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Job Quotes

"You do a job; your show gets canceled. You get used to it."

"You do a job; your show gets canceled. You get used to it."

Kaley Cuoco, American Actress

14

"The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes."

"The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes."

Bella Abzug, American Lawyer

13

"The media's job is to question a premise."

"The media's job is to question a premise."

Joey Skaggs, American Celebrity

Job, Media, Question

13

"That's where my job comes in. Getting the E.U. and U.S. to agree."

"That's where my job comes in. Getting the E.U. and U.S. to agree."

John Bruton, Irish Politician

13

"The tougher the job, the greater the reward."

"The tougher the job, the greater the reward."

George Allen, Sr., American Coach

13

"I did several interesting jobs, working in restaurants, I worked at a lab rat farm, feeding and watering all these rats. Then I got a full-time job as a technical writer for a large scientific research laboratory."

"I did several interesting jobs, working in restaurants, I worked at a lab rat farm, feeding and watering all these rats. Then I got a full-time job as a technical writer for a large scientific research laboratory."

Kevin J. Anderson, American Writer

Job, Jobs, Research, Restaurants

13

"We always think every other man's job is easier than our own. The better he does it, the easier it looks."

"We always think every other man's job is easier than our own. The better he does it, the easier it looks."

Eden Phillpotts, English Novelist

13

"So at 16 I got a job at the local radio station. And I was working after school and weekends. I did the news; I did everything. I did - played records."

"So at 16 I got a job at the local radio station. And I was working after school and weekends. I did the news; I did everything. I did - played records."

Dick Van Dyke, American Actor

Job, News, School

13

"Well, I'm not saying that we're solving every problem or arresting every person that ought to be arrested and deported, but we're doing a better job than has been done in the past."

"Well, I'm not saying that we're solving every problem or arresting every person that ought to be arrested and deported, but we're doing a better job than has been done in the past."

Thad Cochran, American Politician

Job, Past, Saying

13

"Salary stories are intrusive. Do you ask your neighbour what they earn for their job?"

"Salary stories are intrusive. Do you ask your neighbour what they earn for their job?"

Nicole Kidman, Australian Actress

13

"What I think is that Fox has done a very smart job of carving out their place."

"What I think is that Fox has done a very smart job of carving out their place."

Tom Brokaw, American Journalist

12

"I have never once asked Alaskans to like how I got this job."

"I have never once asked Alaskans to like how I got this job."

Lisa Murkowski, American Politician

12

"Certainly in the next 50 years we shall see a woman president, perhaps sooner than you think. A woman can and should be able to do any political job that a man can do."

"Certainly in the next 50 years we shall see a woman president, perhaps sooner than you think. A woman can and should be able to do any political job that a man can do."

Richard M. Nixon, American President

Job, Man, Woman

12

"When you've moved past a point where you're just scrambling for jobs, you think about the things that you want to do. And the things that you want to do are governed by what you've seen, what you choose to embrace."

"When you've moved past a point where you're just scrambling for jobs, you think about the things that you want to do. And the things that you want to do are governed by what you've seen, what you choose to embrace."

Danny Glover, American Actor

Job, Jobs, Past, Want

12

"Judging is a lonely job in which a man is, as near as may be, an island entire."

"Judging is a lonely job in which a man is, as near as may be, an island entire."

Abe Fortas, American Judge

Job, Lonely, Man, May

12

"I'm a guy who never wanted to hold a steady job, because I was worried about the monotony."

"I'm a guy who never wanted to hold a steady job, because I was worried about the monotony."

Noah Wyle, American Actor

12

"One of the greatest challenges in collecting child support is that deadbeat dads move from job to job and state to state. it's hard to keep track of them."

"One of the greatest challenges in collecting child support is that deadbeat dads move from job to job and state to state. it's hard to keep track of them."

Rod Blagojevich, American Politician

Job, State, Support

12

"In my job you can't just put your head in the sand and throw partisan bombshells. You have to get results."

"In my job you can't just put your head in the sand and throw partisan bombshells. You have to get results."

Amy Klobuchar, American Politician

11

"You know it's my job to visualize, what is literal or audible, so I designed all the characters, and I designed what they do and how they should do it and so on."

"You know it's my job to visualize, what is literal or audible, so I designed all the characters, and I designed what they do and how they should do it and so on."

Gerald Scarfe, British Artist

11

"You can try to take sorrow and make it into something enduring, meaningful and beautiful. I always feel guilty that this is my job, that I get to do this."

"You can try to take sorrow and make it into something enduring, meaningful and beautiful. I always feel guilty that this is my job, that I get to do this."

Alice Hoffman, American Author

11

"I have not had any serious non-academic job."

"I have not had any serious non-academic job."

Amartya Sen, Indian Philosopher

10

"We must do a better job of educating all drivers to be safer on the road."

"We must do a better job of educating all drivers to be safer on the road."

Johnny Isakson, American Politician

10

"I'm an ordinary guy with an extraordinary job."

"I'm an ordinary guy with an extraordinary job."

Bernie Mac, American Actor

10

"When it comes to .NET they've done a really outstanding job."

"When it comes to .NET they've done a really outstanding job."

Miguel de Icaza, Mexican Scientist

10

"I think the tour is doing a better job of showing off the personalities of the players with their website, which is filled with tidbits of what the players are up to."

"I think the tour is doing a better job of showing off the personalities of the players with their website, which is filled with tidbits of what the players are up to."

Jennifer Wyatt, Canadian Athlete

9

"The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the battlefield."

"The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the battlefield."

Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President

8

"Writing is manual labor of the mind: a job, like laying pipe."

"Writing is manual labor of the mind: a job, like laying pipe."

John Gregory Dunne, American Writer

Job, Labor, Writing

7

"Masochism is a valuable job skill."

"Masochism is a valuable job skill."

Chuck Palahniuk, American Novelist

6

"The more you stay in this kind of job, the more you realize that a public figure, a major public figure, is a lonely man."

"The more you stay in this kind of job, the more you realize that a public figure, a major public figure, is a lonely man."

Richard M. Nixon, American President

Job, Lonely, Man, Public

5

"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."

"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."

Paul Simon, American Musician

4

"Sure it's a big job; but I don't know anyone who can do it better than I can."

"Sure it's a big job; but I don't know anyone who can do it better than I can."

John F. Kennedy, American President

4

"It's the job that's never started takes longest to finish."

"It's the job that's never started takes longest to finish."

J. R. R. Tolkien, English Novelist

3

"The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon."

"The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

3

"If my films make one more person miserable, I'll feel I have done my job."

"If my films make one more person miserable, I'll feel I have done my job."

Woody Allen, American Director

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