Work Quotes

In the end, what matters most is that the people you work with share your values, so I’ve wanted people who value the meaningful work and meaningful relationships that always motivated me in building Bridgewater.

The species and the genus are always the work of nature [i.e. specially created]; the variety mostly that of circumstance; the class and the order are the work of nature and art.

I think there’s a percentage that don’t realize, that don’t know that [standup] is how everything began. We planned it, we work hard, rehearsals to get this. It’s more of a it’s not just coming in there in a T-shirt and holding a microphone.

We don’t burnout because of what we do, we burnout because life makes us forget why we do it.

He who goes about to reform the world must begin with himself, or he loses his labor.

A big shot is a little shot who keeps on shooting, so keep trying.

A loss makes you humble. It tests the other batsmen and bowlers. Also, if you keep winning you don’t now what area you need to work on.

Take our 20 best people away, and I will tell you that Microsoft will become an unimportant company.

Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog. Make sure everything you do is so completely crazy it’s unbelievable.

Sometimes when you involve yourself in so many things, you can’t do any of them well – and I like to do everything perfectly.