Careers Quotes · Page 43

Careers are like roller coasters. You go up, you go down, and you spin yourself around.

— Isaac Hanson

All through my comics career, I was always trying to reinvent the form.

— Scott McCloud

A lot of my early career, I wrote story songs that had narratives, that had plots.

— Rupert Holmes

I've surpassed any goal I set for myself as far as my body, my career, and getting married.

— Ricki Lake

I had no support, no opportunity, no sponsors backing me for most of my career.

— Mary Kom

Too often, I've put my career and helping others ahead of my own needs.

— Karen McCarthy

For many people a job is more than an income - it's an important part of who we are.

— Paul Clitheroe

Graduating at the age of 21 was a wonderful age to hopefully start a career.

— Rose Leslie

If you are succesfull for 20 years, you can't expect to stay on the same level all through that period. A career…

— Donnie Wahlberg

My whole academic career was totally out of Jewish anxiety, and issues surrounding achievement and adequacy.

— Ram Dass

I encourage first time filmmakers to be ambitious and take chances and risks, because you never know where your career is going…

— Michael B. Jordan

I was always a bit of a showgirl; it was in my blood. I never thought I would have a career as…

— Neon Hitch

One of the things I'm most proud of about my career is the fact I've managed to keep options open.

— Clive Owen

If anyone can figure out how to balance my celebrity and my dual careers in music and film, it's me. I don't…

— Jennifer Lopez

I won't mention names, but in my career, the most talented people invariably are the easiest and nicest to get along with.

— James Caan

I grew up being the girl who would always tune in to watch famous people talk about their careers, how they handled…

— Rebecca Black

I liked school and was a bit of an all-rounder academically, I struggled with music. I can't hold a note when singing…

— Stephen Curry

I don't believe in competing, because there's room for everyone. You have to compete with yourself, because your duty to grow as…

— Juan Gabriel

Make a career of humanity. Commit yourself to the noble struggle for equal rights. You will make a greater person of yourself,…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The business model piece is we're always talking about competing more effectively. If you're starting a company or career you don't want…

— Peter Thiel

You like to live life without regret but that’s what the good Lord intended for me – that’s just the way it…

— Dwayne Johnson

If something isn't working out in one aspect of my career, it's not any big neurotic, crazy phase for me, it's just…

— Irene Cara

I would suggest maintaining a life and a career outside the Industry. This is a fickle business and a lousy one to…

— Fred Savage

I’m one of those very lucky people who absolutely love what they do for a living. There is no career better suited…

— Mary Pope Osborne

Early in my career I was divided because I had the real self underneath: the lawbreaker, the anarchist, the person who swims…

— George Carlin

Career is the stringing together of opportunities and jobs. Mix in public opinion and past regrets. Add a dash of future panic…

— Amy Poehler

There were a lot of people shouting out. I know it's not proper tennis etiquette, but this is the first time I've…

— Venus Williams

I was raised by a single mom who had to put herself through school while looking after two kids. And she worked…

— Barack Obama

The huge egos of great chess players are legendary. Psychologists have been amazed by their vanity, have studied it, and anecdotes concerning…

— Israel Albert Horowitz

The thing is, people don't understand that girls right now are being forced to have to pick one or the other. You…

— Helen Maroulis

One thing about my mother is that she has her taste: She knows what she likes and what looks good. It's not…

— Carolina Herrera

Remarks such as 'great Australian', 'larger than life' are sometimes used where they are not appropriate. But in the case of Kerry…

— John Howard

A dancer dances.A writer writes. A singer sings. What do you do? Know thyself.

— Tassel Daley

For me, going away to work is the hardest part of my life and career.

— Diane Lane

In order to promote your own career, you need to promote the careers of others.

— Gerald C. Meyers

I think I've made a career out of making despicable people likable.

— Walton Goggins

I've been a loyal person all my life and I'd like to finish my career here

— Stuart Law

Being at the pinnacle of my career is not to turn up in some multiplex blockbuster.

— Kelly Reilly

If you look at my career, I've never gone to a team that had fulfilled their potential.

— Ruud Gullit

A career is born in public - talent in privacy.

— Marilyn Monroe