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Career Quotes

"Very few of the great leaders ever get through their careers without failing, sometimes dramatically."

"Very few of the great leaders ever get through their careers without failing, sometimes dramatically."

Phil Crosby, American Author

Career, Careers, Leaders

25

"When I am seriously composing, sometimes a phrase will come into my head, a catch phrase. When I was writing pop songs for a few years, as a career, separate from my folksinging career, I used to write songs for pop singers."

"When I am seriously composing, sometimes a phrase will come into my head, a catch phrase. When I was writing pop songs for a few years, as a career, separate from my folksinging career, I used to write songs for pop singers."

Tom Glazer, American Musician

Career, Songs, Will, Writing

24

"I had given up the theater and everything propelled me into entertainment. And I didn't resist it."

"I had given up the theater and everything propelled me into entertainment. And I didn't resist it."

Vincente Minnelli, American Director

Career, Entertainment, Theater

24

"In the early part of your career you are always compared with somebody until you can stand on your own two feet."

"In the early part of your career you are always compared with somebody until you can stand on your own two feet."

Charlie Hunnam, English Actor

24

"My Brilliant Career was beautifully directed, but I had a bit of trouble with myself in it. It was a silly script, based on a book this 16-year-old girl wrote."

"My Brilliant Career was beautifully directed, but I had a bit of trouble with myself in it. It was a silly script, based on a book this 16-year-old girl wrote."

Judy Davis, Australian Actress

Career, Silly, Trouble

24

"It was such a leap in my career when 'Truman Show' came along. It's always been a long process for me insofar as recognition goes, but that's OK because you appreciate it when it comes."

"It was such a leap in my career when 'Truman Show' came along. It's always been a long process for me insofar as recognition goes, but that's OK because you appreciate it when it comes."

Jim Carrey, Canadian Comedian

24

"I was at the pinnacle of my career one day and the next day I was put out to pasture. I felt like a race horse with a broken leg."

"I was at the pinnacle of my career one day and the next day I was put out to pasture. I felt like a race horse with a broken leg."

Jack Klugman, American Actor

Career, Day, Race

24

"I'm having a great career, though I think I'm not as good as your little scenario makes me out to be."

"I'm having a great career, though I think I'm not as good as your little scenario makes me out to be."

Kristin Davis, American Actress

24

"My first career was as a coach and a teacher."

"My first career was as a coach and a teacher."

David Friedman, American Actor

Career, Coach, First

24

"It's been a career filled with very low valleys and some wonderful, high peaks."

"It's been a career filled with very low valleys and some wonderful, high peaks."

Pat Morita, Japanese Actor

24

"If Barbara Walters was interviewing me, I'd figure her career was as dead as mine!"

"If Barbara Walters was interviewing me, I'd figure her career was as dead as mine!"

Tom T. Hall, American Musician

24

"And I know I'm paranoid and neurotic, I've made a career out of it."

"And I know I'm paranoid and neurotic, I've made a career out of it."

Thom Yorke, English Musician

24

"When I wrote The Onion Field, I realized that my first two novels were just practice."

"When I wrote The Onion Field, I realized that my first two novels were just practice."

Joseph Wambaugh, American Writer

Career, First, Practice

24

"Although as a boy I had dreamed about going into space, I had completely forgotten about that until one day I received a call from an astronaut, who suggested that I should join the program."

"Although as a boy I had dreamed about going into space, I had completely forgotten about that until one day I received a call from an astronaut, who suggested that I should join the program."

David M. Brown, American Astronaut

Career, Day, Space

24

"And I didn't, that's why my career was very short lived."

"And I didn't, that's why my career was very short lived."

Kitty Carlisle, American Musician

24

"I always knew how to cook and at one point in my career where I had done nine television pilots before Three's Company and they all failed, I just got discouraged."

"I always knew how to cook and at one point in my career where I had done nine television pilots before Three's Company and they all failed, I just got discouraged."

Suzanne Somers, American Actress

Career, Company, Television

24

"I'm not a career woman."

