Careers Quotes · Page 58

Building my career hasn't been attached to my dad. It's been me figuring things out for myself.

— Anthony Evans

Thank God I'm at that point in my career where I don't have to take stuff that I don't really want to…

— Jeff Foxworthy

I'm overjoyed and honored to become a member of the Hollywood Records family. I've admired the careers they've made and can't wait…

— Lucy Hale

If I went by all the rejection I've had in my career, I should have given up a long time ago.

— Mike Myers

Why not have your first baby at sixty, when your husband is already dead and your career is over? Then you can…

— Fran Lebowitz

My whole career is based on taking a left turn after each film and doing the opposite of what I've just done.

— Kelly Lynch

I do not practice clinical medicine and hence do not treat individual patients. My career is in medical science.

— Robert Jarvik

Unlike the United States Congress, which mostly forbids outside employment, state legislatures are generally composed of people with other careers.

— Bill Dedman

I found, through the process of doing 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower,' that I really love directing movies and I love…

— Stephen Chbosky

The world must be filled with unsuccessful musical careers like mine, and it's probably a good thing. We don't need a lot…

— Andy Rooney

I just always wanted to be a baseball announcer. I'm a huge Mets fan, and I wanted to be the next Bob…

— Logan Marshall-Green

Google attracts so much talent, it can afford to look beyond traditional metrics, like G.P.A. For most young people, though, going to…

— Thomas Friedman

He's very knowledgeable. That's the one advantage that I see in Kobe Bryant's career compared to Michael Jordan. Ten years into Kobe…

— Scottie Pippen

You know, most of my career I wrote about moments in time. All of us have felt one thing or another and…

— Brian McKnight

For the most part, I meet people who are like 'I really like your work. I'm watching your career. I want to…

— Michael Ealy

I suspect that authors who start their careers writing for an adult audience - and who eventually produce a young adult novel…

— Paul Di Filippo

In his 16 years in the Senate, John Kerry has fought against government waste and worked hard to bring some accountability to…

— Zell Miller

I want to keep growing as a writer. I find myself doing unexpected projects and sort of challenging my idea of where…

— Colson Whitehead

I have seen that the American Dream is a reality - and I would love to feel the British Dream is also…

— Simon Cowell

Every once in a while I'll say something...I dropped the F-bomb early on in my career. There was this lesbian couple and…

— Dar Williams

At the beginning of their careers many writers have a need to overwrite. They choose carefully turned-out phrases; they want to impress…

— Jorge Luis Borges

“When does a job feel meaningful? Whenever it allows us to generate delight or reduce suffering in others. Though we are often…

— Alain de Botton

My family has always supported my activities, whether it was doing combat in Korea, flying progressively and challenging fighter-jet aircraft in Europe,…

— Buzz Aldrin

The disassociation between inner belief and outer behaviour allowed many people to enjoy a sense of retaining their inner decency while at…

— Mary Fulbrook

When you're pitching, you always have to make continual improvements. You always have to better yourself throughout your career.

— Brad Lidge

How little our careers express what lies in us, and yet how much time they take up. It's sad, really.

— Philip Larkin

I'm not planning a career change - not unless they need someone who constantly falls on the ice and is out of…

— Scott Wolf

Everyone should be sacked at least once in their career because perfection doesn't exist. It's important to have setbacks, because that is…

— Anna Wintour

I've always been very focused on my career. But, it's good to have people [say], "Okay, you need a vacation." "I do?…

— Scarlett Johansson

The bottom line is that TV can either be a great asset to your career, or if you're a complete ass that…

— Bret Michaels

My first postseason home run was a walk-off in the Division Series. That was just a special moment in my career.

— Mark Teixeira

Women or mothers in middle age or mid career have valuable life experience and may offer an untapped recruitment pool.

— Hazel Blears

I also read about Heathcliff's unexpected three-year career in Hollywood under the name Buck Stallion and his eventual return to the pages…

— Jasper Fforde

If the career you have chosen has some unexpected inconvenience, console yourself by reflecting that no career is without them.

— Jane Fonda

I'm very focused on the world and my career and my Porsche turbo and making money and Stevie B. Inc. I'm just…

— Stephen Baldwin

Hopefully, at the end of my career, I can look back and say, 'Wow, what a game it was in Game 3…

— Albert Pujols

If you look at the human condition today, not everyone is well fed, has access to good medical care, or the physical…

— Ralph Merkle

I pass through the difficult moments in life, really difficult times on grass, during my seven years of my career. All of…

— Marat Safin

The problem with me is I always think I should've done better. I felt that after the World Cup final and through…

— Jonny Wilkinson

The lifespan of most professional athletes is relatively short, and most have no preparation for doing anything after their career ends, which…

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar