Careers Quotes · Page 18

Prudence, patience, labor, valor; these are the stars that rule the career of mortals.

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

I wasn't ever interested in marrying someone else's career or bank account.

— Kathie Lee Gifford

I realize that I'm in the twilight of my career.

— Michael Chang

I will do 'Dancing with the Stars' when my career dips.

— Pauly D

Careers are funny things. They begin mysteriously and, just as mysteriously, they can end.

— Edward Albee

George Lindsay who played Goober thought Andy Griffith Show limited his career.

— Betty Lynn

I've played a heroin addict and a speed freak and dark characters throughout my career.

— Meg Ryan

I wasn't pursuing a musical career or anything. It just happened and then it was there.

— Ian Astbury

I am incredibly proud of the many journalists I have worked with throughout my career and the great campaigns that we have…

— Anonymous

I drifted into acting, and I've drifted into my career, and I've never been guided by anything particularly concrete.

— Rupert Graves

Leaders' careers will usually be determined by their handling of one or two critical events that no one could possibly anticipate or…

— Tom Peters

There were times in my career when I would try to write songs like Bob Dylan... Artists get hooked up in that.…

— Del Shannon

The secret to a successful career in virtually any field is good public relations. Forget results. Forget the facts. Perception is all…

— Jack McDevitt

Solving specific problems is what drives me. I am not interested in having a career. I never have been.

— Sean Parker

I'm a decent cook; I'm a decent chef. None of my friends would ever have hired me at any point in my…

— Anthony Bourdain

In politics there are some candidates who use change to promote their careers, and then there are those like John McCain who…

— Sarah Palin

There is a reason that both have had the longevity in their careers that they have had. They have each done very…

— Sarah Brightman

I've done really well so far in my career by trusting the audience to be as dissatisfied with convention as I am,…

— Christopher Nolan

I still have a belief and a faith that some great things are still going to happen in my career. If I…

— Michael Chang

Three or four years ago, I got really caught up in the movies people were making, the opportunities they were getting, and…

— Seth Green

Early in my career it was very important that I gain the reputation. I haven't been on the road in two or…

— Chris Rock

I'm looking forward to playing some really despicable characters at some point in my career so I can branch out and stretch…

— Zachary Levi

When we know who we are and what we are supposed to do, it is easier to make important decisions about education,…

— Julie B. Beck

In appointing our Ambassador to the United States at this important time, with the 1936 crisis ahead, such considerations as dignity, past…

— Sadao Araki

He said I couldn't do (off the field) what I did when I was 23 or 24, and I paid attention to…

— George Brett

Norman Rockwell spent his career painting pictures that helped people understand their own feelings...pictures that enriched their own experiences and celebrated their…

— Bill Bonner

One of my career ambitions was fulfilled working with John [Hurt]. I loved his work long before I ever had the idea…

— Gary Oldman

First, therefore, [the Jew] goes about making up to the people for his previous sins against them. He begins his career as…

— Adolf Hitler

Most of these students are so conditioned to success that they become afraid to take risks. They have been taught from a…

— Chris Hedges

I've made a career over the last seventeen years of mostly playing men in uniform, especially cops. The one thing for an…

— Benjamin Bratt

In the beginning I remember when I would spend three hours a day on MySpace just trying to comment everyone back, and…

— Taylor Swift

I read a lot by female psychoanalyst Lou Andreas-Salomé, who wrote prominent biographies of Nietzsche, Rilke, and Freud because she studied with…

— Laura Marling

I was enrolled to attend Norfolk State University and then my career kind of kicked off.

— MC Lyte

Not many get a chance to hit the career re-set button.

— Jason Bateman

The whole of my acting career is a bit of a mystery to me.

— Antony Sher

Many a promising career has been wrecked by marrying the wrong sort of woman.

— Robertson Davies

I wish I’d played my whole career in flag football.

— Archie Manning

Throughout my career, I fed off the fuel of people not being able to understand me.

— Eminem

I've always had to create my own markets and I've always been at a juncture in my career.

— Tracey Ullman

Throughout my career I've always felt like certain things come to me at the right time.

— Jennifer Lopez