Careers Quotes · Page 105

I am no more proud of my career as an athlete than I am of the fact that I am a direct…

— Jim Thorpe

I’m three legs toward completing the career Grand Slam at 25. So, I’m feeling pretty good right now.

— Rory McIlroy

When the opportunity to choreograph came up, it was nothing more in my head but an opportunity. Then it suddenly became a…

— Adam Shankman

My career has been a slow burn, so waiting to do the Edinburgh Festival was a smart move. If I'd spent a…

— Bill Burr

I don't want to end my career and then start something. I like to do something while my career is still hot…

— Serena Williams

I have gotten to travel the world and experience all these incredible things thanks to my career.

— Karlie Kloss

I didn't really give a sh** what's going on in the rest of the world. I just didn't. I just wanted to…

— Madonna Ciccone

You build a successful career, regardless of your field of endeavor, by the dozens of little things you do on and off…

— Zig Ziglar

I want to do an action movie so badly, it just has to happen at some point in my career. I have…

— Mark Indelicato

I made a conscious decision to take my life and career in a different direction. I started working on a play, and…

— Scott Cohen

The paradox of Steve Jobs's career is that he had no interest in listening to consumers - he was famously dismissive of…

— James Surowiecki

It's perhaps not the future I would choose. I still think it's possible to make a success of both marriage and career…

— Barbara Stanwyck

Throughout my political career, I've believed in the concept of home rule. Some call it local control. Whichever phrase you use, the…

— Linda Lingle

Current education in science treats all students as if they were going to have scientific careers. They are required to solve problems…

— Philip Kitcher

Looking back at his career, Mr. Rustin, a Quaker, once wrote: ‘The principal factors which influenced my life are 1) nonviolent tactics;…

— Bayard Rustin

Some surveyors live for the work, putting in weeks or months at a time in remote locations. With a young family and…

— Mark Mason

I admire Brad Pitt, honestly, just because of how he started and the obstacles he had to overcome to have the career…

— Shemar Moore

The only way to sustain a career is to be as prolific as you can be, and open to opportunities.

— Christine Vachon

I have experienced a tremendous amount of personal and professional growth, and I feel incredibly lucky that I'm able to make a…

— Jose Garces

The only great English midfielder in my career was Paul Scholes. He had elegance in him. Others were pretenders.

— Andrea Pirlo

In my career, whether it's a big or a small movie, when I've worked on something for a long time, like [Ivan]…

— Dolph Lundgren

Blogging is good for your career. A well-executed blog sets you apart as an expert in your field.

— Penelope Trunk

I'm drawn to more than I'm allowed to do or asked to do, or probably should do. My whole career has been…

— Steve Pink

You can get famous for doing something stupid and empty, but you do something stupid and empty and you're already famous, you…

— Billy Bob Thornton

I had always thought that I would do something that was connected to music as a career, or possibly Chinese, which was…

— Charles Soule

I went to the London Academy Of Music and Dramatic Art and returned to New York where I started my career.

— David Naughton

My whole life, I have listened to people like Neil Young, or Crosby, Stills & Nash, and artists that have made a…

— Dave Grohl

Some people say it might be good for your career to die and then come back again. I have died many ways,…

— Mark-Paul Gosselaar

When companies are growing quickly and they are having a lot of impact, careers take care of themselves… If you’re offered a…

— Eric Schmidt

Last year was a lifetime, a whole career in one season. We went from being the dregs to winners.

— Damon Hill

I'm really loving acting. I want this as a career. I'll still write music and collaborate with people, but I'm focused on…

— Julianne Hough

I’ve met plenty of embarrassing parents, but Kronos, the evil Titan Lord who wanted to destroy Western Civilization? Not the kind of…

— Rick Riordan

I was involved in music, acting, and some running, but my firm wish was to become a doctor. That was the formative…

— Roger Bannister

As far as I am concerned, the first episode of Buffy was the beginning of my career. It was the first time…

— Joss Whedon

Surely being a Professional Beauty - let alone an ageing one - is one of the most insecure and doomed careers imaginable.

— Julie Burchill

I really don't have no regrets. I think that where I am in the stage of my career and in my life…

— Kurupt

I think when you work with really wonderful directors who have a really strong vision, it lets you as an artist set…

— Sarah Gadon

It's not for me to determine what a country artist has in common with a hip-hop artist. You go for those with…

— Clive Davis

It's funny because the voice-over world is definitely another career. It's another outlet to be creative. But, I'm just not invested, in…

— Emmanuelle Chriqui

I don't want to sound arrogant or anything, but I just always knew that my career would be playing music.

— Jonny Lang