“Growing up I felt like my nose was big. I was always like, 'I'm going to get a nose job one day'. I'm glad I didn't.” BigsJobsFeltGrowing UpGrowingOne DayGladNoses Author:Ashlee Simpson
“You know, people always ask me how I describe my music. First of all I tell them that's their job and then that also one day I hope to have things referred to as Martha Wainwright -esque.” PeopleKnowsFirstsJobsAsksOne DayAsk Me Author:Martha Wainwright
“I was entirely wrapped up in the idea of becoming an actor. I learned how to write on the job, basically out of necessity. I always thought it'd be fun to write something, but it never was an ambition of mine, per se. I just thought, "Well, maybe I'll do it one day just for the hell of it and see if it works."” IfsWritingWellsIdeasJobsActorsFunHellMinesBecomingOne DayAmbition Author:Glenn Howerton
“All of a sudden one day I was like, I'm good at this! Oh, man! People are not giving me jobs because they feel sorry for me! I am an actress. I am a singer. I am a performer. That's what I do! Once I started giving myself a little credit, the whole world opened up.” PeopleMenWorldGivingFeelsLittlesWholeJobsOne DaySorryCreditActressesSingersWhole WorldPerformers Author:Jennifer Lopez
“In my job, you expect to suffer. That's why when I go to hell one day, it will be less painful for me than you, because I'm used to suffering.” JobsUsedSufferingHellOne DayPainfulGo To Hell Author:Arsene Wenger
“Cruel and paradoxical though it undoubtedly is, the record shows that yje most succesful 20th century monarchs have been those who were not actually born to succeed. King George VI was 41 when the abdication of Edward VIII propelled him suddenly and unexpectedly to take up the crown; and Queen Elizabeth II spent her first decade with no inkling thay she herself might one day have to reign. Taken together, these examples suggest that the best preparation for the job of sovereign is not to be prepared for it at all, ir not to be too well prepared for it, or for too long.” FirstsWellsLongHas BeensShowsMightTogetherJobsBornTakenRecordsCenturyExampleKingsOne DaySucceedPreparedDecadesPreparationQueensCrownsBe PreparedSovereignReign20th CenturyMonarchsParadoxicalIrsBritish HistoryQueen ElizabethAbdicationElizabeth Ii Author:David Cannadine
“One day robots may even babysit our kids, a job that has always required a human touch.” HumansMayKidsJobsOne DayRobots Author:David Pogue
“I had to have a lot of jobs until I was supporting myself through music, but I knew that those jobs were all leading me to something. It was all, again, about taking things one step at a time, one day at a time.” JobsStepsOne DayLeading MeOne Day At A TimeOne Step At A Time Author:Jason Mraz
“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
“No-one gets a job at 16 and stays in it until 60 any more; we're connected to more people simultaneously than ever before, whether online or on our phones. We wear so many different hats within one day, one week, a lifetime.” PeopleDifferentJobsWeekOne DayLifetimePhonesConnectedHatsOnline Author:Riz Ahmed
“I'm hard-nosed about luck. I think it sucks. Yeah, if you spend seven years looking for a job as a copywriter, and then one day somebody gives you a job, you can say, Gee, I was lucky I happened to go up there today. But, dammit, I was going to go up there sooner or later in the next seventy years. If you're persistent in trying and doing and working, you almost make your own fortune.” IfsThinkingGivingWritingTryingYearsHardTodayJobsTimeNextHappenedOne DayLuckyDeterminationYeahLuckFortuneSevenPersistenceSooner Or LaterSeventiesPersistentSeven YearsMonarchyLooking For A Job Author:Jerry Della Femina
“...we do not simply get showered with Hollywood money because we happened to write a little story about wizards one day. It's not winning the lottery. It's a real job, which real people do, and they have the same real problems as other real people.” PeopleWritingLittlesRealStoriesProblemRealityJobsWinningCommunityWorkMoneyHappenedOne DayHollywoodIdeologyWizardsLotteryReal ProblemsReal JobsWinning The Lottery Author:Joanne Harris
“I'm pretty much living my dream job, but one day I would love to dedicate more time to writing and performing my own music.” WritingDreamJobsMy OwnOne DayPerformingMore TimeDream Job Author:Kendall Schmidt
“I'm building an empire. How do you know I won't be the next [Universal Music Group Chairman/CEO] Doug Morris one day? I'm doing a hell of a job, and I'm on the road to that next level.” KnowsJobsNextLevelsHellGroupsBuildingOne DayUniversalEmpiresDo You KnowCeoChairmanNext LevelMorris Author:DJ Khaled
“I've always quit jobs without telling the employer that I was quitting; I just wouldn't show up one day.” ShowsJobsOne DayQuittingEmployers Author:Kurt Cobain
“Some people who see cooking as a job. They got into cooking at some stage and they're sort of ticking along trying to get the money together to buy the car to impress the girlfriend and you know they're doing their job, but some of these people one day, all of a sudden it becomes wonderfully exciting to them. They find this love of what they're doing and they're away.” PeopleKnowsTryingTogetherJobsStageCarOne DayExcitingCookingGirlfriendImpress Author:Paul Rankin
“My father was an old - fashioned bloke, and he actually told me one day, "I'm not your friend, I'm your father. My job is to bring you up, give you values for life and to ensure that you carry those values through."” GivingJobsValuesFatherOne DayOld FashionedBlokes Author:Warren Mundine
