“As a technologist, I see the trends, and I see that automation inevitably is going to mean fewer and fewer jobs. And if we do not find a way to provide a basic income for people who have no work, or no meaningful work, we’re going to have social unrest that could get people killed. When we have increasing production - year after year after year - some of that needs to be reinvested in society.” PeopleIfsWayNeedsYearsMeanJobsSocialProductionsMeaningfulIncomeTrendsFewerUnrestMeaningful WorkAutomationSocial Unrest Author:Edward Snowden
“A lot of people think I'm retiring, but I've been telling a fib. I've been forced to leave this job because I gave $75,000 to the Clinton Foundation.” PeopleThinkingJobsFoundationClintonRetiring Author:David Letterman
“Hillary Clinton is now in Iowa. She's spending every waking minute of her day meeting ordinary people, and it's to prepare her for a job in which she will never again meet an ordinary person.” PeoplePersonsJobsMinutesOrdinaryMeetingsClintonSpendingWakingOrdinary PeopleIowaOrdinary Person Author:David Letterman
“According to a new study, the marijuana in Colorado is almost twice as strong as it was 20 years ago. Of course, people had some questions for the scientists, like 'How can I get your job?'” PeopleYearsJobsCoursesStrongStudyYears AgoScientistMarijuanaColorado Author:Jimmy Fallon
“Don't get a job in an abattoir. Don't be a butcher. The idea that people have to do these jobs for a livelihood is ridiculous. They can get other jobs. Shoplift, man. Better to be a prostitute than cut an animal's head off for a living.” PeopleMenIdeasJobsAnimalCuttingRidiculousLivelihoodButchers Author:Chrissie Hynde
“I think the Obama Administration has done a lousy job marketing and selling and explaining this entire thing. And, as a result, all of these right-wing front organizations financed by the Koch brothers, are blanketing the airwaves with lies about Obamacare. And people are scared.” PeopleThinkingDoneJobsLyingResultsFrontsBrotherOrganizationWingsMarketingScaredSellingAdministrationExplainingRight WingObamacare Author:Robert Reich
“To achieve consistently terrific customer service, you must hire wonderful people who believe in your company's goals, habitually do better than the norm and who will love their jobs; make sure that their ideas and opinions are heard and respected; then give them the freedom to help and solve problems for your customers. Rather than providing rules or scripts, you should ask them to treat the customer as they themselves would like to be treated - which is surely the highest standard.” PeopleGivingShouldBelieveIdeasHelpingProblemJobsAsksGoalCompanyOpinionWonderfulHeardAchieveHighestStandardsTreatsScriptsSolveCustomersTreatedProvidingConsistentlyBelieve In YouNormTerrific Author:Richard Branson
“Make a total commitment to your company, your job, and your career. Uncommitted people have no future.” PeopleJobsCompanyCareersCommitmentDedicationUncommitted Author:Brian Tracy
“I love religion. I could make up religions all day. I sort of think that in an ideal world I'd like to be a religion designer. I'd like people come up to me and say, I need a religion. I'd go talk to them for a while, and I'd design a religion for them. That would be a great job. There's a need for people like that. Fortunately, seeing that one can't actually do it, I get paid for sort of making them up anyway.” PeopleThinkingWorldNeedsWould BeJobsSeeingDesignHumourIdealsPaidCome UpDesignerGreat JobIdeal World Author:Neil Gaiman
“In future years a number of you will become spiritual teachers. After many years of study and doing a good job, go out into the world and teach people.You'll reach points of advancement where you'll be able to be of great help to many, many people.” PeopleWorldYearsHelpingAbleJobsSpiritualNumbersCompassionTeachStudyTeacherGood JobAdvancementSpiritual Teachers Author:Frederick Lenz
“When I went to Stan Lee - every time I was with Stan, I learned something every day. When I would do a pencil job, if I didn't have much faith in it I would hand it in and invariably Stan would make it look like it was a well-written and well-planned-out story. It made me tell people, 'If you want to become an artist, go to work at Marvel. Stan will turn you into a storyteller.'” PeopleIfsWantWellsLooksMadeBookStoriesHandsJobsArtistTurnsWrittenComicComic BookStorytellerPencilsWell Written Author:John Romita, Sr.
