“My job is to try to advance American foreign policy, to try to advance the president's agenda on democracy and human rights.” TryingHumansJobsPresidentDemocracyRightsPolicyHuman RightsAgendasForeign PolicyAmerican Foreign PolicyDemocracy And Human Rights Author:Condoleezza Rice
“I saw my job [as president] as to try to move the world from an unstable condition of interdependence toward more integrated cooperative world community. Therefore, my approach was to cooperate wherever possible and to build institutions of cooperation, an expanded NATO, the World Trade Organization, the Summit of the Americas, the Asian Pacific Leaders, all those, the coalition to fight in Bosnia and Kosovo, to cooperate wherever possible but to act alone if we had to.” IfsWorldTryingJobsMovingFightingPresidentCommunityLeaderSawsConditionsApproachOrganizationInstitutionsTradeCooperationAsianSummitIntegratedPacificCoalitionsUnstableNatoInterdependenceCooperativesWorld TradeBosniaKosovoWorld Trade Organization Author:William J. Clinton
“Sometimes the hardest part of my job is the incessant reminder of the fact we're all trying so assiduously to ignore: we are here temporarily. Life is only ours on loan.” TryingSometimesFactsJobsLife IsHardestRemindersLoanIncessant Author:Sue Grafton
“Incidentally, the next time some war-mongering wise-ass tries to tell you that one reason we're in the Middle East is to enhance the civil rights and social equality of women, remind them that we very enthusiastically destroyed the most secular country over there, where women could dress as they liked, have good jobs, be literate, and vote.” TryingWarCountryReasonJobsNextSocialWiseRightsMiddleVoteDressesEastAssCivil RightsDestroyedMiddle EastSecularNext TimeGood JobSocial EqualityWise Ass Author:L. Neil Smith
“My job is not to try to give readers what they want but to try to make readers want what I give.” WantGivingWritingTryingJobsReader Author:China Mieville
“The government is already involved from an entertainment standpoint. I mean, they regulate a large part of our entertainment. What we're trying to do as an industry is be proactive and drive it much more positively, much more effectively, than the government can, and that's what the ESA is all about[....]We think we're doing a pretty effective job, and certainly from an Nintendo perspective, we think the ESA is the way to go.” ThinkingWayTryingMeanGovernmentJobsPerspectiveIndustryInvolvedEntertainmentPositivelyStandpointProactiveNintendo Author:Reggie Fils-Aime
“People aren't very good listeners, by nature. Part of being a good communicator is recognizing and understanding that and trying to make the complex simple. I try to capture a concept, an idea or a moment in a few words. If they remember it, job done.” PeopleIfsTryingIdeasDoneMomentsJobsRememberUnderstandingSimpleConceptsComplexesVery GoodCaptureListenersRecognizingFew WordsCommunicatorsGood Listener Author:Mike Tomlin
“It's a job. Get up and do it every day. Show up. Don't say no. Taylor Swift was the third write of my day every week. If I had gone home or said “Ah, man. I'm tired today. I'm not going to write at 4 o'clock in the afternoon with a teenager.' If I had done that, just think. Keep an open mind. Everybody has something to come into the room with and when you're starting out, try everything. You might find your magical writing partner.” IfsThinkingMenWritingTryingMindSaidDoneShowsHomeMightTodayJobsRoomsGoneWeekThirdsTiredStartingPartnersGet UpTeenagerClockAfternoonOpen MindI'm TiredStarting OutKeep An Open Mind Author:Liz Rose
“President Bush is going to establish elections there in Iraq. He's going to rebuild the infrastructure. He's going to create jobs. He said if it works there, he'll try it here.” IfsTryingSaidJobsPresidentElectionIraqInfrastructurePresident Bush Author:David Letterman
“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
“I'm human, I'm not perfect. I make mistakes all the time, but I guess my job is to keep those mistakes to myself, which I'm already fine doing and just try to be the best I can be for those kids.” TryingHumansI CanKidsJobsPerfectMistakeFineBeing The BestMaking MistakesNot PerfectI Make MistakesI'm Not PerfectTrying To Be Perfect Author:Selena Gomez
“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 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
“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 just try to let myself really focus on the work that's ahead of me and what my job is and how I bring something to life.” TryingJobsFocus Author:Zachary Quinto
“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
“The way I see the job, my definition of it, is to create characters to the best of your ability and then fit into what's trying to be accomplished in the general framework of the film. I think that's whether you're doing this- even if you're doing musical theater. That's what I think an actors job is. I don't know. I like to think what an actors job is is to create characters.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayTryingCharacterJobsFilmActorsAbilityFitTheaterMusicalDefinitionsAccomplishedFrameworkMusical Theater Author:Anton Yelchin
“I usually have to find something where I go, "I have to do this." Sometimes you don't even know what the question you're trying to answer is, but you go, "This is something I need to explore and want to explore, and it's inside me in a way that I think I can do a good job with."” ThinkingKnowsWayWantNeedsTryingI CanSometimesJobsCan DoAnswersGood Job Author:John Lee Hancock
