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“I saw acting as a way to get out of the situation I was in. That’s really what made me work as hard as I did. It was my driving force. ‘If this doesn’t work, then I’m going to go back to that, and I can’t let that be. So this needs to work. There’s no plan B. I have to do whatever it takes to make this scene good, to make sure that I’m good enough as an actor.”
Mia Goth (born 1993) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Mia Goth on 'Frankenstein,' 'Star Wars: Starfighter,' and Motherhood". Elle. 14 October 2025.
“If it were on my own strength I would have given up by now.The more i put into my work the more my marriages suffered.When things work out at home, they fall apart at work and vice versa.”
Benjamin Dube (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Alam ko, medyo gasgas nang salita ang hardwork. ["I know the words 'hard work' sounds like a cliché these days.”] But in my case kasi, iyon lang ang naging formula ko: Work hard and everything will follow. ["But in my case, that was just my formula: Work hard and everything will follow."]”
Jessica Soho (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The machines in the shop roar so wildly that often I forget in the roar that I am; I am lost in the terrible tumult, my ego disappears, I am a machine. I work, and work, and work without end; I am busy, and busy, and busy at all time. For what? and for whom? I know not, I ask not! How should a machine ever come to think?”
Morris Rosenfeld (1862–1923) said by 1923 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I enjoyed the work. I felt like I was just playing along with my co-actors so I never did I feel, 'My god, I'm burning out at work.' It's like, 'Yihee, I have work.'”
Ice Seguerra (born 1983) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ice Seguerra recalls ‘laos ’ phase: It made me stronger, DIRECT LINE - Boy Abunda - The Philippine Star 3 November 2022.
“The poem or literary work is work of language and work of imagination—both.”
Gémino H. Abad (born 1939) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Barthes argued we should separate the work from its creator — let the text speak for itself. The Barthes Scale measures the gap between that ideal and what we actually do — the extent to which your appraisal of a work depends on metadata about that work that you believe to be true.”
Hammond Johns first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Barthes Scale: How AI Will Expose What We Really Value in Art, Medium (2026)
“I am elected to work and must work for Edo people. The reason why Edo people elected me as governor is to work for them, and that is exactly what I am doing for them by the grace of God Almighty.”
Monday Okpebholo (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Hats are so much about detail—and in that sense I treat my fashion work and theater work the same, “It has to be meticulously done, have a great sense of proportion—this is very important with stage work, taking the actor‘s stature and dress in consideration—but I do hope people look at it as well in daily life.”
Albertus Swanepoel (1959–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“People sometimes tell me my work has made them uncomfortable; not because it’s a bad work, but because of the effect the work had on them.”
Willie Bester (born 1956) first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: There once was a man who lived in his art, May 11th, 2026
“When my mom fell ill, it was then that my work changed. My work lost color. I could not see the beauty in color. The context of my work had totally shifted.”
Beatrice Wanjiku (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Because I am coming from a poor background, it is essential to work, work, work. And pray”
Ketakandriana Rafitoson wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Since 2012, I regularly sent him messages saying 'I want to be like you'. He would reply 'Your height is an advantage, but you need more than that! Work! Work! Work!' He showed me the way. Today, he still encourages me.”
Abdoul Razak Issoufou (born 1994) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You need to work hard. Those guys don’t just get there overnight, they put the time in, they work hard by themselves; it’s not luck, those guys work so hard to get to where they are.”
Lutho Sipamla (born 1998) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This was a good week’s labour.”
Thomas Middleton (1580–1627) first seen 1621 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Anything for a Quiet Life (1621), Act v. Sc. 3.
Also quoted by: Francis Bacon
“Honest labour bears a lovely face.”
Thomas Dekker (writer) first seen 1599 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Patient Grissell (1599), Act i. Sc. 1.
Also quoted by: Ben Jonson
“If little labour, little are our gains: Man's fortunes are according to his pains.”
Robert Herrick (poet) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“'Tis hard to find God, but to comprehend Him, as He is, is labour without end.”
