or get cut open in major surgery, have a human being, the next generation of the human race pulled from their bodies, and within a couple of weeks have to go back to work, because if they don't, they can't pay their bills. Something's wrong with that. Votes: 5

In my mind I first felt like, Oh, I'll be back to work right after the babies are born. But then you don't want to. Even now, it's very difficult for me to leave them in the morning. It just tortures me. I'm like, It's been hours; are they wondering where I am? Do they know that I love them so much and I'm thinking only about them? Votes: 5

Often the best way to relax is just to go back to work. Votes: 4

With The Simpsons you can go back to work with a keen heart. Votes: 4

I went back to work because someone had to pay for the groceries. Votes: 4

My job is to get people back to work and make tough decisions. I've been willing to do it. Votes: 4

We need to continue investing in the programs that put Americans back to work in communities like Clark County. Votes: 4

My job is to give everyone a chance to catch their breath and step back from all this and get back to work. Votes: 4

I know that I wouldn't mind going back to work if I could find the right script and the right crew to work with. Votes: 4

Let's get back to work and make another run at it! Votes: 3

Torture yourself about your failures. And then get back to work. Votes: 3

I'm just trying to suppress my natural impulses and get back to work. Votes: 3

Get back to work all of you! I'm not running a happy factory here. Votes: 3

Let's get unemployed Americans off the welfare and back to work in their own country. Votes: 3

I hate Sunday, I can't wait for Monday so I can go back to work again. Votes: 3

Enough of this foreign fiasco distraction. Get back to work. It is time to bomb Obamacare. Votes: 3

The employees of the year, yeah we back to work. I took time off, while other rappers got jerked. Votes: 3

The time has come for a public-private community partnership to fix this country and put it back to work. Votes: 3

It's all about... getting back up and getting back to work and striving to be the best you can be. Votes: 3

How to make money from Facebook and Twitter: (1) Go to 'Account Settings' (2) Click 'Deactivate your account' (3) Go back to work! Votes: 3

What I need is a search engine that, no matter what I type in, comes back with GO BACK TO WORK. Votes: 3

I had to get back to work. NBC has me under contract. The baby and I only have a verbal agreement. Votes: 3

I'm praying we don't go to war with Iraq. If we do, I may have to go back to work earlier. Votes: 3

Change words like difficult/impossible/unrealistic to words like challenging/fun/daring/exciting, and then get back to working/playing/competing/winning Votes: 3

I've read somewhere that when you're writing, you should stop while you're doing well so you always want to go back to work. Votes: 3

I'm not resigning, and I'm going to try very hard to go back to work a better man and a better husband too. Votes: 3

We need a national infrastructure bank to rebuild our crumbling highways and water and sewer systems, thereby putting additional people back to work. Votes: 3

I can take a week's vacation - maybe a week and a half - but after that, I'm itching to go back to work. Votes: 3

States get to improve transportation infrastructure; that creates economic development, puts people back to work and, most important, enhances safety and improves local communities. Votes: 3

It's nice to get off the couch, throw the clothes on, add a little make-up and go back to work, every once in a while. Votes: 3

Once when I was working for the Daily News, I was summoned back to work from vacation because Donald Trump announced he was getting a divorce. Votes: 3

Someone once told me that every minute a murder occurs, so I don't want to waste your time, I know you want to go back to work. Votes: 3

But all over Ohio - all over America - men and women are going back to work with the pride of building something stamped 'Made in America. Votes: 3

I need to get back to work,” Patch said. He gave me a once-over that lingered a bit below the hips. “Killer skirt. Deadly legs. Votes: 3

But all over Ohio - all over America - men and women are going back to work with the pride of building something stamped 'Made in America.' Votes: 3

It occurred to me that anyway one more Sunday was over that Maman was buried now, that I was going back to work, and that, really, nothing had changed. Votes: 3

Sadly, my hobby is what I do for work, so I don't go off and go fishing. I go home and veg, and then I go back to work. Votes: 3

I'm getting fat... because my size, I put on 20 or 30 pounds, it doesn't show very much... I'm thinking about going back to work out in a very short time. Votes: 3

Republicans are not going to play I-told-you-so, but it is pretty obvious that the tax reductions passed in 2003 helped Americans dig out of a recession and get back to work. Votes: 3

We have been blessed with a healthy, growing economy, with more Americans going back to work, and with our Nation acting as a positive force for good in the world. Votes: 3

I moved my hand in and out of the shadow and pondered life and death. Then I put on my lipstick, pulled up my pants, and got back to work. Votes: 3

We need fresh, new leadership with bold ideas and a new approach to get more people back to work with quality jobs and restored dignity in the lives of our Utahns. Votes: 3