“When you're designing and inventing the way I did, every minute of your life is put - every neuron in your brain into trying to think about the little code and how you can maybe have one less line of code and a little bit more straightforward from the beginning to the answer. And you don't have time to think about companies and products and how would I build this. So Steve Jobs and I were a very necessary pair.” ThinkingWayTryingLittlesJobsLife IsBitsLinesAnswersBrainCompanyMinutesDesignProductsLittle BitCodePairsStraightforwardInventingTime To ThinkNeurons Author:Steve Wozniak
“I think, in life, being nervous about something that's forthcoming is very helpful, whether it's an awards show or a family gathering or a job interview. If you're too calm and confident, then I think you aren't executing to the best of your ability. So I try not to let nerves get the best of me, but I welcome them because it tends to fuel me to try harder.” IfsThinkingTryingShowsJobsAbilityHarderCalmWelcomeNervousInterviewsFuelHelpfulNervesAwardsGatheringExecutingBest Of MeJob InterviewAward ShowsForthcomingFamily Gathering Author:Neil Patrick Harris
“It struck me that Steve Jobs, known to be such a brilliant speaker, had a very difficult time explaining things when he was younger. He was describing technology that didn't exist. He had MIT engineers, and he was trying to tell them what he wanted; but there were no terms for what he wanted yet. I think a lot of his early frustration was trying to quickly get his vision to the finish line.” ThinkingTryingWantedJobsDifficultTermLinesKnownVisionTechnologyBrilliantFrustrationSpeakersEngineersExplainingDifficult TimesDescribingFinish LineMitExplaining Things Author:Joshua Michael Stern
“Steve [Jobs] and I spent months getting to know each other before I joined Apple. He had no exposure to marketing other than what he picked up on his own. This is sort of typical of Steve. When he knows something is going to be important, he tries to absorb as much as he possibly can.” KnowsTryingImportantJobsMonthsMarketingApplesTypicalExposureGetting To Know Each Other Author:John Sculley
“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
“I try to give my work everything I've got, because when you're dead or you're out of the business or you're in an old actors' home somewhere, if you've done a good job, your work will still be 16 years old and dancing and healthy and pirouetting and arabesquing all over the place. And they'll say, "That's who he is! He's not this decaying skeleton."” IfsGivingTryingYearsStillsDoneHomeJobsActorsHealthyDancingGood JobSkeletons Author:Mel Brooks
“As a songwriter, you're never off - for me, anyway. There's a certain mentality of people that decide, "Oh, we're going to try to write songs from this time of the day to this time of the day." Almost treat it like a real job. I can't do that. I've never been able to write songs like that. You never know when something creative is going to hit you, or emotion or whatever. You can take it, and turn it into something that makes somebody feel something. I love that about my job.” PeopleKnowsFeelsWritingTryingI CanRealAbleJobsCertainSongTurnsEmotionCreativeTreatsMentalitySongwritersReal Jobs Author:Kenny Chesney
“I feel like every time I go out I want to do a good job. I want people to say that he's just as good at stand-up as he is in some of the movies I've seen him in, so I try to do the best every time I go out there.” PeopleWantFeelsTryingJobsGood JobDo The Best Author:Chris Tucker
“I think a lot of high-profile artists like to make people think that. Oh, Im trying to choose my next project. This is a job. Sometimes your next job is so you can provide for your family; your kids are 16 and getting ready to go to college.” PeopleThinkingTryingSometimesKidsJobsArtistNextCollegeReadyProjectsOur FamilyProfileHigh Profile Author:Michael Cudlitz
“Some fine men are in Congress, too few, trying to do a responsible job. But they are surrounded and almost neutralized by a greater number whose instinct is to make a deal before they make a decision.” MenTryingJobsDecisionDealsNumbersGreaterFineResponsibleInstinctCongress Book:Unbought and Unbossed Source: Unbought and Unbossed
“We think we need to create ourselves, always doing a paste-up job on our personalities. That is because we're trying to be special rather than real. We're pathetically trying to conform with all the other people trying to do the same.” PeopleThinkingNeedsTryingRealJobsSpecialPersonalityConform Author:Marianne Williamson
“Most people out there are just trying to keep their job and provide for their family. If climate change is now a once-in-a-mortgage problem, and if food prices start to spike, people will pay attention.” PeopleIfsTryingProblemJobsPayAttentionClimateClimate ChangePay AttentionMortgage Author:David Titley
“The reality is that fulfillment, success and all of these good things comes from trying to help those that we care about to achieve those things. How can I help somebody I care about find the job they love? How can I help somebody I care about find happiness in their work? And when we commit to service it actually biologically and anthropologically is more likely to lead to our own success and our own happiness.” TryingHelpingRealityCareJobsAchieveGood ThingsCommitFulfillmentI CareFinding Happiness Author:Simon Sinek
