I drove across country in my yellow 1970 VW bug (which I drove until 1986) to Los Angeles, having had enough cold weather in 5 years in Ann Arbor, and found a job within a few days. – W. Richard Stevens
The value of old age depends upon the person who reaches it. To some men of early performance it is useless. To others, who are late to develop, it just enables them to finish the job. – Thomas Hardy
I am not a federal employee. I am a constitutional officer. My job is the Constitution of the United States, I am not a government employee. I am in the Constitution. – Tom DeLay
Instead of waiting around for someone to give you a job, you have to go and create work for yourself. It took me a while to figure that out for myself. – Will McCormack
If you spend time with your loved ones, you get the energy to do your job better. – Sushant Singh Rajput
I kind of figured if I couldn’t get a job as a dwarf, looking as I do, I should just give up acting. – Stephen Hunter
It’s a tough job to tell a story when the audience already knows the ending, and the ending is bleak. – Walter Jon Williams
I remember I made $22 a week doing dinner theater in Norfolk, Virginia. Back then, in the ’70s, that was pretty good for a teenager, for a part-time job. – Stephen Furst
Actors are smart. They have to feel safe enough to fall and to get back up. My job is to make sure they don’t get hurt. – Scott Ellis
I’m sure that they will continue to look for ways to try and undermine my support, but I have every confidence that in doing this job for South Dakota, I will continue to build on my support and be able to succeed once again in November. – Stephanie Herseth
I took on cancer like I take on everything – like a mission and a job to accomplish. – Sam Taylor-Johnson
Just to get a job is always really exciting to me. I do feel there’s a lot left for me to learn about movies, the subtleties of acting. – Sebastian Stan
Part of my job is to advocate on my constituents’ behalf to federal agencies who aren’t always responsive. – Steven Horsford
When I was in Philadelphia during the Depression in 1930 or ’31, I got a very sad job as a night watchman in a garage. The cars in the garage had been abandoned by their owners, since they had lost their jobs and couldn’t keep up the payments. – Tom Glazer
My goal was to do the best job I could in governing the state of Wisconsin, in some cases making very tough decisions to have to bring our spending in line with the resources we had at the state level. – Scott McCallum
The first job I was offered was as an editorial assistant. I think it was the best thing for me, in terms of being a storyteller by nature, to have spent years being an editor because I learned so much from it. – Terri Windling
There is one crucial rule that must be followed in all creative meetings. Never speak first. At least at the start, your job is to shut up. – William Goldman
I’ve personally never wanted to be ‘the babe’, and refuse to let vanity get in the way of my acting because I don’t see my job as being a beautiful person. – Zooey Deschanel
A society in which vocation and job are separated for most people gradually creates an economy that is often devoid of spirit, one that frequently fills our pocketbooks at the cost of emptying our souls. – Sam Keen
I don’t mind putting my heart out there for the audience, and for the country music fans… to be vulnerable with them… that’s my job as an artist. – Tyler Farr
I always feel freelance writers are leading a heroic life. I think that is the real writer’s life. On the other hand, it’s good to have another job. It gives you something to do. – Tom Paulin
I think the death knell for any musician is getting a job that you like and pays enough that you just stay there forever. – Wesley Schultz
I feel there is a big sense of accomplishment and achievement and self worth through what you do no matter what the job, no matter what you decide to dedicate your life to. – Xochi Birch
I know I often get a job because of how I look. I hope that I keep the job because of how I act. – Theo James
Yeah, for some reason parrots have to bite me. That’s their job. I don’t know why that is. They’ve nearly torn my nose off. I’ve had some really bad parrot bites. – Steve Irwin
I don’t want to be the biggest superstar. I want to be good at my job, and I want my work to go down in posterity. I am working for the longevity of my career. – Sonam Kapoor
We, as individuals, must be responsible for our careers with the goal of reaching our highest potential. The job of a manager is to tap into that energy that’s already there. – Srikumar Rao