"I'm not a career woman."

June Allyson, American Actress

24

"I had already done Rainbow in Curved Air and had a big record on CBS. I was launched to have a long career and then I just dropped out and went to India."

"I had already done Rainbow in Curved Air and had a big record on CBS. I was launched to have a long career and then I just dropped out and went to India."

Terry Riley, American Composer

24

"So must the writer, whose productions should Take with the vulgar, be of vulgar mould."

"So must the writer, whose productions should Take with the vulgar, be of vulgar mould."

Edmund Waller, English Poet

24

"It would be nice if you have a hit. But I don't think it's necessary to continue with my career at this point."

"It would be nice if you have a hit. But I don't think it's necessary to continue with my career at this point."

Donna Summer, American Musician

24

"Mike Nichols asked if I would do The Birdcage. Mike and I are dear friends but he had never offered me a feature role in a movie. My television career opened other doors for me."

"Mike Nichols asked if I would do The Birdcage. Mike and I are dear friends but he had never offered me a feature role in a movie. My television career opened other doors for me."

Christine Baranski, American Actress

Career, Friends, Television

24

"There's not too many guys that spend their whole career with one team and I think it's very fortunate and a blessing for me."

"There's not too many guys that spend their whole career with one team and I think it's very fortunate and a blessing for me."

Ryne Sandberg, American Athlete

24

"Sometimes you get caught up in what's going on around you. The reality is that you are just a regular person. At some point, the career will be over, the bright lights turn off. That can come back to haunt you if you're not just a regular guy."

"Sometimes you get caught up in what's going on around you. The reality is that you are just a regular person. At some point, the career will be over, the bright lights turn off. That can come back to haunt you if you're not just a regular guy."

Brett Favre, American Athlete

Career, Reality, Will

23

"There are many exceptions, but New York is a great place to start a career."

"There are many exceptions, but New York is a great place to start a career."

Stephen Collins, American Actor

23

"The game has basically not changed since I ended my career."

"The game has basically not changed since I ended my career."

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, American Athlete

23

"I have always been intrigued with singing and I actually started my career in musical comedies."

"I have always been intrigued with singing and I actually started my career in musical comedies."

Janine Turner, American Actress

Career, Singing

23

"Blade Runner helped make my career. Everybody was in it. Who knew?"

"Blade Runner helped make my career. Everybody was in it. Who knew?"

Brion James, American Actor

23

"In the old days the studios guided your career. Now it's all up to you."

"In the old days the studios guided your career. Now it's all up to you."

Bill Paxton, American Actor

Career, Now, Old

23

"If there's no craft there, then once the looks go, there goes your career."

"If there's no craft there, then once the looks go, there goes your career."

Joe Morton, American Actor

23

"For a century longer, Rome still retains its outward form, but the swarming nations are now in full career."

"For a century longer, Rome still retains its outward form, but the swarming nations are now in full career."

John Lothrop Motley, American Historian

Career, Nations, Now, Rome

23

"I like school very much, and I'll go to college if my career slows down. But kids go to college to be where I am today. Not to put college down, but for me, it would be digressing."

"I like school very much, and I'll go to college if my career slows down. But kids go to college to be where I am today. Not to put college down, but for me, it would be digressing."

Dana Hill, American Actress

Career, College, Kids, School

23

"After graduation, I wanted to work for 'Sassy', which I loved, but it had folded. So I wound up at 'Seventeen' for three years on staff and two as a contributor, and I wrote these great stories that nobody ever believes 'Seventeen' does. Serious stories for teens about social justice issues - gun control, migrant farm workers."

"After graduation, I wanted to work for 'Sassy', which I loved, but it had folded. So I wound up at 'Seventeen' for three years on staff and two as a contributor, and I wrote these great stories that nobody ever believes 'Seventeen' does. Serious stories for teens about social justice issues - gun control, migrant farm workers."

Gayle Forman, American Journalist

Career, Writing, Social-Justice, Youth

23

"I never considered a career in broadcasting, not even as a kid."