“I had a Saturday job in a chemist. The pay was something ridiculous like £2 an hour - it was slave labour - and I spent all day cleaning shelves. On my first day an actress from Eldorado, which was on telly at the time, came in and said, 'Can I have some Replense please?' I didn't know what it was, so I had to ask her and she had to say, 'It's vaginal moisturiser,' in front of a massive queue of people. After one day I was like, 'I don't want to do this job any more, it's just boring.'” PeopleKnowsWantFirstsSaidJobsAsksHoursPayFrontsPleaseOne DaySlaveBoringActressesRidiculousLabourMassiveShelvesSaturdayCleaningChemistQueuesSlave Labour Author:Konnie Huq
“I was fooling around one day and looking at Yahoo! Jobs. I typed in "photo" and, of course, what comes up is "One hour photo lab" or "Be a photographer in Disneyland" or jobs that no one really wants as a photographer. I saw, by chance, this ad that said, "Wanted: Photographer for premieres and Hollywood events" and I thought, "This can not be real. This is ridiculous. No one advertizes this!" I was really suspect about it.” WantSaidRealWantedJobsCoursesHoursChanceSawsEventsOne DayHollywoodPhotographerCome UpRidiculousSuspectsAdsBeing RealCan NotLabsDisneylandOne HourPremieresFooling Around Author:Jeff Vespa
“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
“When I was acting, as a hobby, I would devour popular science books and keep up-to-date about what was going on in the science community. And then, suddenly my hobby became my job. I didn't one day say, "I'm not acting. I'm now going to be a science person."” PersonsBookJobsCommunityActingOne DayHobbiesUp To DateScience Books Author:Dallas Campbell
“I've never really had a desk job, but I've died one day at a time all over the place.” JobsOne DayDiedDesksOne Day At A Time Author:Jon Foreman
“I started as a drummer, so I sort of took on singing duties by default. I had sung backgrounds and some lead vocals from behind the drums in different bands that I'd been in, and I'd gotten great responses for the songs I would sing. I really started pursuing the possibility of being a lead singer based on the fact that I was working a full-time restaurant job and then playing gigs at night, hauling drums around. One day, it just dawned on me that, 'Hey, I could be in a band and be the singer, and it would be a lot easier!'” DifferentFactsWould BeJobsNightSongBehindsPossibilityDutyEasierOne DayBandSingingResponseSingersBackgroundsHeyRestaurantsVocalGigsDrummerDefault Author:Chris Cornell
“I had seen "Force Majeure" and I just love that movie so much. And I really wanted to artistically give a little hello to the filmmakers, and that kind of back and forth dialogue between artists that say, "I loved your movie. I was influenced by your movie. If I didn't have this job, I wouldn't be thinking of that. Do my TV show and then one day I'll make a movie where I can play with some of the visual themes in "Force Majeure."” IfsThinkingGivingKindLittlesI CanPlayShowsWantedJobsArtistForceTvsOne DayDialogueFilmmakerThemeVisualsTv ShowsHelloBack And ForthI Loved You Author:Jill Soloway
“I don't pay much attention to magazine covers. One day, there'll be slack times in my career. It's unavoidable, because success is temporary. Which is why you have to stay focused on this very taxing job.” JobsPayAttentionCareersOne DayFocusedMagazinesTemporaryStay FocusedMagazine Covers Author:Lea Seydoux
“I started as an artist and I had a side job moving some heavy boxes for a publishing company. They had just gotten a Mac for their art department, the department that creates the book covers. I was kind of showing the art director a thing or two about how to use a Mac. And one day everyone went out to lunch and I jumped on the computer and designed a book jacket and slipped it in the pile to go to the review board in New York. They picked my jacket and when the art director got back to Boston, he wanted to know who designed it and I said, "Me." He was like, "The box guy?"” KnowsKindArtSaidTwoBookUseWantedJobsMovingArtistGuySidesCompanyNew YorkOne DayDirectorsComputerBoxesHeavyBoardsDepartmentReviewsLunchPublishingBostonJacketsMacsBook CoversArt Director Author:Biz Stone
“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 have a great job writing for “The Office,” but, really, all television writers do is dream of one day writing movies. I’ll put it this way: At the Oscars the most famous person in the room is, like, Angelina Jolie. At the Emmys the huge exciting celebrity is Bethenny Frankel. You get what I mean.” WayWritingMeanPersonsDreamJobsRoomsTelevisionHugeOne DayOfficeExcitingOscarsGreat JobEmmys Author:Mindy Kaling
“When President [Barack] Obama was sworn in on the steps of Capitol, he asked for swift, bold action now for jobs and education for the 21st Century, a list, an agenda. One week and one day from that swearing in, the House passed the ARRA, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.” ActionJobsHousePresidentStepsWeekCenturyOne DayListsRecoveryBarackAgendas21st CenturyPresident Barack ObamaCapitolSwearingBold ActionsJobs And Education Author:Nancy Pelosi
“I know that my job is to perform, it wouldn't be a very interesting show if I just came out one day and said, "I'm going to sit here in a ball and rock back and forth. And won't you join me for a half hour of sadness."” IfsKnowsSaidShowsJobsHoursInterestingHalfSadnessRocksOne DayBallsVery InterestingBack And ForthHalf Hours Author:Jon Stewart
“I'd have no problem kicking Tobey McGuire out of Spiderman because Spiderman has been my favorite superhero since I can possibly even remember having my first thought . I love Spiderman, but he does a great job so I'm going to have to find myself another superhero to become one day.” FirstsDoeHas BeensI CanProblemJobsRememberOne DayMy FavoriteSuperheroNo ProblemKickingGreat Job Author:George Stults
“My father was a lesson. He had his own bakery, and it was closed one day a week, but he would go anyway. He did it because he really loved his bakery. It wasn't a job.” JobsFatherWeekDadLessonsOne DayBakeries Author:Christopher Walken