“I started out in engineering. I was a geophysical engineer. Throughout the course of my life I've done a lot of strange jobs, and the effect has been to make me think a little more skeptically about our capitalist society.” ThinkingLittlesHas BeensDoneJobsCoursesEffectsStrangeCapitalistEngineeringEngineers Author:George Saunders
“You need a job. You need a career. You need a focus. Otherwise, you will just pick up lots of strange psychic energy because you are not focused.” NeedsJobsEnergyCareersFocusStrangeBuddhismBalancePicksFocusedPsychics Author:Frederick Lenz
“It's strange that so many people think it's glamorous and fun to be on a set, I guess it shows they do a good job of hiding reality!” PeopleThinkingShowsRealityJobsFunStrangeHidingGood JobGlamorous Author:Michael Jeter
“I really enjoy work to a purpose. Maybe that makes me kind of strange. In some ways - and this is going to sound awful - it could be that writing is the worst job that I've ever had. Because it's so much more important to me and there's so much more opportunity for failure and I have so many people depending on me. In some ways it's the most satisfying, the most gratifying, and the most rewarding job I've ever had. But I actually would say it's probably the worst job I've ever had too.” PeopleWayWritingKindImportantJobsPurposeOpportunityEnjoySoundWorstStrangeAwfulSatisfying Author:Patrick Rothfuss
“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 strange and wonderful Book of Job treats of the same subject as we are discussing; its contents are a fiction, conceived for the purpose of explaining the different opinions which people hold on Divine Providence. ...This fiction, however, is in so far different from other fictions that it includes profound ideas and great mysteries, removes great doubts, and reveals the most important truths. I will discuss it as fully as possible; and I will also tell you the words of our Sages that suggested to me the explanation of this great poem.” PeopleImportantBookIdeasDifferentJobsPurposeFictionOpinionDoubtWonderfulMysterySubjectsDivineStrangeTreatsProfoundExplanationRemoveProvidenceSageExplainingDiscussingDivine ProvidenceDifferent Opinions Author:Maimonides
“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
“It's what is strange about doing a job that is also the thing you love, the thing you feel passionate about. People get to the point where they're burned out and disillusioned by the whole thing because when things aren't going well at work it also means they aren't going well in your heart, in your soul. They're all wrapped up together.” PeopleFeelsWellsHeartMeanSoulWholeTogetherJobsStrangePassionateYour SoulWorking ItBurnedDisillusionedThings You LoveBurned Out Author:Teddy Thompson
“I spent a lot of time making music and touring around the country and living the weird life. I was just trying to keep a job and get by. So in a lot of ways, I went through a strange version of film school. So you live through a lot of things, and put them into your work.” WayTryingCountrySchoolJobsFilmStrangeVersionsTouringFilm SchoolWeird Life Author:Dito Montiel
“There are probably only a certain number of people who can understand or tolerate how long a job will take and what demands it puts on you. And why should they? It breeds a strange kind of selfishness immersing yourself in a character for so long.” PeopleShouldKindLongCharacterJobsCertainNumbersStrangeDemandSelfishnessTolerateImmersing Yourself Author:Dominic Cooper