I enjoy going back to work now because cinema is going through an exciting period because young people are now going back to the movie theaters. But things are different though. Votes: 3

Politicians - in both political parties - spend too much money. And they forget to focus on what matters most: fixing the economic mess they created and putting people back to work. Votes: 3

This really is a merger of equals. I wouldn't have come back to work for anything less than this fantastic opportunity. This lets me combine my two great loves - technology and biscuits. Votes: 3

This really is a merger of equals. I wouldn't have come back to work for anything less than this fantastic opportunity. This lets me combine my two great loves - technology and biscuits. Votes: 3

Look at Gwyneth Paltrow and my favourite, Kate Winslet. No one ever says, 'Oh, she's making a comeback.' To my mind, I just went on maternity leave and reported back to work. Votes: 3

When you finish for the day, write a note reminding yourself of what you plan to do next. This helps you to remember today's great idea when you get back to work tomorrow. Votes: 3

For me, family is life. The decision to start one wasn't complex at all. My career has been wonderful, but it's not my life. I don't feel pressure to get back to work. Votes: 3

We need to focus on getting people back to work, focus on jobs, the economy, the debt and the spending. That's what will improve the quality of life for American families and for hard-working taxpayers. Votes: 3

The best way to have your people be happy and satisfied is to earn the right to have them come back to work for you the next day, knowing that there are tons of other places. Votes: 3

Well, I needed the work - that's the honest answer. I haven't worked for a while, a couple of years. So I thought it would be nice to get back to work and earn some money. Votes: 3

When I was 21 I stopped and got married. I tried for a while to be the perfect wife, society this, society that but it wasn't working, so after about a year I went back to work. Votes: 3

A month after the scandal broke, I tried to go back to work at the pharmaceutical company after a leave of absence. But because of all the publicity and resulting pressure and stress, I finally resigned. Votes: 3

If I leave my computer, I'm probably not going to get back for hours. If I take a few minutes to answer questions and go web surfing, then guilt kicks in and I get back to work. Votes: 3

The Keystone Pipeline is one common-sense step in the right direction to help put more people back to work, reduce prices at the pump, and position our nation for greater energy security now and in the future. Votes: 3

Every day is like Halloween or Christmas eve for me. I go to bed, and I'm so excited to get back to work. I'm very lucky that I have a career like that 'cause not many people do. Votes: 3

It's almost a cliche that great Silicon Valley entrepreneurs don't go sit on a beach when they make a lot of money; they get back to work building another company or at least investing in other people's companies. Votes: 3

I look forward to standing shoulder to shoulder with Speaker Boehner, Leader Cantor, Whip McCarthy and the entire republican conference as we repeal Obamacare, fight rampant job killing regulations, cut spending and help put folks back to work. Votes: 3

I don't think we need to extend unemployment any further without paying for it, and without making some modifications such as turning it into a loan at some point. It then encourages people to go back to work. Votes: 3

I want to abolish tags like 'comeback' and 'retirement' that are used to define every married female actor. What is the big deal? In Hollywood, every top actor takes a break, has children, and gets back to work. Votes: 3

Many counties in Maryland are above the average unemployment rate for both Maryland and the United States. We need representation in Congress who will make creating jobs the No. 1 priority so the people of Maryland can get back to work. Votes: 3

I am announcing my resignation from Congress so my colleagues can get back to work, my neighbors can choose a new representative and most importantly that my wife and I can continue to heal from the damage I have caused. Votes: 3

The welfare system was designed to do something different when it was started than what it does now. It was a safety net to help people get back to work: if they were sick, it would help them get back. Votes: 3

We always have dinner together as a family - even when our schedules are totally hectic. I inherited that from my mom, who would come home from her ad agency job to eat with us before going back to work. Votes: 3

I'm a huge cinemaphile. My interest in filmmaking came out of experimenting with different genres, and I wanted to go back to working in a way that was more personal, which, for me, was artwork. Commercials and films are more collaborative. Votes: 3

Personally, I've always known that I wanted to go back to work because I'm confident, and I'm certain that my daughter will have a better mother in me if I'm doing the things that I'm excited about and that I'm passionate about. Votes: 3

If an employee told you he had the flu, you'd send him home. If an employee told you he was feeling anxious, you'd probably tell him to get back to work. But the emotion is just as contagious as a flu virus. Votes: 3

I have always been pushed by the negative. The apparent failure of a play sends me back to my typewriter that very night, before the reviews are out. I am more compelled to get back to work than if I had a success. Votes: 3

Besides buying a mansion or something, everything I wanted I always got. I'm just ready to invest it and save it. Otherwise, life can hit you, but you can't go back to working at Home Depot. That's why I always just be stacking. Votes: 3

