“I always sort of talk about - to myself at least, or to my friends, about wanting to just keep life very simple. I've found it most simple here in New York. You know, it's basically I have a, in a way, a 9-to-5 job, you know? I do eight shows a week. I live in New York City. I get to walk everywhere, and you know, just be one of the people of the city. And it's actually wonderful.” PeopleKnowsWayShowsJobsFoundSimpleWalksCitiesWonderfulWeekNew YorkMy FriendsEightNew York City Author:Bradley Cooper
“I think the hard thing about this job [stand-up] I mean, I think this part is great but that the traveling is y'know, 'cause 'cause I'm gone a lot from home and this time I'm out for three-and-a-half weeks without going home, and that's hard, to be gone three-and-a-half weeks 'cause then I have to ask my friends, "Would you mind going to the house and watering the plants, and turn some lights on and make it look like somebody's home, and make sure that the mobile over the crib isn't tangled or the baby's gonna get bored.” ThinkingKnowsMindLooksMeanHardHomeLightJobsTurnsThreeAsksHouseCausesHalfGoneWeekBabyMy FriendsPlantBoredMobileHard ThingsTangledGoing Home Author:Ellen DeGeneres
“Well, I knew instantly when I met my wife what a good relationship it was, compared with what I had been doing for the previous 20-odd years. She is my buddy, my partner, my friend. And part of being a comedian is that it's your job to look at life and regurgitate it in a funny way, to point out its absurdities.” WayYearsWellsLooksJobsWifeMetsMy FriendsMy WifePartnersComedianOddAbsurdityBuddyGood Relationship Author:Greg Behrendt
“My friends ... they usually rib me about how I just sleep in and watch Oprah and that I don't really have a proper job. I've given up arguing now, so I just agree with them, even though half the time I realise I've started work before they have. Still, it's best to keep the romantic idea alive. If they call around midday and ask if they woke me, I always say yes.” IfsStillsIdeasJobsAsksGivenSleepHalfWatchesAliveMy FriendsAgreeArguingRealisingGiven UpRibs Author:Markus Zusak
“Bertrand Russell used to employ the method of "evidence against interest"; in other words of deciding that a critique of capital punishment, say, carried more weight if it came from a prison governor. (My friend John O'Sullivan puts it like this: If the pope says he believes in God, he's only doing his job; if he says he doesn't believe in God, he may be on to something.)” IfsBelieveMayJobsUsedInterestEvidenceMy FriendsArgumentWeightMethodPrisonPunishmentBelieve In GodGovernorsPopeCritiqueCapital PunishmentInterest In Others Author:Christopher Hitchens
“The life of an actor is very random. It can be exhilarating but terrifying - you do wonder day to day where the next job will come from. Some of my friends are very talented people, but you see them out of work - which can be tough. If you wanted that kind of security, though, I guess you wouldn't be an actor in the first place.” PeopleIfsFirstsKindWantedJobsNextActorsWonderSecurityMy FriendsToughDay To DayExhilarating Author:Anne-Marie Duff
“It's funny, I talk to some of my friends and they don't want to to get a job at Starbucks. They don't want to get a job at, wherever, because they feel like it's below them. And I think the only thing that can be below you is to not have a job. Go work until you can get the job that you want to have.” ThinkingWantFeelsJobsMy FriendsStarbucks Author:Ashton Kutcher
“A really large percentage of kids from Duke go to work on Wall Street, and they make a lot of money, but they're almost slaves to their jobs, working crazy hours. Their job totally dominates their lives, and most of them aren't happy. So many of my friends are going down that path. I even thought about it for a second, like "Should I be doing that?" But I just pursued my dreams instead, and I always tell people to do that. Now I make more money than they do, and I'm doing what I love.” PeopleShouldDreamKidsJobsHoursPathCrazyStreetsWallMy FriendsSlaveMore MoneyLots Of MoneyShould IPercentagesPursuedDukes Author:Mike Posner
