Quotes about jobs
jobs thinking stories
Doing a story about my mundane, waking life, how much I don't like my job, or breaking up with someone, I don't think so. Those stories don't interest me that much as a general thing. Jim Woodring
jobs car important
NASCAR does a good job of trying to keep things equal with new rules. We're not allowed to have computers in our cars to tell the crew what's going on. So the only thing you have is the driver, and the driver-crew chief relationship. That's the most important thing. Jimmie Johnson
jobs world pitcher
In the World Series, when a pitcher's not doing his job, they put another one in that can. Jimmie Johnson
jobs taxes creator
Someone is going to have to explain to me at some time how raising taxes on job-creators is going to create more jobs. Jim Jordan
jobs becoming where-you-come
The kind of job where you come in and work 9 to 5, and where someone tells you what to do all day is becoming scarcer and scarcer. Erik Brynjolfsson
jobs technology creating
Technology is always creating jobs. It's always destroying jobs. Erik Brynjolfsson
jobs design community
There are lots of examples of routine, middle-skilled jobs that involve relatively structured tasks, and those are the jobs that are being eliminated the fastest. Those kinds of jobs are easier for our friends in the artificial intelligence community to design robots to handle them. They could be software robots; they could be physical robots. Erik Brynjolfsson
jobs counter-culture together
It had not yet been named Silicon Valley, but you had the defense industry, you had Hewlett-Packard. But you also had the counter-culture, the Bay Area. That entire brew came together in Steve Jobs. Erik Qualman
jobs hunting finding-yourself
Best results are often achieved well before you need a job, by consistently networking so that when you find yourself job-hunting you have a large network to work with. Erik Qualman
jobs people calling
The five happiest people I have ever met all had this strange little quirk of referring to their jobs as a 'calling.' Eric Sevareid
jobs writing paper
I know a lot of writers who would much rather be writing the Great American Novel, but they've got bills to pay and alimony, and so they take a job at a less-than-reputable paper. You know, you do what you gotta do. Eric Stoltz
jobs smart dark
I've been pretty lucky - or slothful - in that I've never been a 'career builder.' I take the jobs that come along that feel right, and that's left me fairly open to all genres, really. But with 'Caprica,' the complex, dark and very smart script was the draw. Eric Stoltz
jobs loving-yourself world
Why compare yourself with others? No one in the entire world can do a better job of being you than you. Eric Thomas
jobs play fields
Every time I am on the field I am a threat to make a big play. I am going to do my job every day and can be relied upon. Eric Thomas
jobs most-romantic managers
My most romantic job: I was a manager at Baskin-Robbins. Eric McCormack
jobs crazy home
Most people, if you live in a big city, you see some form of schizophrenia every day, and it's always in the form of someone homeless. 'Look at that guy - he's crazy. He looks dangerous.' Well, he's on the streets because of mental illness. He probably had a job and a home. Eric McCormack
jobs past men
Job 29 is about Job reflecting on his past before the calamity hit him to say this is the type of man I was. So, you want to know what God calls perfect and upright? Read Job 29, and you will understand what kind of man God esteems. Eric Ludy
jobs real responsibility
I just feel that God gave me a certain gift, and that was to go out, do storytelling and be an actor. And my responsibility with that gift is to do the best job possible and to re-create real life. Eric Close
jobs spring real
The last two times I went to spring training, I had to win a job, and if I didn't get off to a blazing start, I'm on the bench. Now, I've proven myself, so it's not essential that I get off to a real good start. Eric Davis
jobs mouths done
I had my mouth done when I was 27. It was a botched job. Obviously, if I had liked my mouth I wouldn't have had it re-done. Emmanuelle Beart
jobs long forever
When I did TV, I only did little guest parts, and it hasn't been that long. There is a kind of pressure in this job that comes from your work every day being there forever. But this is all part of the brand-new world that I'm discovering. Emma Stone
jobs people different
I just want to do a good job with each role that I take and continue to better myself as an actress because that's what I love about this job... being able to act and work with so many different people on such a wide range of projects. Emma Stone
jobs fun silly
It’s such a fun job, and it can be silly and light and about making people laugh. I think I was doing it a disservice by thinking it’s not something ultimately important. I always was saying, ‘I’m not saving lives; I’m not a brain surgeon.’ And that’s true—I’m not saving anyone from any life-threatening illnesses. But I get to tell stories, and that’s a pretty important task. Emma Stone
jobs trying acting
I'm just learning every day and I hope to continue that until the day I die. I'm just trying to learn and experience as much as I possibly can. I look at acting, at how I look at being involved in a job and living my life and prioritising. Emma Stone
jobs nice artist
The people I look up to the most - politicians, actors, artists - are the people who manage to do a high-powered job while staying themselves. They aren't afraid to be nice. Emma Stone
jobs party election
During an election, it's like they're doing my job: they're going around banging the drum for their party and selling their movie. You know, it's the same thing. Emma Thompson
jobs needs world
I do things in my own way, but I've never felt any need to rebel. To be honest, I've always had far too much freedom. I had a job when I was 10. I started living on my own when I was 17 or 18. I've earned my own money; I've traveled the world. What would I rebel against? Emma Watson
jobs mistake ideas
To be honest, I've always had far too much freedom. I had a job when I was 10. I started living on my own when I was 17 or 18. I've earned my own money; I've traveled the world. What would I rebel against? I've had so much freedom, sometimes it was hard. My parents wanted to protect me, but they had no idea how to. I had to learn as I went and make my own mistakes. I went from being totally unknown and never acting professionally to being in a major movie and being very famous. It all happened so quickly, I didn't have any time to work things out. It's been pretty scary at times. Emma Watson
jobs school thinking
When I came out of school I didn't even think that modeling was a job. Heidi Klum
jobs people looks
In my job, people tell you that all the time: 'This shoot was great. You look amazing.' But you never know what they say when you turn away. Heidi Klum
jobs doors competition
When I won the competition, I had just been offered a job as a designer in Düsseldorf, so that's probably what I'd be doing now. It can be fascinating to consider how your life might have turned out, like in the movie Sliding Doors, but I'm too busy to look back. Heidi Klum
jobs guy thankless
I know being a linesman is a thankless job, especially with guys like me around. John McEnroe
jobs giving goal
I don't have any particular goals in making a recording. In a way the recording is itself the goal. The music comes into my mind, and from there the main job is to give form to it. John McLaughlin