“I try to teach people to continually search and question the meaning of everything they are taught and everything they believe in. My job is not so much to impart a philosophy but to train people in the methods of self-discovery.” PeopleTryingBelieveSelfPhilosophyJobsTeachTaughtBuddhismDiscoveryMethodTrainSelf DiscoveryRamaImpart Author:Frederick Lenz
“Recognising that an ostentatious cult of heroism and state service served an important propaganda function for the British elite does not mean, of course, that we should dismiss it as artificial or insincere. All aristocracies have a strong military tradition, and for many British patricians the protracted warfare of the period was a godsend. It gave them a job, and, more important, a purpose, an opportunity to carry out what they had been trained to do since childhood: ride horses, fire guns, exercise their undoubted physical courage and tell other people what to do.” PeopleShouldMeanDoeImportantStatesJobsPurposeCoursesOpportunityStrongFireChildhoodMilitaryPeriodsExerciseGunTraditionFunctionHorseBritishPropagandaElitesArtificialHeroismWarfareCultAristocracyBritish HistoryInsincereOstentatiousPhysical Courage Author:Linda Colley
“Yorkie has officially retired about 5 times... The man's a clown... People are going on about the game and agents and directors of football and managers losing their jobs, but we should be worried about people like him... Clowns. That's the last time I'm going to say clown... If he's the vice-president of FIFA, God help us all.” PeopleIfsMenShouldHelpingJobsLastsGamesPresidentFootballDirectorsLosingVicesAgentsManagersSoccerWorriedLast TimeClownRetiredChairmanVice PresidentGod HelpGod Help UsFifa Author:Roy Keane
“It's a difficult job to do, but that is why we do it. Only so many people can do it. But it, it enables you to... for a brief period of time to kind of get away. You have to go back and deal with, but it's a good escape.” PeopleKindJobsSportsDifficultCan DoDealsPeriodsGet Away Author:Brett Favre
“When People magazine called me, I did the job on Ansel. I'm older than Ansel and he has to mind me.” PeopleMindJobsArtistMagazines Author:Imogen Cunningham
“The hardest part of this year has been learning to enjoy it. It's almost like a full-time job reminding myself to live in the moment and not look for more, more, more...I see now that people who make movies, this world of creative geniuses that I grew up idolizing, are just normal people who wanted to do something and made it happen. Everything that's happened to me in the last year has only made me feel more like a normal person, more human, but in the most beautiful way.” PeopleWorldWayFeelsYearsHumansLooksPersonsHas BeensMadeMomentsHappensWantedJobsLastsBeautifulEnjoyCreativeHappenedThis WorldGrewGeniusNormalGrew UpHardestMade ItLast YearLive In The MomentRemindingFull Time JobsCreative Genius Author:America Ferrera
“In the USA, where so many people compete for one and the same thing, where job opportunities, residential facilities, and food resources have to be spread over so many people, the question of justice becomes more imperative than ever before if communal and individual life is to be made possible and enjoyable.” PeopleIfsMadeWisdomJobsLife IsOpportunityPoliticsIndividualJusticeEconomyResourcesSpreadUsaLiberalismImperativesEnjoyableFacilityIndividual LifeJob Opportunities Author:Ndabaningi Sithole
“I think that stocks have been this tremendous, tremendous equalizer for people in this country. Guys who can't make a lot of money at their jobs have been able to make a lot of money in the stock market.” PeopleThinkingHas BeensCountryAbleJobsGuyEconomyLots Of MoneyEqualizerCountry Guys Author:Jim Cramer
“My job is to make sure that, as President, people understand that in this country you can worship any way you choose. And I'll take that a step further. You can be a patriot if you don't believe in the Almighty. You can honor your country and be as patriotic as your neighbor.” PeopleIfsWayBelieveCountryJobsPresidentStepsAtheismHonorWorshipDon't BelievePositive AtheismNeighborPatrioticYou ChooseAlmightyPatriot Author:George W. Bush
“That is what I'm looking forward to the most, practical learning. I want to be a registered nurse so getting to talk to people who already work in those jobs can really teach me what to expect when I get out in the real world.” PeopleWorldWantRealJobsLiteratureTeachPracticalsReal WorldNurseLooking Forward Author:Angela Carter
“People who work to bring about perfection see work as an extension of themselves. The point is to do a good job. That will empower you. To do a poor job will make you weaker.” PeopleJobsSuccessPoorCareersBuddhismPerfectionEmpoweringExtensionsGood Job Author:Frederick Lenz
“Two people can be work at the same job, side by side. One person is working just for a paycheck. Another is working to perfect their being. Some people think that the material world will make them happy.” PeopleThinkingWorldPersonsTwoJobsSuccessSidesPerfectCareersMaterialsBuddhismPaychecksMaterial World Author:Frederick Lenz
