“While a lab Director can get done the things that he regards as important, he has the more important job of bringing out the best ideas of the broader scientific community.” ImportantIdeasDoneJobsCommunityDirectorsRegardLabsImportant JobsBringing Out The Best Author:Burton Richter
“Certainly being governor is an important job, and there are quality governors that could serve our country as president and have done so in the past.” ImportantJobsGovernorsImportant Jobs Author:Marco Rubio
“The most important job you'll ever have is in the walls of your own home.” ImportantHomeJobsWallImportant Jobs Author:Jane Clayson Johnson
“People do more important jobs than acting in film that should be recognised, but for some reason it's big money, so people are elevated in status. If I was a bus driver, I'm sure you wouldn't be interviewing me.” PeopleIfsShouldImportantReasonBigsJobsFilmActingDriversBusImportant JobsBus Driver Author:Adam Garcia
“17,000 children starve on this planet every single day. That fact alone should blow any conscious person out of their chair. You know, my mother used to say that a woman’s most important job is taking care of her children and her home. I laughed at that when I was younger, but I don’t laugh at it anymore. I just realize now that every child on the planet is one of our children, and the earth itself is our home.” KnowsShouldChildrenPersonsImportantFactsHomeCareEarthJobsUsedMotherRealizingLaughingPlanetsConsciousOur ChildrenBlowChairsLaughedImportant Jobs Author:Marianne Williamson
“Management of an industrial company must be giving targets to the engineers constantly; that may be the most important job management has in dealing with its engineers.” GivingMayImportantJobsCompanyManagementTargetEngineersImportant JobsDealing With It Author:Akio Morita
“Anyway everyboy (sorry) knows that what women have done that is really important is not to constitute a great, cheap labor force that you can zip in when you're at war and zip out again afterwards but to Be Mothers, to form the coming generation, to give birth to them, to nurse them, to mop floors for them, to love them, cook for them, clean for them, change their diapers, pick up after them, and mainly sacrifice themselves for them. This is the most important job in the world. That's why they don't pay you for it.” KnowsWorldGivingImportantWarDoneJobsFormMotherForcePayGenerationsSacrificeBirthPicksLaborCleanSorryCooksNurseDiapersImportant JobsZipsCheap LaborLabor Force Author:Joanna Russ
“Worst damnfool mistake I ever made was letting myself be elected Vice President of the United States. Should have stuck with my old chores as Speaker of the House. I gave up the second most important job in the Government for one that didn't amount to a hill of beans. I spent eight long years as Mr. Roosevelt's spare tire.” ShouldYearsLongMadeImportantStatesGovernmentJobsHousePresidentUnitedMistakeUnited StatesWorstShould HaveVicesStuckSpeakersSparesTireGave UpVice PresidentImportant Jobs Author:John Nance Garner
“I don't think we can say that all working women will get divorced - it's so dangerous to make these things emblematic of anything - but having said that, every person who has a big, important job and tries to have a family, has to make decisions every single minute.” ThinkingTryingPersonsSaidImportantBigsJobsDecisionMinutesDangerousDivorcedImportant JobsWorking Women Author:Meryl Streep
“An important job of the critic is to savage what is mediocre or meretricious.” ImportantJobsCriticsSavagesMediocreImportant Jobs Author:Susan Sontag
“Turn strangers into friends. Turn friends into donors. And then do the most important job: Turn your donors into fundraisers.” ImportantJobsTurnsStrangerDonorsImportant JobsFundraiser Author:Seth Godin