Today's misery is real unemployment, home foreclosures and bankruptcies. This is the Obama Misery Index and its at a record high. Its going to take more than new rhetoric to put Americans back to work - its going to take a new president. Votes: 3

There are certain things that Americans expect their government to do. Our infrastructure is vitally important. Putting people back to work with construction is important. Our roads, our bridges, our sewers, our waterways, our dams - this is what makes our country so special. Votes: 3

As a tennis player, you have to get used to losing every week. Unless you win the tournament, you always go home as a loser. But you have to take the positive out of a defeat and go back to work. Improve to fail better. Votes: 3

The greatest testimony to the human spirit that I'm witnessing now is the fact that people still come back to work, after all that has been done to them. They are still willing to participate for a more positive future if they would be sincerely invited. Votes: 3

And so whether it's failing to move forward on the Dream Act, failing to move forward on putting teachers back to work, failing to do all the things we could do right now to help the economy and middle class, this Congress is just saying no. Votes: 3

Short term, the most important thing is to put people back to work ... If they're working, that means they're paying taxes, that means that they're buying goods and services - and the economy, instead of being on a downward spiral, starts back up on an upward spiral. Votes: 3

I was brought up bilingual, but there came a point where my mom went back to work and I got a white babysitter, so sadly I lost it. Now I can understand Spanish and put words together, but I don't speak it fluently. I'm ashamed of that. Votes: 3

It's such a weird thing to try to plan a baby around a TV season. There's a three-month or four-month window in the summertime to have a baby and hang out with it a little bit before hopefully going back to work, so we were just very lucky. Votes: 3

It's about being able to go through the grind, willing to get back up when you're knocked down. And when life's not going well, not getting down on yourself and just getting back up and getting back to work, and striving to be the best you can be. Votes: 3

It's critical - that the people that are benefiting today from Medicare and Social Security that they not see benefit reductions. It's awfully hard to tell someone who might be 82, that they've gotta go back to work, because their benefits are gonna be chopped. That's not gonna happen. Votes: 3

Society has not been set up in a way that allows women to go back to work after taking time off. Many women now have to work as well as do everything at home and no one can do everything. Society needs to find a way of relieving women. Votes: 3

I took a little break - I was coming back to work and the last thing I was going to do was take a step backwards, so I knew that if I was going to take a feature it was going to have to be taking a step forward. Votes: 3

I have a sense of urgency, of time. I am a woman and am always running between work, doctors' appointments, school meetings, filling up the fridge, then going back to work. Like everyone who combines professional and family life, I am always doing several things at the same time. Votes: 3

Our son is in school now. You know, he's six-and-a-half and so a big chunk of the day is taken up by school. So I'm hoping that I'll be able to certainly take him to school in the morning, maybe pick him up in the afternoon and come back to work. Votes: 3

When I've gone back to work, it's always with that sense of inevitability. That may be a complete delusion, but it's the one that I need to get out of bed and go about my business. That sense that I can't avoid this thing. I better just get on with it. Votes: 3

As the U.S. did during the Space Race, we must invest in our businesses and intellect to ensure America leads the clean energy economy of the future. As we all know, the best way to reduce our deficit and bring down our debt is by putting Americans back to work. Votes: 3

After the success of 'August,' there were people saying I should change my life. And maybe I should have bought a yacht and traveled the world instead of returning to Steppenwolf to act in and write plays. But I'm from the Midwest, and that's what we do: We go back to work. Votes: 3

I don't know why people think that somehow the First Amendment applies to network television. It doesn't. It's like the way free speech does t apply at work. You can't just walk into your boss office and say you're a fuckface and I'm gonna go back to work now.' No, you're not Votes: 3

What scares me the most is that both the poker bot and Dropbox started out as distractions. That little voice in my head was telling me where to go, and the whole time I was telling it to shut up so I could get back to work. Sometimes that little voice knows best. Votes: 3

I feel like I'm a stay-at-home mom, which I was for the five years before this. She's absolutely been my focus. That's the choice I made. Desperate Housewives is perfect for me. I get to go back to work and still be able to take my daughter to school and pick her up. Votes: 3

What the mayors care about is, 'How can I get money to invest in the infrastructure in my city? How do we put people back to work, lower the unemployment rate, provide for job training programs? How do we make class sizes smaller and make investments in our children from an education standpoint?' Votes: 3

When some Republican governors asked to try new ways to put people on welfare back to work, the Obama Administration said they would only do it if they had a credible plan to increase employment by 20%. You hear that? More work. So the claim that President Obama weakened welfare reform's work requirement is just not true. Votes: 3

