Day jobs Quotes

If we were making millions, we wouldn't have day jobs.

— Peter Sunde

Begin to live each day as if it was your last.

— Robin Sharma

We've all had a million day jobs. We got by fine then.

— Benji Madden

Work hard at work worth doing.

— Theodore Roosevelt

But we did the best we could and in the end some of us had to get day jobs and start fresh.

— Steve Brown

You don’t get rich off your day job, you get rich off your homework.

— Daymond John

Ironic that in order to do my life's work, I had to quit my day job.

— Michael J. Fox

My dream was to not get a day job but to sleep, wake up and do my music. I want to keep…

— Bruno Mars

In my day job, I worry non-stop about making wise investments for long-term gains.

— Anonymous

If there's anything better than a God-given talent, it's a God-given day job.

— Robert Breault

I decided I would rather have a day job and love music than to play music that made me hate it.

— David Torn

My day job is acting - I wouldn't direct something if I didn't feel passionate about it.

— Jake M. Johnson

Most people that are making art are not famous! Most people that are making art do have day jobs. And it takes…

— Kelly Reichardt

I assisted with Russ [Manning] for about eleven months and my day job for 5 days a week was credit manager and…

— Mike Royer

I tend to only write productively for one to two hours per day, so there is plenty of time left over for…

— Liza Campbell

Most people like me are having a tough time. But it's fine. I don't really think about it as a career. I…

— Freedy Johnston

Do it because you love it. Then it’s not a job. I’m a geek. I love technology. I would be online working…

— Mark Cuban

It seemed pathetic and terrible to me and it still does, that men and women work eight hours a day at jobs…

— Hortense Odlum

At certain point, you realize it's easy to play music for the rest of your life: just don't sell your guitar. Maybe…

— Travis Morrison

Most of the founders of this country had day jobs for years. They were not career politicians. ... We need leaders with…

— Thomas Sowell

There's something about approaching 50 that's very liberating. Political struggle has always been a 24-hour-a-day job for me. I felt I could…

— Assata Shakur

I guess to long story short it, I was really just working day jobs when I moved to New York and trying…

— Randy Rainbow

Don't assume that the way that one searches and researches is the same from one era to another - it isn't. In…

— Howard Gardner

We all exist in similar systems that mirror and reproduce the same American culture for the most part. What Oscar Wilde said…

— Fady Joudah

I hope we find evidence of dark matter in the lab and in outer space. This would go a long way to…

— Michio Kaku

I had two passions when I was a child. First was to learn about Einstein's theory and help to complete his dream…

— Michio Kaku

For me, the day job comes first. That's why I call myself a diplomat who writes, not a writer who masquerades as…

— Vikas Swarup

“Cultural wisdom says 'Don't quit your day job.' Yet I think these desires represent our psyche's stretch toward wholeness. And to be…

— Mary Rose O'Reilley

I quit my day job the day my daughter was born. I remember flying to Cleveland and hitting a thunderstorm, which caused…

— J. B. Smoove

Writing isn't generally a lucrative source of income; only a few, exceptional writers reach the income levels associated with the best-sellers. Rather,…

— Melissa Scott

I'd been through crappy day jobs and stupid garage bands. I was determined to make it as a musician.

— Paul Westerberg

Don't quit your day jobs, boys, but always keep your sense of humor.

— Kimberly Guilfoyle

Writing responds well to some gentle scheduling. A day job not only promotes solvency, it promotes creativity as well.

— Julia Cameron

I have a day job, which means my family isnt dependent on the writing income. So if I have an idea I…

— Jim C. Hines

If I can be a working actor, if I can be an actor and not have a day job, I'll be fine.

— Colin Hanks

We all know the record biz don't pay. All musicians have day jobs - no matter how big they are.

— Shawn Amos

They say hard work pays off Well tell the Based God don't quit his day job

— Capital STEEZ

The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work

— Steve Jobs

I started eBay as an experiment, as a side hobby basically, while I had my day job.

— Pierre Omidyar

My wife and I are involved in writing/publishing/promotion twenty-four/seven. It isn't a day job; it's life.

— Kevin J. Anderson