“The irony is that the best thing we can do is, well one option, is to quit job we don't like. You don't always have to quit, and quite frankly, option two is to try to help others solve the problem that you are struggling with.” TryingWellsTwoHelpingProblemJobsCan DoStruggleLike YouSolveQuittingHelping OthersBest ThingsIrony Author:Simon Sinek
“I'm just learning every day and I hope to continue that until the day I die. I'm just trying to learn and experience as much as I possibly can. I look at acting, at how I look at being involved in a job and living my life and prioritising.” TryingLooksJobsDiesActingInvolvedLiving My Life Author:Emma Stone
“There appears to be a disturbing trend in this nation to try to force single moms to choose between their children and their careers. If they take their careers seriously, they are labeled as bad mothers. If they spend time with their children, they are labeled as people who can't be serious about careers outside the home. This is a sexist double standard. No such guilt trip is imposed on men, who are generally not forced to choose between their children and their jobs.” PeopleIfsMenTryingChildrenHomeJobsMotherForceNationsCareersSeriousMomStandardsGuiltSexismTrendsEnd TimesDisturbingSpend TimeSingle MomSexistDouble StandardBad MotherGuilt Trip Author:Gloria Allred
“I would not like to try any high stress job. Honestly, I wouldn't like something like a PR job. I can't diffuse situations.” TryingI CanJobsSituationStressHonestlyLike Something Author:Chrissy Teigen
“It is not our job to work miracles, but it is our task to try.” TryingJobsTasksMiracle Author:Joan D. Chittister
“Parental anxieties: A timeline. Pre-1800s: Potato famine, death of entire villages. 1900s: Trying to keep dad's job through depression so entire family does not starve or have to sell off children to agribusiness. 2000: Infringement of Parenthood on sense of Personhood.” TryingChildrenDoeJobsDadAnxietySellsVillageParenthoodPotatoesFamineParentalPersonhoodTimelinesInfringementAgribusinessPotato Famine Author:Sandra Tsing Loh
“I tried my hand at writing, I tried to write out a little script - and it's not too bad. Mostly, though, it let me understand how incredibly difficult that job is. I can't even imagine doing it on a weekly basis for a series in any way. That's tough. I think I'll try to leave that to smarter people than me.” PeopleThinkingWayWritingTryingLittlesI CanHandsJobsDifficultImagineToughLet MeBasesSeriesScriptsSmarter Author:Nathan Fillion
“Our job, you know, in the entertainment profession is to try to illuminate and show people all sides of humanity, and it doesn't just mean that you can only do movies that are only about the good parts of us. You have to be able to eliminate the bad parts.” PeopleKnowsTryingMeanShowsAbleJobsHumanitySidesEntertainmentProfession Author:Kevin Spacey
“Being the governor of a state is a more pivotal job in the future. I do indeed hope there's someone that says, "I'm going to go to Washington, try to get back to our constitutional roots, devolve the centralization of government back to the states." So why would you want to be up there if the action is down here in the states?” IfsWantTryingStatesGovernmentActionJobsRootsGet BackGovernorsPivotalCentralization Author:Rick Perry
“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
“If you're in a subordinate position of some sort and pretty much all of us are at some point in our lives, your general tendency is to try and impress the people above you or person above you so well that they will like you, keep you or maybe promote you. In the process of doing that you are not aware that that person above has insecurities and if you try so hard they may see that you are after their job or that you are better than they are or they might envy the fact you are younger.” PeopleIfsTryingWellsMayPersonsHardFactsMightJobsProcessOur LivesPositionLike YouEnvyTendenciesInsecurityImpressSubordinates Author:Robert Greene
“Finding your passion is like finding your career soul mate. You 'date around' a bit, trying various jobs, but one day you find something you love so much you wanna marry it and see it every morning before your first cup of coffee.” TryingFirstsSoulJobsPassionBitsCareersMorningOne DayFindingsVariousCoffeeCupsMatesEvery MorningSoul MateCoffee CupSomething You LoveFinding Your Passion Author:Emme
“I was trying to make them face their fears. Youth spends so much energy trying to forget them. There's the fear of failure in examinations, fear of sex, fear of not getting a job, fear of unpopularity, fear of appearing naïve. Youth discovers many bunkholes in which to hide when frightened. They are mostly unhealthy, none of them bombproof.” TryingJobsFacesEnergySexFearForgetYouthFrightenedExaminationFear Of FailureUnhealthyAppearing Author:Muriel Lester
“Working with Scorsese was an absolute dream, and one of my favourite ever jobs was 'Beowulf' because it was just pure acting. Your imagination explodes as you try to imagine you're fighting a dragon or whatever.” TryingDreamJobsFightingImaginationActingImaginePureAbsolutesDragonsFavouriteScorsese Author:Ray Winstone
“Part of an actors job, in my opinion, is adjust to the characteristics of the director and try to understand to how he tries to work.” TryingJobsActorsOpinionDirectorsCharacteristics Author:David Zayas
“I try to show compassion to people I come into contact with and try to put good out, as much good as I can. But that's my life; that's not my work. With my work, my job is to walk in another man's shoes.” PeopleMenTryingI CanShowsJobsWalksCompassionShoesContactAnother Man Author:Kevin Bacon