Careers Quotes

In my career, I've really wanted to sort of be a morpher and not show my own identity.

I know if I did that [career as painter] all the time I would get tired of it.

If I could make a career out of drawing little girls hiding in corners, I would do really well.

Why is computer science a good field for women? For one thing, thats where the jobs are, and for another, the pay is better than for many jobs, and finally, its easier to combine career and family.

My only intention is to just have a little bit more success so that my career is easier and I don't have to work so hard just to get a job.

Men are my life, diamonds are my career.

Acting had been a hobby that turned into a career, the directing was a hobby that turned into a career and music just really allowed me to find another way to express myself.

Most music careers slowly but surely go down.

Modeling was never anything that was a career choice. I did catalog work in Toronto to make money so that I could go to school.

I pass through the difficult moments in life, really difficult times on grass, during my seven years of my career. All of a sudden I felt comfortable.

I've got so much I want to do, and not a lot of time to do it in. People say to me, "You really shouldn't do so many records", because it actually harms your career.

When I look out from my own business career, I tried to learn from some of the best people, regardless of the industry.

I've been very fortunate in my art career. It's something I would never have expected.

I made theater very important in the beginning of my career.

I was raised to be self-conscious about weight. Then as I got older and started doing television, it became a career issue, like, 'You have to lose weight or you'll lose that job.'

I mean, I think I'm doing a lot better than other people that have had shoulder surgery in their careers. Some people have never come back.

There's not many firsts in my career, as I have been a part of many tournaments and fortunate enough to win many.

I have had a career in which, almost without exception, every single person Ive worked with has helped me.

Think of your career as your ministry. Make your work an expression of love in service to mankind.

I think it's unfortunate how many people today try to build up their own careers by denigrating the work of others.

Wherever my career takes me, I know I'll love getting there, because ever since I was 2 1/2 years old, I knew that this was all I ever wanted to do.

It's such a luxury as an actor to think of your career as something you're choosing for yourself, because so much of the time as an actor you're just hoping that exciting projects come your way.

I'm so thankful that I've had such a long and uninterrupted [knocks wood] career... I count my blessings every day for that because it was so fulfilling.

The United States is the only country where a driver can have a successful career - either in stock cars or IndyCar - and he won't need a passport.

Everyone knows Jordan as a winner, and that's what I want to be known as at the end of my playing career. Someone who's won multiple NBA Championships and has made a difference in the NBA.

My career has always been one of the most important things, but after having a baby you find that it drops down on the totem pole.

Like a painter, a filmmaker should change their format, their support, despite their career they shouldn't be stuck in a system that is stuck in the past.

I don't make a career plan. I take things the way they come.

Writing is still my main career, but I would love, for instance, to serve in the New York State Assembly.

Demos are something you do in the early stages of your career, but when you get going, you just go in and record the song.

I've spent the better part of my career in politics and public policy working on and fighting for education reforms.

Certainly, it's very easy to fall in love with cash. If you're going to make all your decisions based on cash, you're going to have a pretty naffy career.

No one turns down a film with Woody; it's something everyone wants in their career as an important moment. He's such a comedic genius, without question, so I was thrilled.

My first postseason home run was a walk-off in the Division Series. That was just a special moment in my career.

For most of my career I've been very lucky to have avoided major injuries.

People wait until late in their career to give back. But why wait when there is so much to be done?

It seems to me, that's the only thing that ends up being really fulfilling or satisfying - your career.

I'm trying to solidify a long-term career, because I have no other skills and no other abilities.

Novelists are stamina merchants, grinders, nine-to-fivers, and their career curves follow the usual arc of human endeavour.

My literary career kicked off in 1956 when, as a resident of Swansea, South Wales, I published my first novel, 'Lucky Jim.

Science isn't just for scientists - it's not just a training for careers.

The most satisfying thing in my life and my career is to work with my children.

Answering ads rarely works for career changers because you have no experience in the job for which you're applying.

My show business career doesn't mean I can't write a symphony. It just means I was never asked to write one.

So I think that if I do feel more freedom right now in my career, it's not so much because I have less at stake but more a sense that I've learned more.

I found my way into the indie world a bit late in my career, but it was something that I was really passionate about doing.

At any age you can start over. You have to drop the idea of where you should be in your career. And you have to do without a lot of love. Not everyone's going to love you.

I have to say, I haven't really worked with that many people in my career that I haven't liked, which I think is really rare.

I always feel vulnerable talking about the poetry aspect of my career because it's little diary entries that I need to sometimes close read, and to reveal that much, it's a bit nerve-racking.

My recording career has luckily run the gamut of recording environments.