Robert Herrick (poet) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Capitalist system with its exploitation of those who are economically weak, with its robbery of the workers labour power, with its unethical way of appraising human beings by the number of things and the amount of money he possesses, instead of by their internal value and their achievements, must be replaced by a new and just economic system, in a word by German Socialism.”
Gregor Strasser (1892–1934) said by 1934 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Tradition & Revolution: Collected Writings of Troy Southgate, editors: Patrick Boch, Jacob Christiansen and John B. Morgan, UK, Arktos Media (2010) p. 66.
“Question not, but live and labour Till yon goal be won, Helping every feeble neighbour, Seeking help from none; Life is mostly froth and bubble; Two things stand like stone, Kindness in another's trouble, Courage in your own.”
Adam Lindsay Gordon (1833–1870) said by 1870 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Variant: Many quoters, including Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (1919), have "in our own" instead of "in your own".
“My lute, awake! perform the last Labour that thou and I shall waste, And end that I have now begun; For when this song is sung and past, My lute, be still, for I have done.”
Thomas Wyatt (1503–1542) said by 1542 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Death is the port where all may refuge find, The end of labour, entry unto rest.”
William Alexander (1567–1640) said by 1640 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Once learnt, this business of cooking was to prove an ever growing burden. It scarcely bears thinking about, the time and labour that man and womankind has devoted to the preparation of dishes that are to melt and vanish in a moment like smoke or a dream, like a shadow, and as a post that hastes by, and the air closes behind them, and afterwards no sign of where they went is to be found.”
Rose Macaulay (1881–1958) first seen 1935 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Personal Pleasures (1935), quoted in Murphy, Edward F. Webster's Treasury of Relevant Quotations , Greenwich House, New York, 1983 (pg. 185).
“And, having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labour is immense.”
Arnold Bennett (1867–1931) said by 1931 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“While all these are disturbed and divided by the multifarious objects to which their thoughts must be applied, the Philosopher pursues, in solitary silence and in unbroken concentration of mind, his single and undeviating course towards the Good, the Beautiful, and the True; and that is his daily labour, to which others can only resort at times for rest and refreshment after toil.”
Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762–1814) said by 1814 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Deemest thou, labour Only is earnest? Grave is all beauty, Solemn is joy.”
William Watson (poet) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In England it is not ungentlemanly to steal halfpennies from children, and industrial interests, it may be assumed, will oppose any reform which interferes with the supply of cheap juvenile labour.”
R. H. Tawney (1880–1962) said by 1962 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Gavin Douglas, set on a particular labour, with his mind full of Latin quantitative metre, attains a robuster versification than you are likely to find in Chaucer…the texture of Gavin's verse is stronger, the resilience greater.”
Gavin Douglas (1474–1522) said by 1522 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ezra Pound, ABC of Reading (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1934), p. 103.
“Caste is not just a division of labour, it is a division of labourers.”
B. R. Ambedkar (1891–1956) said by 1956 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The distinction, between what is done by labour, and what is done by nature, is not always observed.”
James Mill (1773–1836) said by 1836 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is no Intrinsick Worth in Money but what is alterable with the Times, and whether a Guinea goes for Twenty Pounds or for a Shilling, it is … the Labour of the Poor, and not the high and low value that is set on Gold or Silver, which all the Comforts of Life must arise from.”
Bernard Mandeville (1670–1733) said by 1733 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What a vast Traffick is drove, what a variety of Labour is performed in the World to the Maintenance of Thousands of Families that altogether depend on two silly if not odious Customs; the taking of Snuff and smoking of Tobacco; both which it is certain do infinitely more hurt than good to those that are addicted to them!”
Bernard Mandeville (1670–1733) said by 1733 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In engineering we draw upon the of , and by combustion convert it into —the chaotic rush of molecules in every direction...—and from this chaos, by... prime-mover, we produce... orderly motion of... ... to lighten the heavy labour... and perform tasks which before would have been done by draught cattle or slaves.”
