Jobs Quotes - Page 38

• For me, it was not destiny to make it to where I am now - I thought for a long- time I would become a go-kart mechanic, or a job like this, not an F1 driver.

  Fernando Alonso

  Destiny, Long, Mechanic

  Pitpass Interview, www.pitpass.com. June 5, 2005.

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• There's no experience like on-the-job training.

  Hank Azaria

  Training, Job Training

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• An actor's job is about putting across the author's intention; I don't think of myself on the same level as a creator.

  Jane Asher

  Thinking, Actors, Levels

  "Portrait of the artist: Jane Asher, actor". Interview With Laura Barnett, www.theguardian.com. September 19, 2011.

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• I love my job and I know I am very lucky but still, if you audition and you don't get it, it still affects you.

  Olivia Colman

  Lucky, Auditions, Stills

  "'I'm lucky I'm not a pin-up': ITV's Broadchurch star Olivia Colman's own battle" by Halina Watts, www.mirror.co.uk. March 23, 2013.

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• Let me tell you the story about Massachusetts under Governor Romney. It did fall to 47th out of 50 in jobs creation. Wages went down when they were going up in the rest of the country. He left his successor with debt and a deficit, and manufacturing jobs left that state at twice the rate as the rest of the country.

  Stephanie Cutter

  Country, Fall, Massachusetts

  "This Week" with George Stephanopoulos, abcnews.go.com. June 1, 2012.

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• Over the years, I've had a lot of different jobs - newspaper boy, dish washer, naval flight officer, Amtrak board member, Governor and chairman of the National Governors Association - just to name a few. But my most cherished job - and frankly my most important job for that matter - is being a father.

  Thomas Carper

  Father, Boys, Years

  "Showing a Father’s Love by Protecting Our Children’s Health" by Tom Carper, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 15, 2012.

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• Entertainment is such a great job to have.

  2 Chainz

  Entertainment, Great Job

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I encourage everyone to pay attention to the issues that matter to you, from jobs and the economy, to education and our schools, to criminal justice reform. Whatever it is that you care about, make sure you use your voice.

  2 Chainz

  School, Voice, Issues

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I started doing regional theater. My first job was "The Importance of Being Earnest" at Dallas Theater Center.

  Anna Camp

  Dallas, Firsts, Importance Of Being Earnest

  "Anna Camp Pushes Her Boundaries in 'Pitch Perfect' and 'The Mindy Project'". Interview with Suzy Evans, www.backstage.com. October 9, 2012.

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• I went to School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, and we had a bunch of singing classes. My first job in New York was an Off-Broadway musical.

  Anna Camp

  Art, New York, School

  "Anna Camp Pushes Her Boundaries in 'Pitch Perfect' and 'The Mindy Project'". Interview with Mark Svartz, www.backstage.com. October 9, 2012.

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• Some people are really good at their jobs, some people are really bad.

  Anna Chlumsky

  People

  "'Veep's' Anna Chlumsky on politics and her 'My Girl' fame". Interview with Nicki Gostin, www.cnn.com. April 27, 2012.

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• I got along with people very well at every job I had, people liked me and I liked them and I loved being on my feet.

  Barbara Corcoran

  Feet, People, Wells

  "A Shark's Tale: Turning A $1000 Loan Into A $66 Million Exit". www.businessinsider.com. June 19, 2011.

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• Henry Fonda one time said that every time he had a job, he thought it was gonna' be the last one. And, if you got any sense, you gotta' think that because, you know when somebody's gonna do a dip, some of 'em go pretty far down.

  Barry Corbin

  Thinking, Ems, Lasts

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My teachers encouraged me to audition for some professional work during our summer vacation. I landed my first job. It was for the National Theatre Company's Mimika Pantomime troupe. I ended up touring with them for the next two years.

  Didi Conn

  Summer, Teacher, Vacation

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• I don't believe there's a baseball job that I couldn't take care of.

  Don Cooper

  Baseball, Believe, Care

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• Community colleges need to be upgraded. We got to have training for real jobs. We've got a lot of jobs that are going unfilled because we don't have the technology in the heads of graduating college students to deal with them.

  Emanuel Cleaver

  Real, Technology, College

  "Dem Congressman: Obama's Budget A 'Nervous Breakdown On Paper'". Real Clear Politics Video, www.realclearpolitics.com. February 13, 2012.

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• I don't really care if people get upset. I think I'm doing my job if people get upset; I want them to think! We all want them to think, hopefully.

  Emma Caulfield

  Thinking, People, Upset

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• The American people elected us here to cut spending so we can create an environment for jobs in America. The House has acted. We have demonstrated that we want to see spending, discretionary spending, brought down to levels of 2008. We've seen no counteraction. We have seen no position that has been expressed by the other side at all.

  Eric Cantor

  Cutting, America, People

  "Interview with House Majority Leader Eric Cantor". Interview with Wolf Blitzer, www.realclearpolitics.com. March 2, 2011.

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• I still have the desire to do the job of acting. It's just a matter of whether I'll be allowed to do the job of acting that remains to be seen. There are only so many brick walls that I'm willing to beat my head on.

  Gary Coleman

  Wall, Desire, Acting

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My slogan is I'm the least qualified guy for the job, but I'd probably do the best job.

  Gary Coleman

  Best Job, Guy, Qualified

  "Candidate With A Diff'rence". Interview with Hank Stuever, www.washingtonpost.com. August 24, 200.

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• People have this belief that actors are able to go out there and say, 'Oh I choose this job,' but most of the time we're just taking the job we can get. We don't just get offered thousands of jobs; we might earn one job a year and that's the one we'll take because we've got to pay the rent.

  Henry Cavill

  Years, People, Actors

  "‘Man of Steel’: Henry Cavill found ‘essential’ insight in ‘Red Son’". Interview with Geoff Boucher, herocomplex.latimes.com. November 21, 2011.

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• Joe Biden was first elected to the Senate in 1972 at age 30. Somewhere around 1992, he should have had to go out and get a real job.

  Howie Carr

  Real, Should Have, Age

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• Nobody has ever denied that when it comes to his trade - gigolo - John Forbes Kerry is one of the all-time greats. He's in the Gigolo Hall of Fame. See, a really good gigolo might snag one heiress in a lifetime with a nine-figure trust fund. Kerry has married two. When it comes to gigolos, he's Steve Jobs.

  Howie Carr

  Two, Might, Nine

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• If you know how to do a job very well, you keep doing it.

  Joan Chen

  Wells, Know How, Knows

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think we ought to talk about what the American people want, and that is jobs and get the economy on track.

  John Cornyn

  Thinking, People, Track

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