Jobs Quotes · Page 164

I know I can act. There aren't too many other jobs I know how to do

— Jack Nicholson

I couldn't get an acting job to save my life when I moved to L.A.

— Nia Vardalos

Folks wanna be like Will I Am not Bill I Am. They wanna be like Stevie Wonder not Steve Jobs.

— will.i.am

I've always been lucky enough to just play tennis, so I never actually had a job when I was growing up.

— Andy Murray

There are not that many jobs as an actor where you don't get to know what your character will be doing from…

— Linda Cardellini

Writing for a soap - writing for 25 characters day in, day out - is one of the most difficult jobs in Hollywood.

— Eric Braeden

Writing is not a profession, occupation or job; it is not a way of life: it is a comprehensive response to life.

— Gregory Mcdonald

Of course, I want to look good, as that helped me get jobs. But it didn't get me the jobs I wanted…

— Rufus Sewell

You say, Wait a minute, God, you spared me from a slave job in an office, and now I have a slave…

— Lauryn Hill

The water cooler conversation in every job I've had is sports, it's what did you do this weekend, it's 'How are your…

— Kal Penn

One thing I've discovered is that people in the military have a sense of purpose. They feel useful, and everything is laid…

— Jill Flint

Small businesses are the number one job creators in America. Therefore, it is important that the federal government creates an environment that…

— Randy Neugebauer

The secret of the enjoyment of pleasure is to know when to stop. Man doesn't learn this secret easily, but to shun…

— Alan Watts

Outsourcing and globalization of manufacturing allows companies to reduce costs, benefits consumers with lower cost goods and services, causes economic expansion that…

— Larry Elder

I take more jobs when I need more money, if I'm investing in films. I take fewer when I don't. Or if…

— John Sayles

In my case, I was born to parents who were very young, and I don't think they were entirely ready to have…

— Gillian Anderson

So worried was I that people would see through the painting into my soul - and guess at secret Alison stuff -…

— Allison Mackie

We have an almost desperate need for more women to run for office and for more women to really gut it out…

— Mika Brzezinski

I think women as well as men are concerned about jobs and the economy and spending and, and other issues. They're concerned…

— Ken Buck

Winning the Pritzker assures a flood of work in one's seventies and eighties, jobs necessarily carried out by assistants as the demands…

— Martin Filler

You never want an Australian with his back against the wall. You put any 12 blokes together and you'll get a job…

— Matthew Hayden

I come from a privileged background but I worked a lot of winter seasons in the Alps and I've done lots of…

— Jonathan Trigell

If "man who supports his family, at all costs, even his own happiness" is Who You Are, then love your work, because…

— Neale Donald Walsch

As a senior, you may be wondering what you want to do with your life after high school. College? Travel? Get a…

— Hunter S. Thompson

My first paid acting job was a movie called Fandango. It also starred Kevin Costner.

— Judd Nelson

I'd like to be remembered for the way I went about doing my job.

— Goose Gossage

After four years of getting the run-around, America needs a turnaround, and the man for the job is Governor Mitt Romney.

— Paul Ryan

It's a really fulfilling life if you can make your job what you love doing.

— Sam Palladio

The quickest way to kill jobs is to have this ordinance pass. It is dumb and dangerous.

— Norm Coleman

I'm honestly so grateful to have a job when I get a job, I'm always amazed - I just appreciate what I…

— Cameron Diaz

Anybody in my job steers a tightrope between being popular and being principled.

— Virginia Bottomley

I don't believe in breaks. Not yet. I'm too young. I'll find the next job to keep me busy between seasons.

— Aldis Hodge

I'm not comfortable with getting a job by being at the right Hollywood party; I'm not a terribly sociable creature.

— Mary-Louise Parker

I held a variety of jobs - most notably ten years working in universities - and kept on writing.

— Thomas Perry

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

— Anonymous

I mean, I hate when actors talk about how hard their job is. It's ridiculous, because we have the best job in…

— Jon Bernthal

I think we did a really good job in saving this economy and putting us back on the track of growth.

— Barack Obama

I love fashion, but it's always been my job, whereas horseriding is my hobby.

— Carson Kressley

has done a great job walking a thin line between revenge and remedy.

— Jesse Jackson

Career is too pompous a word. It was a job, and I have always felt privileged to be paid for doing what…

— Barbara Stanwyck