Tom Reiss Quotes

And where I excel is ridiculous, sickening, work ethic. You know, while the other guy's sleeping? I'm working.

I don't sleep much. I don't sleep much - I work, I work, I work.

I'm a grinder....I've never taken more than a week off in my adult life. I truly believe work is a virtue, it gives you purpose.

I owe my success to the fact that I never had a clock in my workroom. Seventy-five of us worked twenty hours every day and slept only four hours - and thrived on it.

If you're not prepared, and you're not passionate, and you don't push yourself to a level of human exhaustion on every level, mentally and physically and creatively... I've seen directors who approach it casually, and they do somehow maintain better hours... but I could never be that guy. I am up and editing all night.

My day starts at 5 A.M. and gets over at 10:30 P.M. Its a long day but I love it... I can't sit idle.

I'm not striving for happiness, I'm trying to get some work done. And sometimes the best work is done under doubt. Constantly rethinking and re-evaluating what you're doing, working and working until it's finished.

I'll be working until I die.

I always believe someone somewhere is working harder than me and that motivates me to work harder, give 100%.

I can work 24 hours a day and not have it bother me.

I work every single day, even on Sundays.

I've been blessed with a lot of great things in my life, and one of them was work ethic. And with work ethic, you can make anything happen.

I don't take off as many days as most other producers and songwriters, so I'm working every single day, and I do songs every day. So it's just about finding time, scheduling, getting in and cutting the records. I make it happen and that's the name of the game. It's no excuses - you gotta figure it out.

I plan to die at my desk.

I'm blessed by the fact I only need five hours of sleep on a daily basis. I do tend to regard Saturday and Sunday as work days.

I have always worked long hours and very hard. It is the way I am. Same as always. Up about seven and get to bed about 12 to 1, something like that.

I'll sleep when I'm dead.

I don't think I've met anyone with a stronger work ethic than Ray Charles.

I am a workaholic, have always been.

I've worked hard, every single day since I left school. I think I have a Protestant work ethic.

I may not be able to outsmart too many people, but I can outwork 'em.

I go without sleep, I just go hard.

Many people who know me call me 'the hardest working man in the news business' because you're never, ever going to outwork me.

I don't know how I did it, but I worked 7 days a week.

Bare hands grip success better than kid gloves. Be thorough in all things, no matter how small or distasteful! The man who counts his hours and kicks about his salary is a self-elected failure.