“People use ideas of non-duality as an escape from reality. It is very easy to say there is no winning and losing and justify the fact that you didn't do a very good job.” PeopleIdeasFactsUseRealityJobsSuccessWinningEasyCareersBuddhismLosingVery GoodJustifyGood JobDualityWinning And Losing Author:Frederick Lenz
“My job is to get to the heart of a story, to find out what's really going on; to get it verified and, then, to get it out to as many people as possible as fast as.” PeopleHeartStoriesJobsLiterature Author:Kate Adie
“He was constantly on me about the job that I was to do and the responsibility that I had upon the campus. And how I must be able to carry myself because people were looking.” PeopleAbleJobsSportsResponsibilityAthleteCampus Author:Jesse Owens
“People who worked with me or knew me still called me the 'world's fastest human' because I almost never stopped. I'd found that I could get more done with no regular job or regular hours at all, but by being on my own, flying to speak here, help with a public relations campaign for some client there, tape my regular jazz radio show one morning at 5:00 a.m. before leaving on a plane for another city or another continent three hours later to preside over a major sporting event.” PeopleWorldHumansStillsDoneHelpingShowsJobsThreeFoundSpeakSportsHoursMy OwnCitiesMorningEventsMajorsRelationJazzLeavingAthleteRadioCampaignsFlyingPlanesTapeContinentsClientsPublic RelationsSporting Events Book:Jesse, a spiritual autobiography Source: Jesse, a spiritual autobiography
“We need to take responsibility and educate people. That's why black folks don't like me. I always say it's our responsibility to make safe neighborhoods. It's our job to get them cleaned up.” PeopleNeedsFunnyJobsBlackResponsibilitySafeFolksLike MeNeighborhoodEducateTaking ResponsibilityDon't Like Me Author:Charles Evers
“I always felt blessed that I was able to make a living in a profession [acting] that not a lot of people can make a living at, and I was able to do something I liked, rather than be in a job that I hated.” PeopleAbleJobsFeltActingBlessedProfessionHated Author:Clint Eastwood
“I always revered people that I thought had an idea and proceeded through with it. I guess I've been that way since the day I called my father and told him I was going to study acting and maybe try to see if I could do well with that, and he told me: "Don't do that. You don't want to do that, that's just dream stuff. Get a legitimate job and move forward."” PeopleIfsWayWantTryingWellsIdeasDreamJobsMovingFatherStuffActingStudyMoving ForwardIf I Could Author:Clint Eastwood
“I do my podcast on Mondays for a specific reason. A lot of people go to work and don't like their jobs. If you give people something to laugh about, it's good.” PeopleIfsGivingReasonJobsLaughingMonday Author:Bill Burr
“I come from the school of thought that says when people have more money in their pocket during economic times, it increases demand or investment. Small businesses begin to grow, and jobs are added.” PeopleSchoolJobsGrowsEconomicDemandIncreaseInvestmentPocketsMore MoneySmall Business Author:George W. Bush
“When people try to read between the lines - critics, they have a job. Their job is to make something bigger than it is.” PeopleTryingJobsLinesBiggerCriticsBetween The LinesRead Between The Lines Author:Chris Rock
“I have been lucky that some critics joined the mob in loving something I've done, or in appreciating it. I've been lucky. But most of the critics don't like what the people like. I think they have a very strange job, and they are meant to criticize.” PeopleThinkingHas BeensDoneJobsStrangeLuckyAppreciateCriticsCriticizeLoving Something Author:Mel Brooks
“There is a gambling element to being somebody who is going to take on the job of constantly trying to represent and prop up people who might be somewhat shady. That notion is probably part of how they got the rap. But, I have to find the balance of being colorful, being at times despicable, and also being somebody who does believe in something.” PeopleTryingBelieveDoeMightJobsBalanceElementsNotionRapGamblingColorfulPropsDespicableShady Author:Greg Kinnear
“My job is to make people dream. Of course, there's a lot of technical stuff behind the scenes and a lot of hard work behind it, but I get to watch people see the result of that hard work and feel that wonder and feel that discovery, all the time.” PeopleFeelsHardDreamJobsCoursesStuffResultsBehindsWonderWatchesHard WorkSceneDiscoveryBehind The Scenes Author:David Copperfield
“Let's stop wasting billions of dollars on prisons, which send people home who are too often less capable and more damaged than when they went in. We would have safer neighborhoods if we spent the same money on true rehabilitation, job training, employment and entrepreneurship.” PeopleIfsHomeJobsCapableTrainingDollarsPrisonBillionsEmploymentEntrepreneurshipNeighborhoodRehabilitationJob Training Author:Van Jones
“I think, even a lot of people that make movies forget is that, in my mind, a movie should work with the sound off. You should be able to watch a movie without the sound and understand what's going on. That's your job, to build a series of chronological images that tell the story.” PeopleThinkingShouldMindStoriesAbleJobsSoundForgetWatchesSeries Author:Channing Tatum