Frederick Soddy (1877–1956) said by 1956 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The power by which we live and move and have our being is... that which drives on the stars... Science now takes it... whether in fuel, waterfall or sunshine—...all one—and uses it to do... labour of men.”
Frederick Soddy (1877–1956) said by 1956 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Thus monopoly is limited by competition, and no owner, whether of labour, land or capital, can, theoretically speaking,obtain a larger share of produce for it than what other owners of exactly the same kind of property are willing to accept.”
William Stanley Jevons (1835–1882) said by 1882 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is no such thing as absolute cost of labour; it is all a matter of comparison. Every one gets the most which he can for his exertions; some can get little or nothing, because they have not sufficient strength, knowledge or ingenuity; others get much, because they have, comparatively speaking, a monopoly of certain powers.”
William Stanley Jevons (1835–1882) said by 1882 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The calculus of utility aims at supplying the ordinary wants of man at the least cost of labour.”
William Stanley Jevons (1835–1882) said by 1882 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Capital simply allows us to expend labour in advance.”
William Stanley Jevons (1835–1882) said by 1882 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The whole result of continued labour is not often consumed and enjoyed in a moment; the result generally lasts for a certain length of time. We must then conceive the capital as being progressively uninvested.”
William Stanley Jevons (1835–1882) said by 1882 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I consider that interest is determined by the increment of produce which it enables a labourer to obtain, and is altogether independent of the total return which he receives for this labour.”
William Stanley Jevons (1835–1882) said by 1882 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The produce of the earth - all that is derived from its surface by the united application of labour, machinery, and capital, is divided among three classes of the community, namely, the proprietor of the land, the owner of the stock or capital necessary for its cultivation, and the labourers by whose industry it is cultivated.”
David Ricardo (1772–1823) said by 1823 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Possessing utility, commodities derive their exchangeable value from two sources: from their scarcity, and from the quantity of labour required to obtain them.”
David Ricardo (1772–1823) said by 1823 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But it is clear that the price of labour has no necessary connection with the price of food, since it depends entirely on the supply of labourers compared with the demand.”
David Ricardo (1772–1823) said by 1823 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What foreigners like most about Britain is not multiculturalism or tolerance or any of that new Labour nonsense. No, what they like is our history. Shakespeare. Blenheim Palace. Soldiers in preposterous hats who don't move. Yes, they may go and see some dead dogs in a modern art gallery but that's only because they've spent the morning on top of a sightseeing bus and they're freezing.”
Jeremy Clarkson (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Without civil intervention the free market tends to monopoly. What we should do is try to restore a truly free market, try to restore a market where there are no barriers to access and people have something other than their labour which they can trade or exchange.”
Phillip Blond (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is, among all those various parts of the world who serve their people, a kinship of sympathy, as there is such a kinship among those who labour for the destruction of peoples.”
Corneliu Zelea Codreanu (1899–1938) said by 1938 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The expenses of the royal household, wars, and lavish public building were financed by tolls and the profits of the king's foreign trade monopoly, by conscription of labour and heavy taxation. The results were impoverishment of the masses, alienation of land, and the development of a proletariat.”
Eric Roll, Baron Roll of Ipsden (1907–2005) said by 2005 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The haggardness of poverty is everywhere seen contrasted with the sleekness of wealth, the exhorted labour of some compensating for the idleness of others, wretched hovels by the side of stately colonnades, the rags of indigence blended with the ensigns of opulence; in a word, the most useless profusion in the midst of the most urgent wants.”
Jean-Baptiste Say (1767–1832) said by 1832 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When a tree, a natural product, is felled, is society put into possession of no greater produce than that of the mere labour of the woodman?”
Jean-Baptiste Say (1767–1832) said by 1832 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The celebrated Adam Smith was the first to point out the immense increase of production, and the superior perfection of products referable to this division of labour.”
Jean-Baptiste Say (1767–1832) said by 1832 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source