Famous Quotes & Sayings

Nothing increases the number of jobs so rapidly as labor-saving machinery, because it releases wants theretofore unknown, by permitting leisure.

Isabel Allende

I do not put myself in a box and say, for instance, I'm writing post-colonial literature. I don't know what I'm writing. That's the business of professors and critics. My job is to tell a story, and that's it.

Isabel Allende

The media could do a much better job, that's for sure, especially the media that targets women... Human rights? They couldn't care less!

Ingrid Bergman

The best way to keep young is to keep going in whatever it is that keeps you going. With me that's work, and a lot of it. And when a job is finished, relax and have fun.

Indra Nooyi

The first thing I'd say to women is put aside the guilt. I think we're all genetically programmed to feel guilty for not giving total effort at the job.

Indra Nooyi

There is nothing like a concrete life plan to weigh you down. Because if you always have one eye on some future goal, you stop paying attention the the job at hand, miss opportunities that might arise, and stay fixedly on one path, even when a better, newer course might have opened up.

Frank Zappa

A composer's job involves the decoration of fragments of time.

Jeff Lindsay

Have you noticed how difficult it is just to get along in the world? If you're no good at all in your job, people treat you badly and eventually you will be unemployed. And if you're a little better than competent, everyone expects miracles from you, every single time. Like most of life, it's a no-win situation. And if you dare to mention it, no matter how creatively you phrase your complaints, you are shunned as a whiner.

Jeff Lindsay

I don't do my job to catch the bad guys. Why would I want to do that? No, I do my job to make order out of chaos.

Jeanette Winterson

Life is so simple when you're just doing your job.

Jim Cooper

This Congress is simply not doing its job under Republican leadership.

Jim Carter

I wouldnt want to be reincarnated as a butler. I couldnt for the life of me do the job in real life.

Jim Carroll

If you are a parent, if you are an educator, there are very many good and powerful reasons to take children onto the Internet, but you have to be involved with them-you cannot expect government authorities or industry authorities or other people to do your job for you, and that is to help guard your children against some of these things that are occurring out there.

Jim Carrey

but can everyone simply choose the path he loves? someone has to take the ordinary jobs. all i know is, that worked for me. and it didn't work for other people i know to get a so-called safe job, because there's no such thing anymore. the only thing that stays constant is the idea that people have to escape.

Jim Carrey

My family kinda hit the skids. We were experiencing poverty at that point. We all got a job, where the whole family had to work as security guards and janitors. And I just got angry.

Jim Carrey

Kids need to know they're the most important thing in the world to you, and if that means quitting your job to prove it, then you have to prove it.

Jessie Cave

Getting a role in Harry Potter was like winning the lottery. But no one deserves an acting job.

Jessica Walter

I must confess I took a couple or three jobs just for the money.

Jewel

My intention for my life is to stay centered, and from that intention come my priorities: my son, my family, my job, my self. That then informs what kind of work I can take on. It's a balancing act, but a fun one.

Jerry Springer

Obviously I wanted to be a bus driver - and I still do. If only I could get a part time job.

Jeri Ryan

My husband travels a lot with his job, so we have a lot of frequent flyer miles so we can hop on a plane with no notice. That's a nice luxury and he is very supportive

Jermain Defoe

I am doing my job and trying to win a game for my team. I shouldn't be getting racially abused; it's silly.

Pause and remember - You deserve peace! So, don't feel bad for one moment about walking away from people, jobs, and situations that keep you from having peace of mind.

Jennifer Saunders

I did grieve a bit when I wasn't having the chemo anymore. I was used to sitting in the little chair and then the nurse would come and do it. It was like that was your job for that long and it was reassuring.

Jennifer Weiner

Having a day job again I found really kind of fueled my fiction, because it became almost this forbidden thing where I had to sneak off and do it in private.

Jennifer Weiner

I wished that my job was baking muffins in a muffin shop, where all I'd have to do was crack eggs and measure flour and make change, and nobody could abuse me, and where they'd even expect me to be fat. Every flab roll and cellulite crinkle would serve as testimony to the excellence of my baked goods

Jennifer Weiner

Being a novelist is hard for anyone - male or female. You don't get to quit your day job.

Jen Lancaster

Fletch then kisses me on the forehead before opening the cabinet under the coffeemaker to grab placemats and napkins. Retrieving these items is his job because I kind of don't like to bend. I also refuse to carry anything heavier than my purse.

Jen Lancaster

I've determined the ideal job for me is one where I can write clever essays about my life and my employer will give me enough money not only to live a comfortable existence, but also to buy many, many new pairs of shoes.

Jemaine Clement

The writing is just a boring job. It's just a horrible job.

Jeffrey Zeldman

Whether the task is writing, design, or hanging a picture straight, it is obvious that we do our best work when healthy, rested, refreshed, alert, and eager to do the job for its own sake.

Jen Kirkman

Not that that's my goal, but when you're very wealthy and very famous, you can have a lot more decisions in what you do. You have a lot more opportunity. You can maybe even not work for a few years. It puts you in a great position to make some decisions. You're not always taking every job that comes and that kind of thing.

Jen Kirkman

Its almost Thanksgiving! A day when you get to hear your extended family use racial slurs for groups are not taking away their jobs.