Quotes About Career

Granted, the writers, directors, producers, and that community make a great deal of money. But they might be choosing to do a whole lot of other things for the living they make.

Get a day job, make your money from that, and write to please yourself.

Don't ever let economic alone determine your career or how you spend the majority of your time.

I never wanted to have to take a job because I didn't have any money.

When I was 20 and ran my first race, I told myself I don't know how I'm going to do this for a living. I don't have the money to do it. But it is what I want to do.

But I was going to be a teacher my entire life, so I wasn't counting on money to much.

Kazan was an old friend, I met him in 1938. He picked up radio jobs for eating money, so I met him on a couple of radio shows. Later on I was in a play he directed.

The money is better in films and television. But in terms of acting, theatre is more rewarding.

It took a long time to get out of my contract. The producers thought I was negotiating for more money.

I didn't have any extra money. But I can't say that I had a hard early career.

If you take the money away, a lot of the footballers would still be playing football. So, the money has nothing to do with it.

I didn't make that much money... Once I joined Bruce (Springsteen), I took a huge pay cut.

Singing as a full-time job was not something I had given a lot of thought to and I had no clear notion of the money to be made in it.

In many ways, that affection is the real reward for 56 years in the business. Although the money ain't exactly bad either.

I have spent my career trying to get Congressmen to spend the people's money as if it were their own. But I have failed.

Later on when it became a routine it was not as exciting I'll admit that. The first three years were wonderful, the rest were just money making and having fun.

I say get an education. Become an electrician, a mechanic, a doctor, a lawyer, anything but a fighter. In this trade, it's the managers that make the money and last the longest.

The first money I have been offered was as District Officer Ba.

I didn't go to college at all, any college, and I'm not saying you wasted your time or money, but look at me, I'm a huge celebrity.

A lot of people think they'll be earning money like they are now for the rest of their lives. I think once you have that type of mindset, it's over.

The career of a writer is comparable to that of a woman of easy virtue. You write first for pleasure, later for the pleasure of others and finally for money.

You know, I didn't have enough money to quit my day job... the myth of the major label deal. Nowadays, you have a tour bus and a stylist and all this stuff. But back then, no way.

Modeling was something that fell into my lap. It was fun to travel and make money, but it always seemed like a hobby.

There were a zillion bad jobs. That doesn't exist any more. I mean, I could wake up one afternoon with zero money and know that by the end of the day, I would have money.