top of page
"I don't very often think I've done a good job. I don't like the majority of what I do. I shouldn't say I don't like it, but I'm not satisfied with almost everything that I do."
Standard
Customized
Exlpore more Job quotes

"All leaders share something in common. They feel they are the only ones who can do the job."

"I got an agent. He said, what do you wanna do, and I said, I want an Oscar nomination. That's your job, that's what I'm paying you for. And I got it."

"The unions still have a job to do, representing their members' interests to governments and parliaments. And I think collective agreements still have a role, alongside markets and laws."

"It's my job to really commit myself to the material and the project and be proud of what I've done, and I am in most cases."

"Not to sound too pathetic, but there have been long stretches where I haven't been able to get a job."

"It's extremely difficult to get these jobs because you can't get a job on a ship unless you have seaman's paper's, and you can't get seaman's papers unless you have a job on a ship. There had to be a way to break through the circle, and he was the one who arranged it for me."
Explore more quotes by Paul Simon

"I try to open up my heart as much as I can and keep a real keen eye out that I don't get sentimental. I think we're all afraid to reveal our hearts. It's not at all in fashion."

"The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence."

"I was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It's chicken and eggs. And I said, I gotta use that one."

"I don't consider myself to be a major talent, so the only solace I can take is to hope I'm growing."

"I think Bridge Over Troubled Water was a very good song. Artie sang it beautifully. The Boxer was a really nice record. But I don't think I've written any great songs."

"I suppose an artist takes the elements of his life and rearranges them and then has them perceived by others as though they were the elements of their lives."

"Not every song I write is ecstasy. And it can happen only one time. After that, when you sing the same melody and words, it's pleasure, but you don't get wiped out."
bottom of page