“It's funny that when people reach a certain age, such as after graduating college, they assume it's time to go out and get a job. But like many things the masses do, just because everyone does it doesn't mean it's a good idea.” PeopleMeanDoeIdeasAgeFunnyJobsCertainCollegeMassAssumingThoughtfulGood IdeasGraduatesBloggingCollege Graduates Author:Steve Pavlina
“It is kind of hard to figure out who you are when you've lost your job at age 13, when that was basically how you identified yourself.” KindHardAgeJobsLostFiguresWho You Are Author:Jodi Sweetin
“I look at it this way. I'm not putting age limits on what I can do. As long as I can do the job to help the team win and feel like I'm playing at a high level, which I feel I can do for a long while, I'm going to play no matter what my age is.” WayFeelsLooksLongI CanMatterPlayHelpingAgeJobsWinningSportsCan DoLevelsTeamLimitsNo Matter WhatHigh Level Author:Dan Marino
“When people lose their jobs, they can either get another job or be entrepreneurs. In the music industry, a lot of people have attempted the latter by starting their own labels, but in the age of digital downloads, it's very difficult to succeed.” PeopleAgeJobsDifficultLosesIndustrySucceedEntrepreneurStartingLabelsLatterDigitalMusic IndustryDownloads Author:Judd Apatow
“We have to hear the stories of women at all ages of their lives in order to really present a picture of what it felt like to be alive in our time. That's what our job is as writers is to present that and create it. Our job as writers isn't to make as much money as we can. Our job is to create a record of this time. That's why if you leave out women and the stories of women, we failed at our mission. All of us. Men and women.” IfsMenStoriesAgeJobsOrderFeltRecordsAliveMen And WomenMissionsOur Time Author:Marsha Norman
“My books have done extremely well, I know. But I don't honestly feel much different from when I began to write. I still think we have a long way to go. I suppose my name means more in Nigeria today than it did five years ago. But I feel the job that literature should do in our community has not even started. It's not yet part of the life of the nation. We are still at the beginning. It's a big beginning, because now we are catching the next generation in the schools. When I was their age, I had nothing to read that had any relevance to my own environment.” ThinkingKnowsWayFeelsShouldWritingYearsWellsMeanLongStillsBookDifferentDoneBigsAgeTodaySchoolJobsNextLiteratureNamesNationsCommunityMy OwnEnvironmentFiveGenerationsYears AgoHonestlyFive YearsLong WayNext GenerationCatchingRelevanceOur CommunityNigeriaLong Way To Go Book:Conversations with Chinua Achebe Source: Conversations with Chinua Achebe
“You feel sorry for yourself. You think you're missing something and you don't know what it is. You're lonely inside your life. You have a job and a family and a fully executed will, already, at your age, because the whole point is to die prepared, die legal, with all the papers signed. Die liquid, so they can convert to cash.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsWholeAgeJobsDeathDiesMissingPaperLonelyPreparedSorryCashPapersLiquidMissing SomethingFeel Sorry For You Book:Underworld: Picador Classic Source: Underworld: Picador Classic
“Even a 30-year-old man whose wife dies is eleven times more likely to commit suicide than a 30-year-old man whose wife is living. At age 30, when men can bury themselves in their jobs and are physically and financially attractive to women, the loss of the one woman a man loves is so devastating it is often not softened even by the opportunities for many women... in brief, it is the loss of love that devastates men.” MenYearsAgeJobsDiesOpportunityLossLove IsWifeSuicideCommitAttractiveOld ManElevenOne WomanLove LossAge 30 Author:Warren Farrell
“It's hard to say that my twenties were the most miserable time in my life or that my first wife drove me crazy or that I hated the job that I had. You can say all of those things. But for the most part, people manage to have a good time when they're that age.” PeopleFirstsHardAgeJobsWifeCrazyTwentiesManageMiserableHatedGood TimesHaving A Good Time Author:Frank Stella
“Why do people write books that say it's better to be older than to be younger? It's not better. Even if you have all your marbles, you're constantly reaching for the name of the person you met the day before yesterday.” PeopleIfsWantWritingPersonsBookAgeJobsYoungNamesMetsAgingYesterdayReachingSomedayMarketplaceMarbleDemographicsZeitgeist Author:Nora Ephron
“It is worth reminding that being president is a tough job for anybody, and particularly so in the information age. There's such a glut of information. Anything a president says or does is picked up on the Internet or the 24/7 news media and criticized almost instantly. Leaders persuade through their words and as such their words need to be measured and well chosen. It is a tough job.” NeedsWellsDoeAgeJobsPresidentLeaderMediaInformationInternetNewsToughChosenRemindingInformation AgeNews Media Author:Donald Rumsfeld