Famous Quotes & Sayings

He always has said that he wanted to be a citizen. He's really made his career and a second life here.

He already owns the career wins record with 123. I haven't had a chance to total things up yet, but by the time the season is over, I think he will own just about every record we have. He's got 28 pins this season and pinned all five of his matches on Saturday. He's got some pretty lofty goals about placing in state this year and if he keeps on the path he's on now, those are very reachable goals.

Her career is not over. I'll be stoked to see how she does at UNC. We've been talking about taking field trips up there to see her.

He played three different positions for us and could play them all well. He just had an excellent career and was outstanding offensively. He loves the game and he's top 10 academically in his class.

James Mercer

For some reason, it seems like pop writers, it's like they just get worse or something over time. And then you're really jealous of movie directors whose careers seem to grow and they'll be 70 years old and still doing these incredible jobs. I'm going to reverse that, I hope.

Ishmael Reed

A black boxer's career is the perfect metaphor for the career of a black male. Every day is like being in the gym, sparring with impersonal opponents as one faces the rudeness and hostility that a black male must confront in the United States, where he is the object of both fear and fascination.

Ina Garten

When I thought my professional career was over, it hadn't even started yet.

Idris Elba

I still sing on bits and pieces. Singing's something that I love to do, but it's not something that I pursue as a career.

Idris Elba

I'm rebelling against being handed a career, like, 'You're the next this; you're the next that.' I'm not the next anything, I'm the first me. I can't be myself, I can't just be Idris Elba. But that's just the nature of the business.

Gloria Steinem

How can I combine career and family?

Giorgio Armani

My success was also owed to career women who maybe had big legs or ample thighs, who felt well-protected by my fluid clothing that hid their flaws.

Harry Reid

I understand that during [Sonia Sotomayor's] career, she's written hundreds and hundreds of opinions. I haven't read a single one of them, and if I'm fortunate before we end this, I won't have to read one of them.

J. Michael Straczynski

Everyone in the entertainment business gets crappy contracts when we start out, and into the middle of our careers. It's the nature of the business.

J. K. Rowling

I hope that even if you remember not a single word of mine, you remember those of Seneca, another of those old Romans I met when I fled down the Classics corridor, in retreat from career ladders, in search of ancient wisdom: As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.

Greg Kinnear

I've never felt like my career has been on fire.

Grace Paley

The word career is a divisive word. It's a word that divides the normal life from business or professional life.

Grant Bowler

I've been very fortunate in my career to work across a lot of different mediums. I've hosted, I've narrated, I've acted in television, miniseries, film - all of which are very, very different in the way they tell stories.

Gene Hackman

You go through stages in your career that you feel very good about yourself. Then you feel awful, like, 'Why didn't I choose something else?' But overall I'm pretty satisfied that I made the right choice when I decided to be an actor.

Jessica Valenti

I don't get much career advice at all, and I would like some.

Jessica Simpson

Image is the most important thing about someone's career and longevity.

Jerry Buss

Early in my career, I wanted to be a mathematician.

Jenna Ushkowitz

I wanted to be a vet when I was little, so it never really dawned on me that acting was my career, it sort of chose me more than I chose it.

Jennie Finch

This whole career has been way more than I ever even imagined or dreamed.

Jennifer Aniston

I'm thrilled with how my career is evolving.

Ian Hart

I don't know how to construct a career that'll make me famous. Except maybe get my ears pinned back, get my teeth done, and go to America. But then I'll be competing with billions of actors who haven't got false teeth, and who are 25.

Hugh Howey

Living frugally is one of the best things an author can do to prepare for their career.

Hugh Jackman

My agent said to me five years ago, 'Hugh, I can see one day you... if I had to plan a goal for you, it's for you to have the kind of career that Sinatra had.'

If I stunk after a month, I was going to go home and be perfectly happy with my career and live the rest of my life as a dad.

Joseph Kahn

If he can keep his head straight, he can have a very successful career as a filmmaker. He can be one of the few guys to have longevity and really make an impact on this business.

Josh Beckett

If getting out of here makes him happy, that's his deal. It's the last year of his career and he wants to be closer to his family.

Rene Russo

If I had to design a career for myself, I would have done comedy.

I definitely would not have had this long of a career without it.

I decided I didn't want to go out like that. I'm fighting to get my career back on track.