“Many people say they are so happy to be doing what they do and they love it. But there's a difference between loving your job and living only for your job. And I think people always will say I am overworking and I am over-exposed and that's what I want is all the attention. That's not. What I love is the art of it all.” PeopleThinkingWantArtJobsDifferencesLove IsAttentionExposedLoving You Author:Miley Cyrus
“Ideal government would be a very boring job - it would be a matter of organizing a lot of utilities and keeping the wires together and the power plant and all that kind of stuff. It's not a matter of telling people how to live, it's a matter of making it pleasant for them to live. Government should be in the position of distributing food, stuff like that.” PeopleShouldKindMatterGovernmentWould BeTogetherJobsStuffPositionIdealsPlantBoringPleasantWireUtilityPower Plants Author:Grace Slick
“It might be a good idea to have government totally by the people - that each person takes four or five hours of the week doing some kind of government job - in other words, along with what you do you also help maintain the government so no one person has total control - I might go down to an office for four hours and do whatever I'm capable of doing - writing out receipts for food distribution in a certain area - but it's all actually a monstrous secretarial job and that's all I think it should be.” PeopleThinkingShouldWritingKindPersonsIdeasHelpingGovernmentMightJobsCertainHoursFiveFourWeekOfficeCapableAreasGood IdeasDistributionMonstrousReceiptsGovernment Jobs Author:Grace Slick
“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
“I like to take chances on people, and whenever possible, promote from within - it sends a great message to everyone in the company when someone demonstrates a passion for the job and leadership skills at every step along the way and is rewarded with a leadership role.” PeopleWayJobsPassionChanceCompanyStepsRolesSkillsMessagesTake A ChanceEvery StepLeadership SkillsLeadership Roles Author:Richard Branson
“A lot of people aren't familiar with me, but it's not my job to make people familiar with me. There's millions of artists out there. I'm just gonna do what I wanna do, and if people feel the stuff that I'm doing, then great.” PeopleIfsFeelsJobsArtistStuffMillionsFamiliar Author:Riff Raff
“I do like to work. Some jobs are better than others. That's the thing: You really don't know. I've enjoyed making movies for lots of different reasons. Sometimes, it was the other people. Sometimes, it was the fact that I was really good in it. Sometimes, it was the location. Sometimes, it was the paycheck.” PeopleKnowsDifferentSometimesReasonFactsJobsEnjoyedLocationPaychecks Author:Christopher Walken
“I started passing out the schematics and the code listings for the computer, telling everyone here it is. It's small, it's simple, it's inexpensive: Build your own. No idea to start a company. Steve Jobs came by later and say, you know, people are interested. Why don't we start a company?” PeopleKnowsIdeasJobsSimpleCompanyComputerPassingPassingsNo IdeaCodeInexpensivePassing Out Author:Steve Wozniak
“I am a political animal, because for God's sakes I think "We The People" is a job. I think experienced self government demands on all levels - intellectual, moral, historical, and spiritual level. We are supposed to be engaged and give directions to our elected employees.” PeopleThinkingGivingSelfGovernmentJobsSpiritualPoliticalAnimalLevelsMoralDemandIntellectualHistoricalSakeSupposed To BeEngagedEmployeeSelf-governmentPolitical Animals Author:Ted Nugent
“Instead of building housing in a wealthy neighborhood and saying, here you go, here's some under the market which will, by the way, drop the market for everyone's housing. Go into the lower income neighborhoods and say, here's a business incentives, so that people can get jobs.” PeopleWayJobsBuildingIncomeNeighborhoodWealthyIncentivesHousing Author:Eric Bolling
“I consider myself a logical person and, you know, a lot of people try to categorize me in one way or another. You know, there are some of the things that I say that probably would be considered very much non-conservative. But I don't think really conservative or liberal; I think: What makes sense? What's going to help the American people? What's going to give them what they need? Not only in health care but in terms of jobs, in terms of education, in terms of a whole host of issues.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayNeedsGivingTryingPersonsWholeHelpingWould BeCareJobsTermIssuesConservativeOne WayHealth CareMake SenseLogicalHost Author:Benjamin Carson
“Aside from hospitality and delicious food, our [restaurateurs'] job is to entertain people. Restaurants should make people feel special, excited and fulfilled.” PeopleFeelsShouldJobsSpecialExcitedRestaurantsFulfilledDeliciousHospitalityDelicious Food Author:Joe Bastianich