“The early part of my career I really struggled, getting turned down again and again. I was in debt, and it was horrible. And then my family hit such highs in their careers, I asked myself what I was thinking going into the same profession.” ThinkingCareersMy FamilyDebtProfessionHorribleAgain And AgainTurned Down Author:Joely Richardson
“Initially I had intended to study medicine, but before going to University I had decided that I would be better suited to a career in which I could concentrate my activities and interests more on a single goal than appeared to be possible in my father's profession.” Would BeFatherGoalInterestCareersStudyActivityDecidedMedicineUniversityProfession Author:Frederick Sanger
“I decided very early that I wanted to write. But I didn't think of it as a career. I didn't even think of it as a profession... It was the most exciting thing, the most powerful thing, the most wonderful thing to do with my life.” ThinkingWritingWantedPowerfulCareersWonderfulDecidedExcitingProfessionThings To DoMost PowerfulWonderful ThingsExciting Things Author:Mary Oliver
“If your career is a bad boyfriend, it is healthy to remember you can always leave and go sleep with somebody else.” IfsRememberSleepCareersHealthyProfessionRemember YouRemembers YouBad BoyBad Boyfriend Book:Yes Please Source: Yes Please
“A time comes, after years in the trenches, when the artist begins to fathom what his career has looked like so far and what it will look like if he continues as he's proceeded.” IfsYearsLooksArtistCareersProfessionFathomTrenches Book:Affirmations for Artists Source: Affirmations for Artists
“I'm an artist because that's what I was best at as a kid. It was fun... I continue to be an artist... for the freedom that an art career can bring. I don't need an alarm clock and I am my own boss.” NeedsArtKidsArtistFunMy OwnCareersProfessionClockBossAlarmsAlarm Clocks Author:Mark Kostabi
“[The career a young man should choose should be] one that is most consonant with our dignity, one that is based on ideas of whose truth we are wholly convinced, one that offers us largest scope in working for humanity and approaching that general goal towards which each profession offers only one of the means: the goal of perfection ... If he works only for himself he can become a famous scholar, a great sage, an excellent imaginative writer [ Dichter ], but never a perfected, a truly great man.” IfsMenShouldMeanIdeasYoungHumanityGoalCareersOffersDignityPerfectionConvincedProfessionExcellentYoung ManGreat MenScholarSageScopeImaginativeConsonants Author:Karl Marx
“I'm still not sure what pulled me into the career I chose, even though, now, I can't imagine having done anything else. Mostly, I think I wanted to be a writer, or at least to try for a while.” ThinkingTryingStillsI CanDoneWantedCareersImagineProfessionNot Sure Book:A Peter Gzowski Reader Source: A Peter Gzowski Reader
“You work [as an actor] for a bit, and then the job ends 'cause you get thrown off a bridge. And then, you suddenly don't have a career and you have to wait for the next bit to come along. It's the most strange profession in the world.” WorldEndsJobsNextActorsCausesBitsWaitingCareersStrangeProfessionBridgesThrown Author:David Oakes
“The thing that really breeds career longevity in this profession is doing good work. You can make $20 million a movie, but does that mean you'll still have a job when you're 60? It's a profession that eats people up and wants constant turnaround, so you have to dedicate yourself to learning and making the most of whatever gift you may have.” PeopleWantMayMeanDoeStillsJobsCareersMillionsConstantProfessionGood WorkLongevityDoing GoodTurnaround Author:Ethan Hawke
“My art career actually began under the kitchen table. My mother wanted to get me out of her hair while she cooked, so she laid out some paper and pencils on the floor under the kitchen table.” ArtWantedMotherCareersHairPaperTablesProfessionKitchenPencilsKitchen TablePaper And Pencil Author:Alton Tobey
“My career doesn't depend on painting Bill Clinton.” CareersPaintingDependsBillsClintonProfession Author:Nelson Shanks
“They do say that the profession gets increasingly difficult, but my career seems to have been inside out. I'm playing the biggest parts now that I'm older. That's probably right, because I wasn't ready for them before.” Has BeensSeemsDifficultCareersReadyProfession Author:Diana Rigg
“Pick a profession that will give you enough money to give you economic freedom. It is nice to pick a career that really taxes your mind. Use your mind in new and creative ways. You will find that your mind will develop and become stronger.” WayGivingMindEnoughUseSuccessCareersCreativeNiceEconomicBuddhismTaxesPicksStrongerProfessionEconomic Freedom Author:Frederick Lenz
“I knew that I wanted to pursue acting as a profession during my sophomore year of college. One of my Professors (Karen Deacons-Brock) at N.C Central University assigned me to perform a one woman show for my final project and it was then, along with her encouragement, that it was time for me to move to NY in pursuit of a professional acting career.” YearsShowsWantedMovingActingCareersCollegeProjectsEncouragementFinalsUniversityProfessionPursuitPursueProfessorsOne WomanSophomoreSophomore YearDeacons Author:April Parker Jones
“. . . if I had been a man, self-respect, family pressure and the public opinion of my class would have pushed me into a money-making profession; as a mere woman I could carve out a career of disinterested research.” IfsMenSelfOpinionClassCareersResearchPressureMereProfessionMaking MoneySelf RespectDishesPublic OpinionDisinterested Book:My Apprenticeship Source: My Apprenticeship
“I think we all understand disappointing yourself. Especially in the acting profession, which is probably similar to a political career, even the most stable, head-on-straight person is still going to be confronted with doing something that they shouldn't, that could affect their job or cause them not to be at their best - even if it's something as simple as taking a red eye for an audition at 6 a.m. the next morning and you know you'll be dragging.” IfsThinkingKnowsPersonsStillsEyeJobsPoliticalNextCausesSimpleActingCareersMorningRedProfessionStableAuditionsDisappointingRed Eye Author:Corey Stoll