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Quotes About Livelihood

Shoot, every time you get on an animal, you take your life in your hands.
~ Chris LeDoux
I wasn't thinking about awards or becoming rich. I just wanted to be able to make my living by working as an actor.
~ Tom Payne
For me, a bad day is when I have nothing going on.
~ Amy Purdy
I rob banks for a living, what do you do?
~ John Dillinger
I was in one bar band from 1965 to '69, then I was in another one from 1970 to '79 - a 9-year bar band!
~ Eric Carr
Baseball is just my job.
~ Barry Bonds
We spent our lives making livings.
~ Jonathan Safran Foer
But there was always work to be done. We spent our lives making livings.
~ Jonathan Safran Foer
I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money [not for purpose or passion]- has turned himself into a slave.
~ Joseph Campbell
Every man lives by exchanging.
~ Adam Smith
Il nostro movimento avrà questo compito: darà al singolo ciò di cui ha bisogno per vivere. Ciò troverà la sua espressione in una graduazione dei meriti tale da garantire, anche all'ultimo onesto lavoratore, una normale esistenza
~ Adolf Hitler
When we talk about chefs, we often talk about their love of food or their passion for it, but cooking is also about making a living; it's a job.
~ Alex Guarnaschelli
A lot of people don't enjoy their job, they may even hate it, but I am lucky enough to be able to make a living through my passion.
~ Martin Yan
For me, music is so passionate, I have to give it my all every time I go onstage. Onstage, it was always comfortable for me, because that's where I felt at home.
~ Elton John
Acting is my career and activism is my passionate hobby. But acting is my livelihood.
~ William Baldwin
I was blessed with my career. I passionately love acting. And it's given me a good livelihood.
~ George Takei
In the beginning, because of the Pavement thing, we were able to sell a certain amount of records. We were able to sell not such a great amount of records, but enough to live on. So there was no incentive to do what didn't come naturally.
~ David Berman
I go on expeditions for the same reason an estate agent sells houses - to pay the bills.
~ Ranulph Fiennes
If I can pay the bills, I'm happy.
~ Morgan Wootten
I just like to keep working and being able to pay my bills.
~ Emma Stone
Too many jobs don't pay enough to get by, let alone get ahead.
~ Tom Perez
I've been doing comedy and paying my bills.
~ Mike Epps
I'm just making music, and I'm paying my bills.
~ G-Eazy
Boxing is what pays my bills.
~ Floyd Mayweather, Jr.