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Job Quotes

"You just go in and try to do the best job you can everyday."

"You just go in and try to do the best job you can everyday."

Nick Cassavetes, American Actor

4

"A lot of guys spend their lives saying no because it's an easier way to keep your job."

"A lot of guys spend their lives saying no because it's an easier way to keep your job."

Cynthia Weil, American Musician

4

"My job is to come up with something that you like and you agree with that you would play wholeheartedly. If we disagree, I may not be doing my job correctly."

"My job is to come up with something that you like and you agree with that you would play wholeheartedly. If we disagree, I may not be doing my job correctly."

Harold Ramis, American Actor

4

"I'm off at least three or four days a week, so it's a perfect job, really."

"I'm off at least three or four days a week, so it's a perfect job, really."

James Denton, American Actor

4

"Shooting a television show can be very difficult and at times can really wear on you. If you keep reminding yourself that it is a job and you show up together as a team and as a whole, you can prevail."

"Shooting a television show can be very difficult and at times can really wear on you. If you keep reminding yourself that it is a job and you show up together as a team and as a whole, you can prevail."

David Boreanaz, American Actor

Job, Television

4

"As busy as I claim to be, I've still got the greatest job in the world."

"As busy as I claim to be, I've still got the greatest job in the world."

Peter Criss, American Musician

4

"Scratch a dog and you'll find a permanent job."

"Scratch a dog and you'll find a permanent job."

Franklin P. Jones, American Journalist

4

"Never turn down a job because you think it's too small; you don't know where it can lead."

"Never turn down a job because you think it's too small; you don't know where it can lead."

Julia Morgan, American Architect

4

"I had to think whether, after 50 years of hard slog, I was still lucid and fresh enough for the job."

"I had to think whether, after 50 years of hard slog, I was still lucid and fresh enough for the job."

Jacques Delors, French Economist

4

"I mean, I always feel incredibly lucky to get a job."

"I mean, I always feel incredibly lucky to get a job."

Kelly Lynch, American Actress

4

"I enjoyed in every way my 12 years of playing Archie, and I wasn't personally sad about finishing a long job."

"I enjoyed in every way my 12 years of playing Archie, and I wasn't personally sad about finishing a long job."

Carroll O'Connor, American Actor

4

"There's a very specific thing you can do to get in magazines. I'm much happier to just show up and do the job. I haven't taken the active approach to making myself a star. I haven't been in a blockbuster."

"There's a very specific thing you can do to get in magazines. I'm much happier to just show up and do the job. I haven't taken the active approach to making myself a star. I haven't been in a blockbuster."

Paul Rudd, American Actor

4

"My therapist would be so happy to know I'm doing all this walking. They've done a great job of putting me back together, haven't they?"

"My therapist would be so happy to know I'm doing all this walking. They've done a great job of putting me back together, haven't they?"

Tammy Duckworth, American Politician

4

"Our job is only to hold up the mirror - to tell and show the public what has happened."

"Our job is only to hold up the mirror - to tell and show the public what has happened."

Walter Cronkite, American Journalist

4

"Oh, absolutely, it felt more serious than your typical job. One of the things that got us through how difficult the shooting actually was was that we are telling a real story."

"Oh, absolutely, it felt more serious than your typical job. One of the things that got us through how difficult the shooting actually was was that we are telling a real story."

John C. Reilly, American Actor

4

"No man should have a political office because he wants a job."

"No man should have a political office because he wants a job."

Franklin Knight Lane, American Politician

Job, Man, Office

4

"If the world operates as one big market, every employee will compete with every person anywhere in the world who is capable of doing the same job. There are lots of them and many of them are hungry."

"If the world operates as one big market, every employee will compete with every person anywhere in the world who is capable of doing the same job. There are lots of them and many of them are hungry."

Andy Grove, Hungarian Businessman

Job, Will, World

4

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

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

Scott Adams, American Cartoonist

4

"I realized I didn't want to be a photographer. I gave it up, but I still worked that job in the restaurant and I found myself constantly hanging out in the kitchen."

"I realized I didn't want to be a photographer. I gave it up, but I still worked that job in the restaurant and I found myself constantly hanging out in the kitchen."

Sally Schneider, American Writer

Job, Kitchen, Want

4

"Up until like five seconds ago, I just took what jobs came along."

"Up until like five seconds ago, I just took what jobs came along."

Paul Bettany, English Actor

4

"If your not practicing, somebody else is, somewhere, and he'll be ready to take your job."

"If your not practicing, somebody else is, somewhere, and he'll be ready to take your job."

Brooks Robinson, American Athlete

4

"When a man does a household job, he goes through three periods: contemplating how it will be done; contemplating when it will be done; and contemplating."

"When a man does a household job, he goes through three periods: contemplating how it will be done; contemplating when it will be done; and contemplating."

Marcelene Cox, American Columnist

4

"The U.N. is capable of endless process and mindless psychobabble, but as far as getting the job done on the ground, I just don't see them doing it."

"The U.N. is capable of endless process and mindless psychobabble, but as far as getting the job done on the ground, I just don't see them doing it."

Peter King, American Politician

4

"For solving a surprisingly large and varied number of problems, crowds are smarter than individuals."

"For solving a surprisingly large and varied number of problems, crowds are smarter than individuals."

Michael Shermer, American Writer

Job, Crowds, Problems

4

"It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his own estimation, and yours too."

"It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his own estimation, and yours too."

Josh Billings, American Comedian

4

"I have to stay humble. I'm just a normal human with a job that is televised."

