--- title: "10 Careers Quotes By Ice Cube" description: "10 Careers quotes by Ice Cube. Plus more from Ice Cube and more Careers sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a7/ice-cube-912_careers_i-am-only-33-i-ve-got-a-lot-to-do-this-i_2893315.jpg" --- > [I am only 33, I've got a lot to do. This is the first half of my career. I'm looking forward to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-cube/i-am-only-33-i-ve-got-a-lot-to-do-this-is-the-first-half-of-my-career/) [Ice Cube](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-cube/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a7/ice-cube-912_careers_i-am-only-33-i-ve-got-a-lot-to-do-this-i_2893315.jpg) > [I love any time you can enlighten people to mistakes, that's how I started my career.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-cube/i-love-any-time-you-can-enlighten-people-to-mistakes-that-s-how-i/) [Ice Cube](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-cube/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e2/ice-cube-912_careers_i-love-any-time-you-can-enlighten-people_666802.jpg) > [Early in my career, people wanted to hear music about protest, about trying to change things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-cube/early-in-my-career-people-wanted-to-hear-music-about-protest-about/) [Ice Cube](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-cube/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a76/ice-cube-912_careers_early-in-my-career-people-wanted-to-hear_977875.jpg) > [I've been around a lot longer than most rappers stay around. So I don't feel like, I haven't made too many career…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-cube/i-ve-been-around-a-lot-longer-than-most-rappers-stay-around-so-i-don/) [Ice Cube](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-cube/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86d/ice-cube-912_careers_i-ve-been-around-a-lot-longer-than-most_2557111.jpg) > [I'm not trying to turn into Eddie Murphy, and just do kids movies the rest of my career. I'm going to still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-cube/i-m-not-trying-to-turn-into-eddie-murphy-and-just-do-kids-movies-the/) [Ice Cube](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-cube/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9b/ice-cube-912_careers_i-m-not-trying-to-turn-into-eddie-murphy_868348.jpg) > [The moral is that a career can be gone in an instant. And all you have in this world are the people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-cube/the-moral-is-that-a-career-can-be-gone-in-an-instant-and-all-you-have/) [Ice Cube](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-cube/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c98/ice-cube-912_career_the-moral-is-that-a-career-can-be-gone-i_882515.jpg) > [I've been fighting my whole career to show a different side and prove naysayers - not prove them wrong, because I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-cube/i-ve-been-fighting-my-whole-career-to-show-a-different-side-and-prove/) [Ice Cube](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-cube/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/609/ice-cube-912_careers_i-ve-been-fighting-my-whole-career-to-sh_577612.jpg) > [I figured, when I make a movie, especially earlier in my career, one thing I was going to make sure was that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-cube/i-figured-when-i-make-a-movie-especially-earlier-in-my-career-one/) [Ice Cube](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-cube/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e0/ice-cube-912_careers_i-figured-when-i-make-a-movie-especially_1039739.jpg) > [I always tell people that if you gave me a pen and a piece of paper when I was a teenager and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-cube/i-always-tell-people-that-if-you-gave-me-a-pen-and-a-piece-of-paper/) [Ice Cube](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-cube/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29e/ice-cube-912_accomplished_i-always-tell-people-that-if-you-gave-me_3213668.jpg) > [What I learned from architectural drafting is that everything has to have a plan to work. You just can't wing it. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-cube/what-i-learned-from-architectural-drafting-is-that-everything-has-to/) [Ice Cube](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-cube/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c6/ice-cube-912_architectural_what-i-learned-from-architectural-drafti_3134513.jpg) ## Other authors on Careers ## More by Ice Cube > [Today I didn't even have to even use my A.K ! I got to say it was a good day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-cube/today-i-didn-t-even-have-to-even-use-my-a-k-i-got-to-say-it-was-a/) [Ice Cube](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-cube/) > [Just waking up in the morning gotta thank God, I don't know but today seems kinda odd.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-cube/just-waking-up-in-the-morning-gotta-thank-god-i-don-t-know-but-today/) [Ice Cube](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-cube/) > [Sometimes, when you want to laugh, reality steps in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-cube/sometimes-when-you-want-to-laugh-reality-steps-in/) [Ice Cube](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-cube/) > [I wake up at 5:30, 6 in the morning, but don't head into the office right away. I like to hang out with my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-cube/i-wake-up-at-5-30-6-in-the-morning-but-don-t-head-into-the-office/) [Ice Cube](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-cube/) > [Cool people still have a hard time showing what they got in Hollywood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-cube/cool-people-still-have-a-hard-time-showing-what-they-got-in-hollywood/) [Ice Cube](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-cube/) > [I have great people, smart people that are around me and we love the challenge. I guess it's like climbing a mountain or building…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-cube/i-have-great-people-smart-people-that-are-around-me-and-we-love-the/) [Ice Cube](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-cube/) > [I think when somebody goes to the movies and they spend their money and they take the girl out, the family, they want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-cube/i-think-when-somebody-goes-to-the-movies-and-they-spend-their-money/) [Ice Cube](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-cube/) > [I think, to me, reality is better than being fake.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-cube/i-think-to-me-reality-is-better-than-being-fake/) [Ice Cube](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-cube/) > [I'm always the "less is more" guy when it comes to a scene. So I'ma be the one who will keep it grounded. Even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-cube/i-m-always-the-less-is-more-guy-when-it-comes-to-a-scene-so-i-ma-be/) [Ice Cube](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-cube/) > [I still want to put together bigger and better programs to work with the community. I still think I could do better on that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-cube/i-still-want-to-put-together-bigger-and-better-programs-to-work-with/) [Ice Cube](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-cube/) > [Everybody in the world has to compromise. I don't know one person that gets everything they want, so the politicians are going to have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-cube/everybody-in-the-world-has-to-compromise-i-don-t-know-one-person-that/) [Ice Cube](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-cube/) > [ You have to resist falling in love with the money they \[producers\] want to give you. You have to really resist that, and you… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-cube/you-have-to-resist-falling-in-love-with-the-money-they-producers-want/) [Ice Cube](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-cube/) > [Our household is built on love and respect. And we don't really let negative vibes stay too long. It's worked out. I got a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-cube/our-household-is-built-on-love-and-respect-and-we-don-t-really-let/) [Ice Cube](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-cube/) > [Go down to the corner store and beat the Jap up, clean all the crap up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-cube/go-down-to-the-corner-store-and-beat-the-jap-up-clean-all-the-crap-up/) [Ice Cube](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-cube/) > [ I think \[director\] Malcolm Lee is a real master at being able to make you laugh while bringing serious subject-matter, so the movie doesn't… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-cube/i-think-director-malcolm-lee-is-a-real-master-at-being-able-to-make/) [Ice Cube](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-cube/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/careers/ice-cube/#itemlist", "name": "10 Careers Quotes By Ice Cube", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am only 33, I've got a lot to do. 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