Jobs Quotes · Page 122

Failure is not getting beat. Failure is when you don't do a good job preparing.

— Joe Paterno

Our job as humans is to make admiration of others and adoration of God fully conscious and deliberate.

— Richard Rohr

For those who can do it and who keep their nerve, writing for a living still beats most real, grown-up jobs hands…

— Terence Blacker

There are really not many jobs that actually require a penis or a vagina, and all other occupations should be open to…

— Gloria Steinem

I always wanted to be as busy as possible so that if one job went away I'd still have plenty of other…

— Aisha Tyler

I think that acting involves doing your job so well that you are able to help the viewer identify with the character.

— Ally Sheedy

If it comes down to your ethics vs. a job, choose ethics. You can always find another job.

— Sallie Krawcheck

Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs founded Apple Inc, which set the computing world on its ear with the Macintosh in 1984.

— Kevin Mitnick

There are some people that don't take jobs because they think that they're too good for them or that they aspire to…

— Busy Philipps

I don't think anybody can be a success who doesn't like what they do. [But it's] no job if it has no…

— Malcolm Forbes

I think that the churches do a better job in many respects than the government does in various kinds of things. Extending…

— Gordon B. Hinckley

There would be nothing to get me to run for president. I don't even understand how anyone would want that job at…

— Ellen DeGeneres

I am a member of the London Library, and on almost every single job I do, there is some benefit to be…

— Ed Stoppard

At 15 I auditioned for 42nd Street in Australia. Dein Perry was in that show. I actually got the job but I…

— Adam Garcia

[My kids] complained about Secret Service as they became teenagers, and Secret Service has done the very best job they could accommodating…

— Barack Obama

A lot of people need happiness in their lives... those who have lost their loved ones, those who have lost jobs and…

— Ronald Austin

It was a very big gamble. I lost my job in France, I received a job in which was extremely uncertain, how…

— Benoit Mandelbrot

Boxing has always been work to me, a job. If I could say anything to a youngster taking up boxing it would…

— Floyd Mayweather, Jr

The measure of our mindfulness, the touchstone for sanity in this society, is our level of productivity, our attention to responsibility, our…

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

I think the hard thing about this job [stand-up] I mean, I think this part is great but that the traveling is…

— Ellen DeGeneres

It's an art installation to put out a collection, with the people behind the scenes who are inventing and creating these designs…

— Tom Riley

The EPA's [Clean Power Plan] is another example of Washington's lack of understanding when it comes to rural and Western energy issues.…

— Ann Kirkpatrick

You know in politics you are dealing in the realm of choices. You don't always have clear-cut decision between a thoroughly principled…

— Peter Costello

New online formats gutted the newspaper-ad business. Why pore over tiny print looking for a job in the want ads when you…

— Nathan Myhrvold

Take on jobs, projects and challenges that frighten you. It's the best way to get rid of fear.

— Catherine Mayer

Good job on Percy Jackson I read all of them 8 times and have listened 42 times and still not bored Thanks.

— Rick Riordan

Don't expect a pat on the back for merely doing your job, but know that you'll get one for doing it exceptionally…

— Lea Salonga

Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.

— Dale Carnegie

The secret to happiness is doing what you love and the secret to success is loving what you do.

— Vanny Angel

For a variety of reasons, we are not producing at a given level of economic activity the jobs we used to have.

— Tim Bishop

My job is about playing people. And I think once you lose touch with people, what do you play?

— Hilary Swank

I think a lot of comedians sometimes pretend to find the job more taxing than it is.

— Dani Levy

To me, I'm still a 24-year-old kid who just happens to have a better paying job than other kids my age.

— Joey Harrington

The beauty of my job is that I get to see more of that America. And that feeds me.

— Michelle Obama

I have no real talents. If I could make a living at a normal job, I'm sure I would do that.

— Daniel Tosh

The point is Obama didn't care that the jobs were leaving, folks!

— Rush Limbaugh

I’m a woman in a man’s job and I don’t have the luxury of being an ass,

— Joan Clarke

Page one of the script, I launch into, "How would I feel if I were in this position?" That's an actor's job.

— Dermot Mulroney

I've always prided myself on my discipline as a writer. I do it like a job. I get up in the morning…

— Salman Rushdie

Whether we call it a job or a career, work is more than just something we do. It is a part of…

— Anita Hill