For many women, going back to work a few months after having a baby is overwhelming and unmanageable. As strange as it may seem, things get even more difficult for a working mom after the second and third baby arrive. By that time, the romance of being a modern 'superwoman' wears off and reality sets in. Votes: 3

Maternity leave is over for Tina Fey of Saturday Night Live. She'll be back behind the Weekend Update anchor desk for this week's episode, her first show since giving birth to daughter Alice on Sept. 10. I had to get back to work, .. NBC has me under contract; the baby and I have only a verbal agreement. Votes: 3

I made a lot of money. I earned a lot of money with CNN and satellite and cable television. And you can't really spend large sums of money, intelligently, on buying things. So I thought the best thing I could do was put some of that money back to work - making an investment in the future of humanity. Votes: 3

I'm fighting for small businesses. I'm not fighting for big oil. Don't be confused. And there are thousands of businesses in this state that are at great risk. Meanwhile, the country keeps guzzling the oil, but we're out of work down here. We need to get back to work to build this region, and we intend to do so. Votes: 3

So when folks talk about the deficit and leaving the deficit for our children, we will never get out of debt had this country until people get back to work, until they have good-paying jobs, and in between times, we will not move this economy forward until we are helping people be able to keep going in this recession. Votes: 3

I think one thing we went through was common to a lot of people: You work your whole life to achieve something, then you achieve it and find out that you still have good days and bad days. So you start thinking, 'Is that all there is?' After a while you calm down and get back to work. Votes: 3

Until you go through with it yourself, you simply can't imagine it. But it is the transition of going back to work and the guilt of how much time you spend with your child that's hard. I worry about not getting back in time for bath-time. I am not a neurotic person at all, but every time the mobile rings, my stomach leaps. Votes: 3

Over the years I always did some water colors, and I did a series of pictures of drawings. I always did it during a period of time that was slow in the photo business, but in essence it was always frustrating because I'd get started, and then it would be time to get back to work and I wouldn't get anywhere with the painting. Votes: 3

Young men keep telling me they don't 'have it all' either. And they may have a point. But if you define 'having it all' as the opportunity to have a successful career and a family, I'd say this. When a man tells his coworkers he's going to have a child, no one asks him how he'll manage or if he'll be coming back to work. Votes: 3

I miss family and friends, and I'd like to get back to work more in Scotland, and do more things like theatre and 'Red Road.' But over here you have the beach and the mountains and the climate. A lot of people diss L.A. as being all tinsel town, fake this and fake that, but a place is only as good as the people you know. Votes: 3

I wonder, she saidDoes this castle have a moat?A group of servants were busy emptying the privy buckets into the moat when they were startled by a sudden drawn-out cry. They looked up in time see a scarlet-and-gold clad figure sail out of a first-story window, turn over once and then land with an enormus splash in the dark, rancid waters. They shrugged and went back to work. Votes: 3

I want to come back in 2017 if things work well. Votes: 2

I'd like to work on putting art programs back in schools. Votes: 2

I write books back to back, and I work very hard on them. Votes: 2

Bring diversity back to agriculture. That's what made it work in the first place. Votes: 2

I'm in great shape, back-in-my-football-days shape. I've worked hard to get to this point. Votes: 2

I was never afraid to go back to Pittsburgh and work in the steel mills. Votes: 2

I went back to film work after Dobie. I went back to film work after Dobie. Votes: 2

Divorce is brutal and horrible and... you have to actively work to get your life back on track. Votes: 2

I never wanted to look back on my career and be embarrassed about work that I chose to do. Votes: 2

I need something to fall back on if fame doesn't work. I'll have to become an economist or something. Votes: 2

I would like to work with anyone in the business who wants to give respect back to the Jamaican vibe. Votes: 2

I like writing. I get cranky when I can't. Yes, I write books back to back, and I work very hard on them. Votes: 2

My father worked real hard. I admired him. My father taught me you needed to work with your brain and not your back. I've made that a passion. Votes: 2

Start at the end and work back. Votes: 0

We must bring back dignity to hard work. Votes: 0

I always come back around. I make it work. Votes: 0

If you love the work, it will love you back. Votes: 0

Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity. Votes: 0

I'm officially going back to eating clean and my daily work out. Votes: 0

Back to work. If I'm [writing] I'm not thinking about the crazy. Votes: 0

Pop doesn't really look back. It can't. What makes pop work is simplicity. Votes: 0

Being a teacher is back-breakingly difficult work. It is also extremely important work. Votes: 0

The idea of dying and coming back is what makes the Halloween films work. Votes: 0

