“My philosophy has always been that I hope I have a good enough day to give me another one, I hope that I have a good enough year to give me another year. I know that's cliched, but it's the truth in how I approach my career.” KnowsGivingYearsEnoughPhilosophyCareersApproachGive MeGood EnoughAnother Year Author:David Nail
“Like many students, I found the drudgery of real experiments and the slowness of progress a complete shock, and at my low points I contemplated other alternative careers including study of the philosophy or sociology of science.” RealPhilosophyFoundCareersStudyProgressStudentsLowsIncludingExperimentsAlternativesShockSociologyDrudgerySlownessSociologicalLow Points Author:Paul Nurse
“If somebody can create an absolute system of beliefs and rules of conduct that will guide a business man at eleven o'clock in the morning, a boy trying to select a career, a woman in an unhappy love affair--well then, surely no pragmatist will object. He insists only that philosophy shall come down to earth and be tried out there.” IfsMenTryingWellsPhilosophyEarthBeliefBoysCareersMorningObjectsAbsolutesAffairGuidesUnhappyClockSelectElevenLove AffairDown To EarthBusiness ManPragmatists Book:Drift and Mastery: An Attempt to Diagnose the Current Unrest Source: Drift and Mastery: An Attempt to Diagnose the Current Unrest
“I learned the importance of a man's chair early in life. I learned that he may love several wives, embrace several cars, be true to more than one political philosophy, and be equally committed to several careers, but he will have only one comfortable chair in his life. I learned it will be an ugly chair. It will match nothing in the entire house. It will never wear out.” MenMayPhilosophyPoliticalHouseCareersWifeCarComfortableImportanceEmbraceCommittedUglyBeing TrueChairsFurniturePolitical Philosophy Author:Erma Bombeck
“I had a teacher's degree and a degree in Oriental Philosophy from the University of Massachusetts. I thought I was going to India to study but all of a sudden, I had a career in music. It really surprised me.” PhilosophyCareersStudyTeacherDegreesIndiaUniversityMassachusetts Author:Buffy Sainte-Marie
“My mom, she was, she studied chemistry. And later on she changed and majored, she changed later in her career, in her life and studied philosophy and then she did a perfect clash, connection between chemistry and philosophy and she became a witch.” PhilosophyPerfectCareersChangedMomConnectionsMy MomChemistryWitchClash Author:Alfonso Cuaron
“Throughout my entire public career I have followed the personal philosophy that I am a free man, an American, a public servant, and a member of my party, in that order always and only.” MenPhilosophyOrderPartyCareersMembersServantFree ManPublic ServantsPersonal Philosophy Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“Something that was instilled in me by my parents at a very young age is that there is no happy life without a life of service. Over the course of my career, I've been fortunate to always encounter others who share that philosophy.” PhilosophyAgeYoungCoursesParentCareersShareFortunateEncountersHappy LifeYoung Age Author:Keke Palmer
“On January 27, 2001, the focus of my career and the process of changing the desires of my heart all began. It was no longer about me but rather how I could impact others for the Kingdom. I officially was in the people business. That philosophy, combined with a warrior mentality, I believe, has endeared me to being labeled a positive clubhouse influence.” PeopleBelieveHeartPhilosophyDesireI BelieveProcessCareersFocusInfluenceMy HeartImpactKingdomsWarriorMentalityJanuary Author:Tony Clark
“I don't know whether I can say that having a career in philosophy has turned out as I imagined, since in many ways I had little idea of what such a life would be like. But philosophy is still tremendously exciting to me, and the opportunity to think, and talk, and write about these issues has been wonderful.” ThinkingKnowsWayWritingLittlesHas BeensStillsI CanIdeasPhilosophyWould BeOpportunityCareersIssuesWonderfulExciting Author:Hilary Kornblith
“I rather stumbled into philosophy. When I began my undergraduate career at Cambridge, I studied mathematics.” PhilosophyCareersMathematicsCambridgeUndergraduate Author:Philip Kitcher
“In the mid-1960s, as hard to believe as it may be now, choosing to go into academic philosophy was not an imprudent career choice. There were lots of academic jobs in philosophy then.” BelieveMayHardPhilosophyJobsChoicesCareersAcademic1960sHard To BelieveCareers Choices Author:Allen W. Wood