"I never considered a career in broadcasting, not even as a kid."

Josh Charles, American Actor

23

"Models now need to promote themselves, think like businesswomen and diversify their careers by doing other things. Chances are very slim that a mere model will become a household name today."

"Models now need to promote themselves, think like businesswomen and diversify their careers by doing other things. Chances are very slim that a mere model will become a household name today."

Tyra Banks, American Model

Career, Careers, Name, Now, Today

23

"I'm 31 years old and I want to be part of a championship team before my career is over."

"I'm 31 years old and I want to be part of a championship team before my career is over."

Mats Sundin, Canadian Athlete

Career, Old, Want, Years

22

"The career doesn't get any easier. A career stays tough."

"The career doesn't get any easier. A career stays tough."

Dabney Coleman, American Actor

22

"I'm convinced that had I not changed my name, I don't think I would have had quite the same career curve that I eventually had."

"I'm convinced that had I not changed my name, I don't think I would have had quite the same career curve that I eventually had."

Ben Kingsley, English Actor

22

"I have been enjoying my return to modeling. That's where my career started many years ago."

"I have been enjoying my return to modeling. That's where my career started many years ago."

Rita Mero, American Wrestler

22

"It was necessary to organize my career to remain at the top level until Salt Lake City."

"It was necessary to organize my career to remain at the top level until Salt Lake City."

Hermann Maier, Austrian Athlete

22

"If you take 67 brush fires times 10 years, that's almost 700 right there. Those brush fires are incredibly dangerous, all those homes going down proved that."

"If you take 67 brush fires times 10 years, that's almost 700 right there. Those brush fires are incredibly dangerous, all those homes going down proved that."

Joseph Wambaugh, American Writer

Career, Right, Years

22

"There were probably about five games in my career where everything was moving in slow motion and you could be out there all day, totally in the zone, and you don't even know where you are on the field, everything is just totally blocked out."

"There were probably about five games in my career where everything was moving in slow motion and you could be out there all day, totally in the zone, and you don't even know where you are on the field, everything is just totally blocked out."

Lawrence Taylor, American Athlete

Career, Day, Games, Zone

22

"But I have never wanted to be a singer, because the exterior part of a career, I don't like very much."

"But I have never wanted to be a singer, because the exterior part of a career, I don't like very much."

Victoria de los Angeles, Spanish Musician

22

"I just did one movie and there was no career for me, anyway."

"I just did one movie and there was no career for me, anyway."

Lee Hazlewood, American Musician

22

"I'm really glad I didn't have kids earlier, because I probably would have ignored them. I was so into my career. I could just go and play a ton of shows, night after night after night. I can't do that anymore."

"I'm really glad I didn't have kids earlier, because I probably would have ignored them. I was so into my career. I could just go and play a ton of shows, night after night after night. I can't do that anymore."

Bob Seger, American Musician

Career, Kids, Night, Play

22

"My career is just kind of crazy."

"My career is just kind of crazy."

David Spade, American Actor

22

"There is no handbook about how a career is going to go."

"There is no handbook about how a career is going to go."

Gary Cole, American Actor

22

"Don't you think it astonishing that, at 58, I am still working at improving my career?"

"Don't you think it astonishing that, at 58, I am still working at improving my career?"

Placido Domingo, Spanish Musician

22

"Most men have professions, yet few act like professionals."

"Most men have professions, yet few act like professionals."

Chris Murray, Irish Author

Career, Profession, Men, Work, Behavior

22

"I am not surprised that they show no intention to follow in my footsteps, although if I had a second chance myself, I would certainly try to repeat my present career."

"I am not surprised that they show no intention to follow in my footsteps, although if I had a second chance myself, I would certainly try to repeat my present career."

Richard Ernst, Swiss Scientist

Career, Chance, Footsteps, Intention

22

"At this point in my career, Apollo 13 is a million light years away."

"At this point in my career, Apollo 13 is a million light years away."

Kathleen Quinlan, American Actress

Career, Light, Years

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