Careers Quote by Michelle Beadle

I realized that I wanted a Rhodes Scholarship, not because I wanted to go to graduate school but because I wanted to win a…

— Rachel Simmons

I was trying to be appreciative for the education I had, for the sacrifices my parents made. I was very interested in perfect attendance,…

— Kimberly Guilfoyle

I never felt I was quite the ticket academically. I always felt I had to put in an enormous amount of effort not to…

— Emily Mortimer

I had a lot of frustrations about my career. A lot of, you know, times where I felt I should've been considered for a…

— Lauren Bacall

One thing I disliked about being a lawyer was billing for my time.

— Andrew Yang

I was so grateful to be independent of the academic establishment. I thought, how awful it would be to have my future hinge on…

— Jane Jacobs

Every job I took, I was deeply uncomfortable in terms of feeling unqualified. Every step, every risk I took, built confidence.

— Amy Hood

Whatever I did, there was always someone around who was better qualified. They just didn't bother to do it.

— James A. Michener

Getting expelled from secondary school and going to a more arty-farty college gave me the incentive to perform and opened some doors.

— Kayvan Novak

I graduated with all honors, and I was about to take the LSATs, and I was working at a law firm, and I hated…

— Nafessa Williams

I didn't decide on what college I was going to go to until the day I had to.

— Maggie Rogers

The appointment [in Harvard] gave me economic safety, writerly support, and intellectual self-respectplus eight months to myself every year.

— Seamus Heaney