Jobs Quotes · Page 117

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

— Julia Cameron

[Independence Day] was a sweet, sweet job, because it was one of those big surprises.

— Brent Spiner

I smile and think; This is my job, this is what I do for a living, and its what I’ve always wanted

— Liam Payne

Focusing on strengths is the surest way to greater job satisfaction, team performance and organizational excellence.

— Marcus Buckingham

At the root of everything I do is a fascination with ideas – what ideas are for, what jobs they do.

— Thomas Heatherwick

All comedians are, in a way, anarchists. Our job is to make fun of the existing world.

— Bob Newhart

This is what I would have done if I had to have a real job: I would have been a history teacher.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

If you're not serving the customer, your job is to be serving someone who is.

— Jan Carlzon

Go figure that. Joseph Morelli with a house, a dog, a steady job, and an SUV. And on odd days of the…

— Janet Evanovich

But kids don't stay with you if you do it right. It's the one job where, the better you are, the more…

— Barbara Kingsolver

“Muslim store clerks should sell alcohol and pork. Christian bakers should bake gay wedding cakes. Everyone should do their fucking job.”

— T.J. Kirk

One of the greatest challenges in collecting child support is that deadbeat dads move from job to job and state to state.…

— Rod Blagojevich

My husband travels a lot with his job, so we have a lot of frequent flyer miles so we can hop on…

— Jeri Ryan

My mom and dad worked very hard to give me the best chance in - not just in golf but in life.…

— Rory McIlroy

Remember, it's more mentally tiring to think about what has to be done, and all the things that might go wrong, than…

— Jack Canfield

I think about our planet. I mean how to make it a better planet. The global warming issue is a concern to…

— Michael Jackson

It’s a job. It’s not a hobby. You don’t write the way you build a model airplane. You have to sit down…

— Rosellen Brown

A story, to me, has a particular sprite, like the angel of the spirit of that story - and it's my job…

— Philip Pullman

The mind is divided, like a rider on an elephant, and the rider’s job is to serve the elephant. The rider is…

— Jonathan Haidt

Maybe "having enough" has a second meaning beyond the basic economic security a family needs. Maybe it means accepting that a rich…

— Willow Bay

There are a lot of times that we feel like our hands are tied - 'I have no control over if I'm…

— Victoria Osteen

If people like us, our life is good. If somebody doesn't like us, our whole life is tanked. That happens at your…

— Mark Hall

If our commanders on the ground say we need more troops, I will send them. But our commanders tell me they have…

— George W. Bush

The organizer who creates roles, who creates the holes that will force the pegs to their shape, is a prime creator of…

— Kenneth E. Boulding

I'm grateful for the people who watch everyday because if the viewers don't tune in, I don't have a job and I…

— Ainsley Earhardt

Once I pulled a job, I was so stupid. I picked a guy's pocket on an airplane and made a run for…

— Rodney Dangerfield

My first job in NYC was playing a gig in the early nineties at CBGBs.

— James Iha

A horse can have a job and not be a slave. He can look forward to it and enjoy it. That's the…

— Buck Brannaman

There are far more good actors than there are jobs for them, so it's a big question of luck.

— Toby Jones

I never regretted turning down anything, I never regretted losing a job because I always felt something else was out there.

— Carol Burnett

I take jobs with people I admire, people with incredible talent who aren't necessarily big sellers.

— Narada Michael Walden

It is the job of the historian to say what is likely, and of faith to say what is possible.

— Reza Aslan

Terrorism is partly linked to people who have no jobs in Pakistan.

— Mian Muhammad Mansha

I expect the audience to assume TV is stupid. I accept that it's my job to overcome it.

— Dan Harmon

The worst men have the best jobs the best men have the worst jobs or are unemployed or locked in madhouses.

— Charles Bukowski

What is most important for Europe is economic growth and jobs, security at home and safety in the world.

— Peter Mandelson

I hated farm work. I always got stuck with the jobs my father and brother didn't want to do.

— Travis Hafner

All Asian parents are into your children having a respectable, decent stable job. Acting was unimaginable to my parents.

— Joan Chen

In football a man was asked to do a difficult and brutal job, and he either did it or got out.

— Frederick Exley

My job is not to represent the world. My job is to represent the United States of America.

— Donald Trump