Famous Quotes & Sayings

I was always a keen reader. I jotted down one or two things, but it never occurred to me to think of a job in writing. I thought that writers were like demi-gods. I don't know what I thought.

Pierce Brown

My editor's main job is to cut down my worldbuilding. There's so much fun stuff in there, you know?

Masiela Lusha

As an actress, if you find inspiration through my work, then my job is complete.

Rick Pitino

I'd tell any coach not to move for money... Stay at your job if you're really happy.

Dave Stephens

The kids did a nice job staying in there, defensively. I thought our kids stepped up to the challenge.

The key is to make everything that he does difficult. It's not easy. I thought we did a nice job of limiting him to 20.

It needs to be done in a unified, cohesive manner, not piecemeal. I think as a board, our job is to be proactive and go out and look for that, and not wait for people to come to us.

It's a mind-set of going out and getting the job done.

It'll be a tough job, but we'll get it done.

Cherie Piper

It's great. This is where we wanted to arrive. Now we have to go on because our job is not finished.

This is really a tale of two job markets.

Sophie Kinsella

If I worked at White Globe Consulting, I wouldn't be able to do my job. I would spend all day texting the other people in the office, asking them what was going on today and had they heard anything new and what did they think was going to happen. Hmm. Maybe it's a good thing I'm not in an office job.

Steve Stivers

Congress should just do its job and pass a transportation-infrastructure bill - a regular bill that doesnt borrow money and mortgage my future.

Steve Stivers

The advantage of the free market system is that people invest their capital, they create jobs by investing their capital, and hopefully they get a return on that investment. I don't think there's anything wrong with good old American capitalism.

Steve Spurrier

I do get away maybe a little bit more than most coaches do, but that seems to have worked for me in my coaching career. I recommended the way not to get burned out from your job is to have some hobbies and get away from it when you can.

Steve Toltz

The game is an analogy for life: there are not enough chairs or good times to go around, not enough food, not enough joy, nor beds nor jobs nor laughs nor friends nor smiles nor money nor clean air to breathe...and yet the music goes on.

Stephen Lang

My philosophy is, 'Show up, shut up, and do your job,' and if you do it to the satisfaction of your director and the public, you're likely to be able to do it again.

Stephen Lang

I am very happy acting, and just have never gone at, or been bitten by the directing bug to the extent where I'm willing to put acting aside. If offered the opportunity, I think I could do a good job with the right material.

Stephen Leacock

Being a specialist is one thing, getting a job is another.

Stephen King

You know, small children take it as a matter of course that things will change every day and grown-ups understand that things change sooner or later and their job is to keep them from changing as long as possible. It’s only kids in high school who are convinced they’re never going to change. There’s always going to be a pep rally and there’s always going to be a spectator bus, somewhere out there in their future.

Stephen King

It's a writer's job to carve with language, to hew close to the bone.

Stephen King

But see that you get on. That's your job in this hard world, to keep your love alive and see that you get on, no matter what. Pull your act together and just go on.

Stephen King

On the day of my judgment, when I stand before God, and He asks me why did I kill one of his true miracles, what am I gonna say? That it was my job? My job?

Ellen Tauscher

The government's Small Business Administration reports that small businesses represent 99% of all employers in the U.S. and are responsible for generating well over half of new jobs created.

Ellen Ochoa

I think of it as a good opportunity to let, in particular, school kids know that this job and other interesting jobs in science and engineering are open to anyone who works hard in school and gets a good education and studies math and science. And that it's not just for a select group of people.

Ellen Page

We are just trying to do the best possible job we can. We're not perfect. All you can do is trust the positive intention behind it, and we're always going to work to, hopefully, get better and better.

Ellen Page

I have trouble sometimes watching actors - even when they do a great job - with an accent.

Elizabeth Reaser

Sometimes I think your face and your bearing and your energy have so much more to do with the jobs you get than the actual work and the time and the effort that you put in, or the talent even.

The description of the job posting was 'looking for an independent filmmaker.' So, I submitted an application. I'd done teaching here and there, but nothing like in this setting.

Scott Adams

If a job's worth doing, it's too hard.

Scott Adams

'Dilbert' became popular during the downsizing of the '90s, and job security was a major theme of the strip.

Scott Adams

The job isn't done until you've blamed someone for the parts that went wrong.

Scott Adams

Life is half delicious yogurt, half crap, and your job is to keep the plastic spoon in the yogurt.