Quotes About Career

I had a 20-year, stellar government career.

Some government workers are dedicated and work hard, but most of them are just waiting to retire.

Both of my parents graduated from high school, both attended college, both have government jobs now. They've always been very adamant about me finishing high school and finishing college.

If I can go from burglar for the government to talk show host, you can go from entertainer to congressman.

No man should be in public office who can't make more money in private life.

I was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening.

My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go straight.

I thought I was gonna be an attorney, so I went to Dartmouth and I was a government major and I minored in environmental policy, and I didn't do anything academically around the arts.

Cricket is not like a government job where retirement age is fixed at A cricketer can retire at 30 or 60; it's up to the player.

My first jobs after graduation in 1955 were as a project engineer for G.E. and later with the U.S. government in Washington, D.C., where I met and married my wife, Dolores Celini.

It was only when I finished the course and left my graduation diploma on the bus that I realized I'd become an actor.

The longer our graduation lines are today, the shorter our unemployment lines will be tomorrow.

I have a great husband, great parents and in-laws, and I have help with a nanny. It's not easy, but there are others who do it every day and don't have a high-profile job as I do.

No job is beneath you. You ought to be thrilled you got a job in the mailroom And when you get there, here's what you do: Be really great at sorting mail.

But I was, and still am, an avid reader and so when I first started I chose to photograph many of the great writers in this country to try and earn a living.

And I have a really great agent and I know it's almost an oxymoron to say you have a smart agent. But she is and she has a beautiful aesthetic and she has guided me.

Although I was not aware of it at the time, the experience of growing up during the Great Depression was to have a profound impact on my intellectual and professional career.

Happiness is not that easy to achieve, but having a handsome husband, a beautiful baby, and a great job helps.

I'm sure there are writers who are great businessmen, but I never met any.

I soon realized that I didn't have a great passion for academia and I didn't like sitting in front of the computer all day. I would much prefer to be a carpenter.

I wanted to make a living, but I really was not interested in money at all. I was interested in being a great comedian.

I think Madonna has a great deal of intelligence and capability. I have a lot of respect for her. She's taken her career and maximized it with intelligence and creativity.

I'm healthy, have a loving and adorable family, great hunting dogs, a gravity defying musical career and most importantly, fuzzy-headed idiots hate me.

The things that have taken place over my career have been unbelievable. I have a lot of great moments to cherish.