“My friends and my family - the people who I love and who love me back. Whenever I get down, when I want to crawl under a rock, I just look around at them and I see how rich my life is. You have to remember what’s most important in life. I am loved by so many people and have a wonderful job. I know I’m incredibly blessed. I am a completely lucky human being.” PeopleKnowsWantHumansLooksImportantJobsRememberLife IsHuman BeingsRichWonderfulRocksLuckyMy FriendsMy FamilyBlessed Author:Troian Bellisario
“[In 2011 on Steve Jobs] He was the most amazing person I have ever know. He was a genius. He was an innovator. He was the best client we ever had. He was my friend.” KnowsPersonsJobsGeniusMy FriendsClientsInnovatorsMost AmazingAmazing Person Author:Lee Clow
“I think I've done a pretty good job of not compartmentalizing my life. I take my core values and I live them out at home like I would in my snowboarding like I would at church with my friends.” ThinkingDoneHomeJobsValuesChurchMy FriendsCoreGood JobCore ValuesSnowboardingCompartmentalizing Author:Kelly Clark
“My friends and I were all deathly afraid of our fathers, which was right and proper and even biblically ordained. Fathers were angry; it was their job.” JobsFatherMy FriendsAngryOur Father Author:Barbara Holland
“I think new life is the most exciting thing and I absolutely have so much respect for my friends and family that have gone and done it because it seems like the hardest job in the world. So, who knows - maybe one day I might try it myself. But I completely salute anyone who does.” ThinkingKnowsWorldTryingDoeDoneSeemsMightJobsLife IsGoneOne DayMy FriendsExcitingHardestFamily And FriendsNew LifeSaluteExciting ThingsHardest JobMaybe One Day Author:Christine Bottomley
“All of my friends went to college and I got a job at Circle Pizza, where I worked for 24 hours. I had to call my mother four times to ask her how to spell Parmesan. I'm not kidding. I was a terrible speller. I think I was really nervous that I somehow didn't feel right out in the world in that way.” ThinkingWorldWayFeelsJobsMotherAsksHoursFourCollegeTerribleMy FriendsCirclesNervousSpellsPizzaFeels Right Author:Sarah Paulson
“I think every job that you do gives you the opportunity to learn something new. As hokey as that sounds, that's why I have a problem saying no to my friends. That's why I do so many random comedy shows.” ThinkingGivingShowsProblemJobsOpportunitySoundComedyMy FriendsSomething NewSaying NoOpportunities To LearnComedy Shows Author:Busy Philipps
“I was not ambitious as a child. My father encouraged me to enter competitions and contests, which became very much part of my life. I was not the typical teenager. I was very closed, shy and didn't hangout with my friends at disco's. My parents wanted me at home. Singing became my life, I traveled a lot on the job, and my job became my dream.” ChildrenHomeDreamWantedJobsFatherParentSingingMy FriendsCompetitionTeenagerShyAmbitiousTraveledTypicalContestsDisco Author:Laura Pausini
“I've always been terrified of getting used to something that is actually killing me-a relationship or a job. But in those cases, you can count on a friend to say something. The Internet is different, because all my friends are in the same relationship.” DifferentJobsUsedCasesInternetMy FriendsKillingTerrified Author:Miranda July
“A lot of my inspiration comes from the movies and TV, watching other people doing things that I one day hope to have the opportunity to do. The other sides would be my friends and family, people who have supported me and always been there for me. I want to do a good job for them and show them they were right for believing in me.” PeopleWantBelieveShowsInspirationWould BeJobsOpportunitySidesTvsOne DayMy FriendsFamily And FriendsGood Job Author:Robbie Amell
“I certainly think one of the really amazing things about Mr. Trump's victory is there's been an immediate - what one of my friends calls a jump-to-the-Trump in Australia. So you've got politicians of all sides looking at this amazing result in America and thinking, I'd like a bit of that. Can I have a bit of that? And so the opposition leader has been talking about immigrants stealing people's jobs. The prime minister has started talking about media elites in exactly the same terms as President-elect Trump.” PeopleThinkingHas BeensJobsAmericaBitsSidesPresidentTermResultsTalkingLeaderMediaTrumpVictoryPoliticianLaughterMy FriendsStealingMinistersOppositionAustraliaImmigrantsPrimeElitesPrime MinisterAmazing ThingsReally Amazing Author:Richard Glover