I love life. I'm fascinated by human behavior because that feeds back into my work. Votes: 0

Back off, boys. You don't want to mess with an out-of-work secretary. We're real testy. Votes: 0

I work in a "you scratch my back, and I'll stab yours" kind of a place. Votes: 0

My character and personality is today and tomorrow; I do not work well remembering further back. Votes: 0

Bring your work back to the workshop twenty times. Polish it continuously, and polish it again. Votes: 0

I work my back 'til it's racked with pain, the boss can't even recall my name. Votes: 0

My mother always said I should have a back-up profession if the acting doesn't work out. Votes: 0

If you don't back it up with performance and hard work, talking doesn't mean a thing. Votes: 0

If this whole writing thing doesn't work out, I'll be getting right back on the pole. Votes: 0

I'm continuing to work hard, not without periods of discouragement, but my strength comes back again. Votes: 0

It's true that every day away from work requires two more days to get back into it. Votes: 0

I don't see myself going back to blonde outside of work though. I really like the red. Votes: 0

Let us work towards not only bringing civility back in style, but ultimately making it a lifestyle. Votes: 0

Work hard, play hard, dream big, love loads, laugh as much as you can, and give back. Votes: 0

It's not the increasing competition; it's going back to real work that most of us complain about. Votes: 0

We never can just stop time. Or take moments back. Life doesn't work that way, does it? Votes: 0

I'm back into fashion which is great! Because they do all the terrible work of production for me. Votes: 0

I'm essentially a jobbing actor. If I'm out of work, I'll be the back end of a donkey. Votes: 0

It would be very ungrateful of me to turn my back or stop doing work in Latin America. Votes: 0

Why are fish unsustainable? Because they're popular. What makes restaurants work? Popular dishes that people come back for. Votes: 0

In the end, no matter how much you love your work, your work will not love you back. Votes: 0

I love carelessly, live respectfully, speak intelligently, work passionately, trust recklessly, get hurt easily and bounce back effortlessly. Votes: 0

As an actor, I never go back and look at my work, anyway. The satisfaction comes in the doing. Votes: 0

I put all of my time into art because I couldn't go back to Jersey and work at Starbucks. Votes: 0

I will bring lots of studies back with me so I can work on some big things at home. Votes: 0

Every rejection is incremental payment on your dues that in some way will be translated back into your work. Votes: 0

I'm trying to be really synced. It goes back to the idea that, ultimately, the reward is the work. Votes: 0

It's nice we work in a place where you're allowed to keep coming back to have new experiences together. Votes: 0

I'm always inspired by people who raise the bar, whether in their field of work, parenthood, or giving back. Votes: 0

May hard work, and justice, always cement our bonds of unity that we may get our country back to production. Votes: 0

Work hard, play fair, be kind to all living creatures, and take a moment to just sit back and breathe. Votes: 0

WordPress, it's a complex tool; it's like the back of a digital SLR... but that doesn't work on a phone. Votes: 0

I like having my back pressed against a wall and being made to work harder so I don't embarrass myself. Votes: 0

Happiness doesn't come from commercial success but from the quality of work that you give back to your immediate community. Votes: 0

There are a million ways to lose a work day, but not even a single way to get one back. Votes: 0

Sometimes you work all the way through to 5am, then get a few hours and you're back on set again. Votes: 0

I look back on my life like a good day's work, it was done and I am satisfied with it. Votes: 0

I definitely want to go back to the theatre. It is hard work, it is repetitive, but it is intensely rewarding, Votes: 0

T is the work of many a dark hour, many a prayer, to bring the heart back from an infant gone. Votes: 0

I want to look back on my career and be proud of the work, and be proud that I tried everything. Votes: 0

I went back to the factories that I worked with at Jimmy Choo because they don't work for Jimmy Choo exclusively. Votes: 0

Courage, determination, and hard work are all very nice, but not so nice as an oil well in the back yard. Votes: 0

You"˜ve got to start with the customer experience and work back toward the technology - not the other way around. Votes: 0

Most of the day I work standing up, as I once read somewhere that it's the best position for the back. Votes: 0

Work to live up to your dreams and fantasies; to hell with them who ask you to come back to reality. Votes: 0

I have found in work that you only get back what you put into it, but it does come back gift-wrapped. Votes: 0

If you are mindful in your work, if you put your best effort into it, then something comes back to you. Votes: 0

In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. Votes: 0

A lot of people who work for WikiLeaks have the same instinct as me: If you are pushed you push back. Votes: 0

We have a lot of work to do in New Jersey, but I am darn proud we've brought our state back. Votes: 0

I think of my work as a kind of peeling back of the wallpaper of today to reveal the histories buried underneath. Votes: 0

