Quotes About Career

..we are trained as children to get good grades, get a good job, get a good spouse, get children, get ahead. In all this getting we get something else: anxiety and depression.

It's not an irrational decision, I've been thinking about this for quite a while and maybe it'll be good for me [on his career break

I know it wouldn't seem like I've had a lot of failure in my career, but there are things that I regard as failures, when I look at certain performances and go, 'That's not good enough.'

The script for 'In Good Company' was the first one I ever showed my dad.

All my jobs have been with food in one way or another since 1948. My parents were in the hotel business, and I just loved the warm hearted people who worked so hard with such good humor.

I.B.M. was my college education, effectively. They were very good at teaching you management.

I had a very good job in corporate America, but I quickly knew that was not how I was wired.

My very good friend, Rahm Emanuel, made it very clear to me on several occasions that I was, quote, unquote, not a team player; that I was not - that I didn't not have a future.

I never intended on moving to 'The Good Wife' permanently, but in terms of a next move and something to do to make myself feel good, this was a great opportunity.

I can always go back to waiting tables, but I won't be very good at it. I'll never be good at it.

Its sort of my job to feel good.

The good thing is I picked a profession that I'm passionate about.

It wasn't like I felt I was on a wave. It was just so easy. It is only afterwards that I thought I really had a bit of good luck going on there with Yazoo.

I've never wanted to be the hottest star. I always wanted to do good movies.

In no small part I think all of us kind of look in the mirror and feel good or not feel good about the person we seen in the mirror in no small part because of the jobs we have.

A good career is a long-lasting career. When you're there in every competition doing a good job you're a part of an elite, and that's the most important thing.

I began as a weatherman and I learned very quickly I wasn't very good at it.

Here I am as a running back, making a pretty good living, actually doing pretty good.

Im thinking of going into rehab. Im not addicted to anything, but I think its good way to jumpstart an acting career.

The things you want professionally are opportunities. And through my good fortune that's what's happened. Opportunity has come to me.

For a while, I couldn't decide whether or not I should pursue singing in the opera or acting. And I'm glad that I chose the latter because I wasn't a very good singer.

My old manager of the Irish National Theatre said 'Don't worry about being a star, just worry about being a working actor. Just keep working.' I think that's really good advice.

I had a good political career, and I have a good business career. I didn't get the brass ring. But I did very well.

I push to be in good films and good TV shows. I don't really pick and choose. I pick and choose what I will read for, and I've gotten to the point where I'm being offered stuff.