“I know how ridiculous this sounds because of the job I do but I don't believe in romanticism and make-believe.” KnowsBelieveJobsSoundKnow HowDon't BelieveRidiculousRomanticismMake Believe Author:Laura Marling
“My first job was in sixth grade, sweeping the clay tennis courts at the yacht club near my house, which I was not a member of. Always had to pay my own rent. But I don't really have any concept of how money works. I don't know how much things cost. Like a BMW. Or a quart of milk. It's embarrassing.” KnowsFirstsJobsHouseMy OwnPayKnow HowCostMembersConceptsCourtClubsTennisGradesMilkEmbarrassingClaySweepingYachtSixth GradeBmwTennis Courts Author:Chloe Sevigny
“There's a real difference between venture capitalism and vulture capitalism. Venture capitalism we like. Vulture capitalism, no. And the fact of the matter is that he's going to have to face up to this at some time or another, and South Carolina is as good a place to draw that line in the sand as any.” KnowsTryingRealMatterStatesDoneFactsUseProblemJobsFacesPresidentDifferencesLinesUnitedUnited StatesKnow HowRepublicanPaperDrawsCapitalismSouthSandTexasVentureCarolinaSouth CarolinaVultureLines In The Sand Author:Rick Perry
“My job, my whole life, I've always had that kind of doubter, people have always doubted me. And I don't know how I would succeed without it. So I welcome it, and it gives me a challenge, and I will see if I can live up to my challenge.” PeopleIfsKnowsGivingKindI CanWholeJobsChallengesKnow HowSucceedGive MeWhole LifeWelcomeDoubtedDoubters Author:Dwyane Wade
“Sure, I'd love to be on primetime, but if I'm blessed enough to be picked up by another soap, thank God! It's so hard out there. And when you're not working, you feel horrible. You don't know when you'll get the next job. You don't know how long the soap genre will be around. I want to help keep these shows on the air and keep everybody working!” IfsKnowsWantFeelsLongHardEnoughHelpingShowsJobsNextKnow HowAirBlessedHorribleGenreThank GodSoap Author:Lindsay Hartley
“I met a young woman the other day, and she said, what advice would you have for a writer, and I said it would be to work every day... Your job is to write. The rest of it will take care of itself. But, generally, it seems ... you know how that is, you meet people and they have a talent for self-promotion. Those are the pushy people. And you know their writing's not going to be any good, because that's not their talent.” PeopleKnowsWritingSaidSelfSeemsWould BeCareJobsYoungKnow HowAdviceTalentMetsTake CareYoung WomenPromotionSelf PromotionPushy Author:David Sedaris
“In the past decade or so, the women's magazines have taken to running home-handyperson articles suggesting that women can learn to fix things just as well as men. These articles are apparently based on the ludicrous assumption that _men_ know how to fix things, when in fact all they know how to do is _look_ at things in a certain squinty-eyed manner, which they learned in Wood Shop; eventually, when enough things in the home are broken, they take a job requiring them to transfer to another home.” KnowsMenWellsEnoughFactsHomeRunningJobsPastCertainKnow HowTakenBrokenMen And WomenWoodsDecadesMagazinesAssumptionShopsArticlesTransfersSuggesting Author:Robert Briffault
“I don't know how we could use it to improve the job that umpires do, ... The human element in sport has always been a big part of the game. I'm a football fan, too, and I hate instant replay in the NFL. Football games are taking four hours.” KnowsHumansUseBigsJobsHateGamesSportsHoursKnow HowFourFansFootballElementsI HateInstantNflUmpiresFootball GameFootball FanReplayNfl FootballInstant Replay Author:Bud Selig
“My dad was a lovely guy. I had great parents. But he was a conservative shopkeeper, and he said, "Look, I don't know how to help you as an actor, but if you want to be an actor, give it a go for a year. Get a job. And if you don't get a job, then we're going to reevaluate and you're going to go back to school." And I thought that was a fair thing.” IfsKnowsWantGivingYearsLooksSaidHelpingSchoolJobsGuyActorsParentKnow HowDadFairsMy DadConservativeLovelyGreat ParentsShopkeepers Author:John Kapelos
“I'm not saying I'm going to rule the world, I'm going to change the world. But I guarantee I will spark the brain that will change the world. And that's our job. It's to spark somebody else watching us. We might not be the one, but let's not be selfish. And because we['re] not going to change the world, not talk about how we should change it. I don't know how to change it. But I know if I keep talking about how dirty it is out here, somebody's going to clean it up!” IfsKnowsWorldShouldMightJobsBrainTalkingKnow HowCleanSelfishDirtyChanging The WorldGuaranteesSparksBeing SelfishKeep Talking Author:Tupac Shakur
“Why did I start with them? Why do any of us choose one company over another as an employer? The money? At the beginning they all offer more or less the same and no one know how it will go after that. I guess it is often not so much your prospects at a particular firm, because these are essentially unknowable, but whether people will think you have done well to get the job there, that determines you choice. That was largely it in my case. It was really the prestige. They gave good letterhead.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWellsDoneJobsChoicesCompanyCasesKnow HowParticularOffersDetermineFirmEmployersPrestigeProspects Book:The Reasons I Won't be Coming: Stories Source: The Reasons I Won't be Coming: Stories
“I want to help small businesses grow and thrive. I know how to make that happen. I spent my life in the private sector. I know why jobs come and why they go.” KnowsWantHelpingHappensJobsGrowsKnow HowThriveSmall BusinessPrivate Sector Author:Mitt Romney
“People might ask me, What do you propose instead? I propose nothing. I am a mere novelist, I just write about the world as I see it. It is not my job to transform it. I cannot transform it all by myself, and I wouldn't even know how to. I limit myself to saying what I believe the world to be.” PeopleKnowsWorldWritingBelieveMightJobsAsksI BelieveKnow HowLimitsMereAsk MeNovelistsPropose Author:Jose Saramago
“There is an art to grieving. To grieve well the loss of anyone or anything--a parent, a love, a child, an era, a home, a job--is a creative act. It takes attention and patience and courage. But many of us do not know how to grieve. We were never taught, and we don't see examples of full-bodied grieving around us. Our culture favors the fast-food model of mourning--get over it quick and get back to work; affix the bandage of "closure" and move on.” KnowsWellsChildrenArtHomeJobsMovingCultureParentLossAttentionKnow HowCreativeExampleTaughtModelsFavorsErasGrievingMourningOver ItGet BackGet OverFast FoodClosureBack To WorkBandages Author:Elizabeth Lesser
“Right now the problem in Thailand is we have high debt, but we don't know how to earn the new source of revenue back to Thailand. This is my job.” KnowsProblemJobsKnow HowSourceRight NowDebtRevenueThailand Author:Yingluck Shinawatra
“Only liberals know how to make you freer on the job, which is where most of us suffer the gravest indignities in our lives.” KnowsJobsSufferingKnow HowOur LivesIndignity Author:Rick Perlstein