I think with anything where you delve into the back story of an artist, it kind of explains their work more intimately. Votes: 0

Also remember that in any man's dark hour, a pat on the back and an earnest handclasp may work a small miracle. Votes: 0

I'm not famous for my back story investigations; I'm lucky that I work with good writers and it's usually in the script. Votes: 0

We should always choose to work with people we love. They are the ones who will watch our back and our future. Votes: 0

I try not to think too much or be too impatient, and let the back of my brain do its mysterious work. Votes: 0

Strict shopping laws mean that most German shops close on Saturday afternoons, reopening only on Monday when everybody is back at work. Votes: 0

Back in the day after I won my first pageant there was an agency that was getting me work on the side. Votes: 0

When I won the Oscar, there was something telling me 'this isn't the truth'. I had to get back to real work. Votes: 0

If the work is going well and it's something that has value with some meaning to it, it gives back a lot. Votes: 0

I'm not a guy who did drugs or drank alcohol. I had a good work ethic and gave back to the community. Votes: 0

I get work because I'm primarily a novelist but I've become script doctor. I can work back and forth between French and English. Votes: 0

I'm extremely organized. The more things I have to work on and can bounce back and forth between, the more energized I am. Votes: 0

God was havin' himself a good day when he made boobs. He must've stepped back from Eve and said, Yes ma'am! Those'll work. Votes: 0

When people make a contract with the devil and give him an air-conditioned office to work in, he doesn't go back home easily. Votes: 0

Sometimes it is best to stand back from conflict and allow other elements in someone's life to do the hard work for you. Votes: 0

I'm a goody-goody. I'm the person who sits in the back row, makes fun of the teacher, and secretly does the extra-credit work. Votes: 0

All the conductor has to do is stand back and try not to get in the way. Mozart is doing all the work. Votes: 0

We've evolved from sitting back on our tripods and shooting wildlife films like they have been shot historically, which doesn't work for us. Votes: 0

All the conductor has to do is stand back and try not to get in the way. Mozart is doing all the work." Votes: 0

Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer. Votes: 0

My work life makes much less sense now than 20 years ago. It's Humpty-Dumpty-like in a way; I can't put the pieces back together. Votes: 0

My work holds up the mirror to hypocrisy, which puts me in a tradition of American writing that reaches back to Nathaniel Hawthorne. Votes: 0

You could say that when you introduce humour to your work, you also step back a little from it. You create a distance. Votes: 0

You could say that when you introduce humour to your work, you also step back a little from it. You create a distance Votes: 0

I think all my work's been about how do women get back into our bodies; how do men get back. We're all disassociated. Votes: 0

When you lose your passion to be a WWE Superstar, there's no point in going back. It's a lot of work and sacrifice. Votes: 0

When I work for someone else, I always make money for them. When I back my own ideas, I am bound to lose. Votes: 0

It seems strange to say this, but it is true: Coming back to Vegas to work is like going on vacation for me. Votes: 0

I was a crazy guy in Hollywood back in the day, and then when I switched into theater, I got into work mode. Votes: 0

May posterity show mercy when it look back upon the work we do today. We did what we could with what we had. Votes: 0

I've been working, working, working, and you know, sometimes you look back at your work and you see that it just isn't any good. Votes: 0

Legislation that would withhold funding for the United Nations is fundamentally flawed in concept and practice, sets us back, is self-defeating, and doesn't work. Votes: 0

An artist does his most difficult work when he steps back from the blank canvas and thinks about what he is going to create. Votes: 0

I'm not really keen on comebacks. Eurythmics was an incredible thing. When I look back on that work, I feel very satisfied with it. Votes: 0

Now what do you get in the Army? Bad helmets and Basra. Your guns don't work and everyone hates you when you come back. Votes: 0

Well, the end of another busy day. I can't wait till I get back to bed. If that don't work I'll try to sleep. Votes: 0

I didn't get out of coaching to get back into it. This is my next challenge and I'm planning to work hard at it. Votes: 0

Saying I was lucky negates the hard work I put in and spits on that guy who's freezing his ass off back in Brooklyn. Votes: 0

I'm a good counter comedian. I can just work it off with looks, or have something crazy to say back. That works for me. Votes: 0

Smirking, he says, "Whatever spell you just tried to cast on me, it didn't work, so I think you need to go back to Hogwarts. Votes: 0

Isn't the drawing board the place where all the best work happens? It's not a bad thing to go back there. It's the entire point. Votes: 0

I don't repeat myself and I don't look back because everything is hard work and the only way forward is to continue to be creative. Votes: 0

I dont plan on going back to legal work. I wanted an international career, and finance seemed to be where some interesting career opportunities were. Votes: 0