"I have to stay humble. I'm just a normal human with a job that is televised."

Jai Rodriguez, American Actor

4

"Whenever I fill out the job description I put 'songwriter,' never 'singer' or 'artist.' Singers come and go."

"Whenever I fill out the job description I put 'songwriter,' never 'singer' or 'artist.' Singers come and go."

Brian McKnight, American Musician

4

"It's part of the job to compensate for outfit."

"It's part of the job to compensate for outfit."

Victoria Pratt, Canadian Actress

4

"If kids come to educators and teachers from strong, healthy functioning families, it makes our job easier. If they do not come to us from strong, healthy, functioning families, it makes our job more important."

"If kids come to educators and teachers from strong, healthy functioning families, it makes our job easier. If they do not come to us from strong, healthy, functioning families, it makes our job more important."

Barbara Coloroso, American Educator

Job, Kids, Teachers, Barbara Colorose

4

"You sign for a sequel for everything these days, just in case, options. In the past, you avoided them like the plague because it meant somewhere down the road you couldn't take a job because you had to do a sequel. Now it's a feature of pretty much any feature you do."

"You sign for a sequel for everything these days, just in case, options. In the past, you avoided them like the plague because it meant somewhere down the road you couldn't take a job because you had to do a sequel. Now it's a feature of pretty much any feature you do."

Mark Strong, English Actor

Job, Now, Options, Past

4

"I've actually been turned down for jobs because I was in Playboy."

"I've actually been turned down for jobs because I was in Playboy."

Karen McDougal, American Model

4

"The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law."

"The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law."

George W. Bush, American President

4

"I had a soap opera, and my next job was working with Kyle McLachlan on The Invisible Man."

"I had a soap opera, and my next job was working with Kyle McLachlan on The Invisible Man."

Elisabeth Rohm, American Actress

Job, Man, Opera

4

"But there was not a job that could say that Luther Allison didn't do his job."

"But there was not a job that could say that Luther Allison didn't do his job."

Luther Allison, American Musician

4

"I feel like it's my job to carry the torch."

"I feel like it's my job to carry the torch."

Joan Jett, American Musician

4

"A politician will do anything to keep his job, even become a patriot."

"A politician will do anything to keep his job, even become a patriot."

William Randolph Hearst, American Publisher

4

"I've had the same, full-time assistant and typist for eight or nine years now. She's read everything I've written, she types everything and does a good job, translates it and makes comments."

"I've had the same, full-time assistant and typist for eight or nine years now. She's read everything I've written, she types everything and does a good job, translates it and makes comments."

Kevin J. Anderson, American Writer

Job, Now, Years

4

"I got a phone call from Douglas Campbell and from Jerome Guthrie, who offered me a job out of the blue."

"I got a phone call from Douglas Campbell and from Jerome Guthrie, who offered me a job out of the blue."

Jeffrey Jones, American Actor

3

"I take my job as a rock and roll sax player very seriously. To do it the way that I must do it, I must be in good condition. The better shape you're in, the harder you can rock."

"I take my job as a rock and roll sax player very seriously. To do it the way that I must do it, I must be in good condition. The better shape you're in, the harder you can rock."

Clarence Clemons, American Musician

3

"I'm lucky not to have a nine-to-five job."

"I'm lucky not to have a nine-to-five job."

Ruby Wax, American Comedian

3

"Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs founded Apple Inc, which set the computing world on its ear with the Macintosh in 1984."

"Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs founded Apple Inc, which set the computing world on its ear with the Macintosh in 1984."

Kevin Mitnick, American Celebrity

Job, Jobs, World

3

"Bobby is really the one who did all the editing on that stuff. And he did all the mixing. I particularly like the record we did with Logic because Scott Harding did a great job mixing it. He's really a killing engineer."

"Bobby is really the one who did all the editing on that stuff. And he did all the mixing. I particularly like the record we did with Logic because Scott Harding did a great job mixing it. He's really a killing engineer."

Charlie Hunter, American Musician

Job, Killing, Logic

3

"I've had to do all kinds of jobs to pay the rent. I've even worked in a Cornish tin mine."

"I've had to do all kinds of jobs to pay the rent. I've even worked in a Cornish tin mine."

Peter Wright, British Celebrity

3

"Jimmy Carter as President is like Truman Capote marrying Dolly Parton. The job is just too big for him."

"Jimmy Carter as President is like Truman Capote marrying Dolly Parton. The job is just too big for him."

Rich Little, Canadian Comedian

3

"We always admire the other person more after we've tried to do his job."

"We always admire the other person more after we've tried to do his job."

William Feather, American Author

3

"No verse is libre for the man who wants to do a good job."

"No verse is libre for the man who wants to do a good job."

Ezra Pound, American Poet

3

"I don't think I've found the perfect job for me, but I know what I like, so that's halfway there, right?"

"I don't think I've found the perfect job for me, but I know what I like, so that's halfway there, right?"

Colleen Haskell, American Celebrity

3

"Managers have very tough jobs. I always respected their job but demanded respect in return."

"Managers have very tough jobs. I always respected their job but demanded respect in return."

Jim Evans, American Athlete

Job, Jobs, Managers, Respect

3

"When someone gets a job, it better be clear what they did to get it."

"When someone gets a job, it better be clear what they did to get it."

Mark V. Hurd, American Businessman

3

"It's our job as economic developers in the state to make sure any prospect receives all available incentives."

"It's our job as economic developers in the state to make sure any prospect receives all available incentives."

Larry Williams, American Musician

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