Careers Quotes · Page 83

I would love to have a career that's governed by the material; I always want to be part of stories that I…

— Lupita Nyong'o

I was lucky enough to come in at the beginning of the independent film movement, and it's really shaped my life and…

— Julianne Moore

I was at the pinnacle of my career one day and the next day I was put out to pasture. I felt…

— Jack Klugman

If I can win a Cup race, that would pretty much show my whole career that I've been able to win in…

— Scott Pruett

I knew an actor's career goes up and down and back up again. Your standing in this business can't be your whole…

— Lisa Kudrow

I would advise anyone who aspires to a writing career that before developing his talent he would be wise to develop a…

— Harper Lee

I was very immersed in the world. I'm very worldly. I love world. I was immersed in my career, in school, in…

— Frederick Lenz

From the very start of my career, it was clear to me that achievement was built on discipline.

— Max Schmeling

My zest for exhibition has over a long career become increasingly a mania. The ecstasy I feel as I survey work I…

— Joseph Plaskett

I didn't always know, but I always wanted to. I always wanted to be the very best receiver the Cowboys ever had.…

— Michael Irvin

I’ve broken a cardinal rule of art, music, and career paths: actors are supposed to act, and musicians are supposed to music.…

— Hugh Jackman

I look at the people's careers who I want to emulate, like Audra McDonald, Kristin Chenoweth, Bernadette Peters... They've all found the…

— Megan Hilty

I always had an idea for what I wanted to do in the future and throughout my career. This wasn't, like, me…

— Jessica Sanchez

Your career and your passion don't always match up. Plenty of talented people don't have the careers they want. Plenty of untalented…

— Amy Poehler

My idea of that[idea of career] is constantly changing. I mostly just throw it out to the universe and I can't really…

— J Tillman

I never look a gift horse in the mouth. And I've been really, really lucky. I'm aware of that. And my career…

— Meryl Streep

I think it must be so hard to start your career with everyone going on about how gorgeous you are. To be…

— Laura Carmichael

I have never taken performance-enhancing drugs in my life and I never will. Over the course of my career I have taken…

— Mohamed Farah

I think I've always been a follow-the-leader with my career, or maybe waiting for things to happen. Now I'm like, I'm OK-I…

— Robin Wright

I wouldn't count it out, but right now I feel like my career is still just starting. The best years are yet…

— Phil Ivey

I'm sure once my career's over, when I look back when I'm older, I can maybe appreciate it a little bit more.

— Mats Sundin

Most people are taught from an early age on, to conceive of themselves as losers. They are taught that there are a…

— Frederick Lenz

Brazil and Germany are very similar, but in Brazil we have a much longer career. There are much more books that have…

— Gabriel Ba

You must understand, that for a daughter to protect her father's image is natural; Freud built a whole career around it.

— Arnon Goldfinger

Well, Milwaukee is a special place to me. It's where I started my career playing in Appleton. Getting cheered on the road…

— Alex Rodriguez

People like to cherry-pick the parts of their career that they're either in the midst of or that they're the most proud…

— Mike Rowe

Yeah, I can't separate the art from the music and the music from the art. I think that stems from going to…

— Karen O

For the first six months of my stand-up career, I was talking like Danny Dyer. I was doing a lot of 'alright…

— Jack Whitehall

I always feel like I want to do my career my own way. I never follow anybody's path, what they've done.

— Famke Janssen

My life was on the line here and my career and everything I worked for, it was hanging by a thread

— Rafael Palmeiro

Wherever my career takes me, I know I'll love getting there, because ever since I was 2 1/2 years old, I knew…

— Marilu Henner

I think fame is one of those things where you have a window of opportunity and you have a certain amount of…

— Patrick Dempsey

I play the sort of character who would sell his grandmother for career advancement, something I've come across a lot with actors.

— Hugh Grant

I really want my career to be as an actor-writer-director-producer, you know? I don't know what will be stronger than the other.

— Danny Strong

It is a tough business but if you get yourself in a situation like I, you can maintain a career over many…

— Ray Stevenson

Every man or woman is a potential poet or artist. Everyone has the capacity to bring to their work the dignity, purposefulness,…

— Laurence Boldt

Music is my life. The only other thing I've done is office work in different places. But no real professional career other…

— Gloria Gaynor

There may come a time in the career of every sociologist when it is his solemn duty to raise hell.

— Edward Alsworth Ross

As long as you are in the relative worlds, you should be realistic and know there is winning and losing here.

— Frederick Lenz

How you earn your money and build your career is how you earn your destiny and build your legacy

— Robert Kiyosaki