I don't plan on going back to legal work. I wanted an international career, and finance seemed to be where some interesting career opportunities were. Votes: 0

Many people want to scale back their working hours as they near the end of their careers, but not necessarily to give up work altogether. Votes: 0

When we didn't succeed at healthcare reform back in 1993, 1994, I went to work with Democrats and Republicans and we created the Children's Health Insurance Program. Votes: 0

I need to figure out the secret. I need to work out how to keep things flying back to me instead of always flying away. Votes: 0

Pete Dye introduced me to golf course design back in the 1960's. He came to my hometown Columbus, Ohio to work on The Golf Club. Votes: 0

Maybe you've got the patience to work out some complicated, long-term, ironic way to get back at the people who've wronged you, but that's you. Votes: 0

The prices are ridiculous... I don't see how people can go back and forth to work or to school. How can we afford the gas? Votes: 0

Why is it that govt employees makes the best spouses? Because afterthey come back from work, they are not tired and they already readthe newspapers. Votes: 0

I'm a guy of 92kg. I haven't got the physique of someone who can work back and then sprint up front again throughout a match! Votes: 0

Sometimes I do an automatic songs, songs that you don't really think about, or work on. You just look back and it sorta surprises you. Votes: 0

You've got to work. You've got to want an audience to sit forward in their chairs sometimes, rather than sit back and be bombarded with images. Votes: 0

Writers are often alone when they work. Hours pass in silence as one long moment; light fades as day turns back to face the coming night. Votes: 0

Being is primary and doing is secondary for them. Celebration comes first and work takes a back seat in their lives. Work is preparatory to celebration. Votes: 0

It's been really exciting to work on a collaborative, creative team where we got to bounce ideas back and forth and figure out the best one. Votes: 0

If anyone hits me, they can expect to be hit back, and harder. I never turn the other cheek because in my experience that doesn't work. Votes: 0

So I moved to Europe and only came back when directors like Robert Altman would call me after they'd seen my work in Full Metal Jacket. Votes: 0

My parents really raised me with the value that it's important to give back, and I've always gravitated towards non-profits and charities that work with children. Votes: 0

I was really lucky that, through my 20s, I got to work with some amazing people, and I tried to sit back and watch and learn. Votes: 0

I'm always tinkering with something - suddenly I'll think I can work with wood, but then I'll realize I can't, so I go back to sewing. Votes: 0

The only thing at the back of my mind is longevity, and I'm really lucky that I've constantly been in work since I left drama school. Votes: 0

It's been the work that has carried me and I never wanted to rest on my laurels or go back and do what I done before. Votes: 0

My little boy (Sasha) is now one-year-old and that makes it easier for me to go back to the studio and work on creating new music. Votes: 0

We all work together to pump each other up. Before the show [Aladdin], we give each other a pound on the back, like a sports team. Votes: 0

A school out of Canberra sends me a term's worth of work. I sit on the couch by myself and complete it and send it back. Votes: 0

I really don't know the Chicago School. You see, I never walk. I always take taxis back and forth to work. I rarely see the city. Votes: 0

Every day, I come home with a spring in my step. We've got to work together to stop the Obama agenda and take this country back. Votes: 0

I adore Madrid. It's my city. If I ever move, it will only be for work. Whenever I travel, I always want to get back home. Votes: 0

All I had done for five years was work 18 hours a day all over the world. I needed to step back and distance myself from it. Votes: 0

A lot of my work with the financial and helping my workers involves taking them back to their past life and helping them to understand this past. Votes: 0

I am blessed to be able to work at a job I love and also give back in the most vital way - to people in need. Votes: 0

Christians remind me of schoolboys who want to look up the answers to their math problems in the back of the book rather than work them through. Votes: 0

I did work in a bakery for one day. But the boss went off and when he came back I was lying on the floor eating cakes. Votes: 0

... every writer I had ever known wrote his best work when he had his back up against the wall and thought he would never write another word. Votes: 0

People keep inviting me back. It's nice to work with the same people when you've had a good time previously, and this is one of those cases. Votes: 0

In my work, I construct texts and images. Between those two points the blur occurs. Each is altered by the other again and again, back and forth. Votes: 0

You can work hard to sharpen your talent, to get better at whatever it is that you do, and I think that's what it comes back to. Votes: 0

I will work with anyone that wants to get America back on track and make sure that the government is the servant and no longer the master. Votes: 0

This old notion that work is drudgery is nonsense. Most days, even back when Xerox was under siege, I could not wait to get to the office. Votes: 0

If there's a theme in my work, it's that I like to focus on smart people who are facing oppression and who are fighting back against it. Votes: 0

