Career Quotes
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List 20 things you are going to do in the next 30 days to fast-start your career. Then take action on at least one of them.
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My literary career kicked off in 1956 when, as a resident of Swansea, South Wales, I published my first novel, 'Lucky Jim.'
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I enjoy inventing things out of fun. After all, life is a game, not a career.
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George Lindsay who played Goober thought Andy Griffith Show limited his career.
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Last summer was probably the biggest disappointment of my career, but now I have something bad with which to balance the good. I will no longer take anything for granted.
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Stand-up came out of three things. Frustration, necessity and arrogance. I didn't have a great career ahead of me in anything. Someone literally said to me, 'You should try stand-up,' and took me to a venue.
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I think the thing that really started setting my career on the course that it's on is when I did 1000 Cats on Funny or Die Presents on HBO. That's what I feel like kind of got me a little bit more into the system.
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Write. Remember, people may keep you (or me) from being a published author but no one can stop you from being a writer. All you have to do is write. And keep writing. While you’re working at a career, while you’re raising children, while you’re trout fishing--keep writing! No one can stop you but you.
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I actually feel like, for a lot of my career, I wasn't able to show my comedic range. I did a lot of dramas and dramedies. I was on 'E.R.' That's not generally thought of as a funny show.
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John Travolta said he sometimes lets his friends take control of his airplane even though they don't know what they're doing. Then Travolta said he often does the same thing with his career.
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Failure is inherent in the game. So if you don't respond well to adversity, you're probably not going to have a long career.
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Don't try to start a career in LA, unless money is all you're interested in.
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'The Feminine Mystique' goads me to gratitude that, thanks to forerunners like Betty Friedan, I've had the opportunity to pursue a career.
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At this point, I'm spoiled. I've actually had a really blessed career.
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I very much enjoyed my career in science. I didn't leave science because I was disillusioned, but felt I'd done my bit for it after about twenty-five years.
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I am always happy and proud of my work in '24' season three. It was a great role, and it was early on in my career, and it was a great test for me.
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I'm not looking for career attention, for more success, more money. I'm just singing songs I chose because I love them.
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You should always stand up for what you believe and never stand down to promise or protect your career.
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Break eggs to make omlettes, never be complacent or think 'I've got a career here, I've got to keep it going'.
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If I hadn't had a childhood career, I probably would've signed a contract with the first person I came across.
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I just want my career to be ran a certain way. When you get the sense it's not, that your voice is not being heard, then, unfortunately, you have to do certain things to make a stand to fight what you believe in, even if you do have to sacrifice time.
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It was early in my career, and I had been seeing Mary, a shy, lonely, and physically collapsed young woman, for about three months in weekly psychotherapy, dealing with the ravages of her terrible history of early abuse. One day I opened the door to my waiting room and saw her standing there provocatively, dressed in a miniskirt, her hair dyed flaming red, with a cup of coffee in one hand and a snarl on her face. “You must be Dr. van der Kolk,” she said. “My name is Jane, and I came to warn you not to believe any the lies that Mary has been telling you. Can I come in and tell you about her?” I was stunned but fortunately kept myself from confronting “Jane” and instead heard her out. Over the course of our session I met not only Jane but also a hurt little girl and an angry male adolescent. That was the beginning of a long and productive treatment.
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Forget the career, do the work. If you feel what you are doing is on line and you're going someplace and you have a vision and you stay with it, eventually things will happen.
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I know that when I have had whatever run-ins I have had throughout my career, I have had them because I have done the things that I feel like I need to do to be the best, and that is why I am in this sport, that is what drives me.