“I love the verse in Job, where it says a man deserves the devotion of his friends even when he forsakes the Almighty. Now what that verse means to me is, even if I were to say, right now I don't believe in God. I still need you to be my friend, and say, I can believe God for you right now. I'm going to hold you up while you are ranting and railing, and God can handle my ranting and railing because He certainly handled David's and Job's and so many others.” IfsMenNeedsBelieveMeanStillsI CanJobsRight NowMy FriendsDeserveDon't BelieveHandleDevotionBelieve In GodVersesAlmightyNeed YouForsake Author:Rick Warren
“I didn't have a job because nobody would hire me. My friends were getting hired, and I couldn't even get a job interview. That really rocked my self-esteem because I didn't understand what I did wrong on those job applications.” InspirationalSelfMotivationalFunnyJobsFunSelf EsteemMy FriendsEsteemInterviewsApplicationJob Interview Author:Tyra Banks
“You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.” FeelsMadeRealDoneJobsFriendshipEmotionalFoolFriendsMy FriendsPermanentReal FriendsMy Best FriendTrue FriendTrue FriendshipBest FriendMy FriendshipFriends ForeverYour Best FriendAbout FriendshipFriendship MemoriesGreat FriendOne Line FriendshipBest FriendshipFriendship DayFunny FriendMaking FriendsGreat FriendshipFunny FriendshipHappy FriendshipReal FriendshipFriendship GardenTrue Best FriendBeautiful FriendshipBffHearts And FriendsWonderful FriendshipFunny Best FriendDearest FriendWho Your Friends AreShort FriendFunny April Fools DayFunny April FoolsHeart Touching FriendsUnique FriendshipWonderful FriendsFriendship ForeverFunniest FriendsHeart Touching FriendshipThank You FriendshipNice FriendReally Funny Best FriendTouching Best FriendYour My Best FriendThanking FriendsNice FriendshipBff ForeverMoments With FriendsTouching Friendship Author:Laurence J. Peter
“President Barack Obama has stood watch over the greatest job loss in modern American history. And that, my friends, is one inconvenient truth that will haunt this President throughout history.” JobsPresidentLossWatchesModernMy FriendsBarackAmerican HistoryPresident Barack ObamaInconvenientInconvenient TruthJob Loss Author:Mitt Romney
“I love being around my friends and my family and spending time with my husband. I like being normal and recharging my batteries, and I feel like I have the coolest job in the world where I get to get on stage and perform and get to do a lot of really amazing things.” WorldFeelsJobsStageHusbandNormalMy FriendsMy FamilySpendingMy HusbandAmazing ThingsBatteriesSpending TimeReally AmazingRecharging Author:Carrie Underwood
“incessant adj. The doubts. You had to save me from my constant doubts. That deep-seeded feeling that I wasn't good enough for anything I was a fake at my job I wasn't your equal my friends would forget me if I moved away for a month. It wasn't as easy as hearing voices nobody was telling me this. It was just something I knew. Everyone else was playing along but I was sure that one day they would all stop.” IfsEnoughFeelingsJobsEasyVoiceForgetDoubtMonthsOne DayEqualMy FriendsMovedConstantHearingFakeGood EnoughSave MeIncessantForget MeHearing Voices Book:The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel Source: The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel
“What i’m saying is, my friends, one ought to be able to let go. If a path does not please us, instead of insisting on going that specific way, of making our selfishness the guide, we ought to forsake. The books we cannot write, the films we cannot shoot, the projects we cannot develop, the jobs we cannot pursue and the people who no longer love us. Being able to let go, at times, is the most beautiful of all!” PeopleIfsWayWritingDoeBookAbleJobsBeautifulFilmPathOughtPleaseLetting GoProjectsMy FriendsGuidesPursueSelfishnessForsakeInsisting Author:Elif Safak