How did George Bensen cut 'In Your Eyes?' How did I work with the Backstreet Boys? It all comes back to 'Sometimes When We Touch.' Votes: 0

Footballers are more likely to work better if they get a pat on their back from the boss. A knife in the back is never the answer. Votes: 0

The true work of art is the one which the seventh wave of genius throws up the beach where the undertow of time cannot drag it back. Votes: 0

Looking back upon my work today, I think the best I have done grew out of things deeply felt, the worst from a pride in mere talent. Votes: 0

I don't expect to get 100 percent of what I want, but what we can't do is go back to the kind of top-down economics that doesn't work. Votes: 0

Always seek to excel yourself. Put yourself in competition with yourself each day. Each morning look back upon your work of yesterday and then try to beat it Votes: 0

A leader is someone who steps back from the entire system and tries to build a more collaborative, more innovative system that will work over the long term. Votes: 0

In terms of finding that first international recognition of my work, coming back to Cannes is such a milestone in my life because it began actually with 'Devdas'. Votes: 0

We sometimes idealize the early church and want our churches to go back to the simple, old ways. We need to carefully read the history. Harmony takes work. Votes: 0

Poverty and the rule of race that is called apartheid drive the Transkeian migrant from security on the land to work in the cities, and then back again. Votes: 0

The work itself is the reward, and if I choose challenging work, it'll pay me back with interest. At least I'll be interested, even if nobody else is. Votes: 0

Back in early 1983, my dad was tasked with keeping unions from organizing in his company's distribution centers. His work pulled him away from home for months on end. Votes: 0

I really pulled back on my career when the kids were young and my husband and I made a pact never to work while the other one was. Votes: 0

Most politicians keep close tabs on what's happening back home and work assiduously to keep lines of communications open with the political players in their states or districts. Votes: 0

When Coltrane died, a void appeared in this music that has not been filled yet. He maintained a forward motion in his work and did not look back. Votes: 0

I'm perfectly proud of the work I did, looking back at it. I know I've had a bit of a revision since my 'Big Finish' stories came out. Votes: 0

It's not that I don't enjoy other people, but what I find with writers is this back and forth. And also, there's no need to talk about work. Votes: 0

Instead of bringing it back and putting the money to work, because they can't work out a deal to - and everybody agrees it should be brought back. Votes: 0

I am not a parliamentarian. I am a politician. Some MPs leave and are itching to get back. I don't feel that. This is just a work environment. Votes: 0

All worthy work is open to interpretations the author did not intend. Art isn't your pet -- it's your kid. It grows up and talks back to you. Votes: 0

I've had to work by myself at combines before and forced myself to work out alone all the way back to high school. You have to be self-motivated. Votes: 0

You've got each other's back. I think if everyone shows up with that attitude, then everybody has a great time, and I think the work is better as well. Votes: 0

I was going to move back to Dallas, and my goal was to work at Channel 8 and be a sportscaster and cover my Cowboys and live happily ever after. Votes: 0

To be sure, no piece of social machinery, however well constructed, can be effective unless there is back of it a will and a determination to make it work. Votes: 0

It's important to travel and move and have a continual set of experiences so you've got more to feed back into your work. For me, it's a natural thing. Votes: 0

Losing a family member is extremely difficult for anyone to take. But the normal reaction is to want to get back to your work as soon as you can. Votes: 0

We work for the families back home, we do not work for the lobbyists that prowl the halls of the capital building, do not forget who we work for. Votes: 0

I felt I really wanted to back off from music completely and just work within the visual arts in some way. I started painting quite passionately at that time. Votes: 0

Think clearly, act sensibly, commit yourself to caring and work hard in order to discover joy. Then give the images back to the world from which they were taken. Votes: 0

I get quite lazy about cooking because when I come back from work it is the last thing I want to do, really is spend loads of time cooking. Votes: 0

Focus on your work. Be the best you that you can be. Develop a thick skin and let things roll off your back. And keep a sense of humor! Votes: 0

How you all will change the work after I am gone. If I came back a hundred years from now, I just wonder if I would even recognize it. Votes: 0

The only way back toward a democracy and economy that work for the majority is for most of us to get politically active once again, becoming organized and mobilized. Votes: 0

I love nerdy work. I love writing notes. I try to go back, as much as I can, to feed what happens and why they do what they do. Votes: 0

Being an entrepreneur does require commitment. It is hard work, but it is also highly rewarding. So when you can look back and see yourself building a successful company. Votes: 0

Anything I do informs how I design. I wouldn't isolate any one activity. Everything I do feeds back to my life, and my life is expressed in my work. Votes: 0