"It destroys the soul to hear that you're all hype, that you have no talent, and that your whole career has been contrived."
Read quote
11 likes
Careers quotes
Careers
4.7K quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Explore further
Topics related to Careers
Browse quotes that often appear alongside careers — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.
Quote collection
Careers quotes (page 8 of 234)
Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.
"I absolutely want to have a career where you make'em laugh and make'em cry. It's all theater."
Read quote
11 likes
"All of the insights that we might ever need have already been captured by others in books. The important question is this: In the last ninety days, with this treasure of information that could change our lives, our fortunes, our relationships, our health, our children and our careers for the better, how many books have we read?"
Read quote
11 likes
"My greatest reward is knowing for certain, as I do with many other acts and artistes, that without Jonathan King being alive and involved, Genesis would not exist, and the guys would have had careers as intended - as accountants and lawyers!"
Read quote
11 likes
"Hope I die before I turn into Pete Townshend. It would look ridiculous to do what we're doing now when I'm 40. That's why I want to destroy my career before it's too late."
Read quote
11 likes
"Well, I've thought many times when my career was in the toilet, that I was going to have to seriously consider getting another job, I don't know what I'd do."
Read quote
10 likes
"Why would so many risk their reputations, families, careers—even presidential legacies—for something that runs against human nature? Were monogamy an ancient, evolved trait characteristic of our species, as the standard narrative insists, these ubiquitous transgressions would be infrequent and such horrible enforcement unnecessary. No creature needs to be threatened with death to act in accord with its own nature."
Read quote
10 likes
"D.C. fans, I think, are so good. They just come up to me, and they're so nice and so polite and just, 'Hey, I hope you have a great career,' and 'How are you doing, everything's good?' That's pretty much where they leave it at."
Read quote
10 likes
"Unlike wizards, who like nothing better than a complicated hierarchy, witches don't go in much for the structured approach to career progression. It's up to each individual witch to take on a girl to hand the area over to when she dies. Witches are not by nature gregarious, at least with other witches, and they certainly don't have leaders. Granny Weatherwax was the most highly-regarded of the leaders they didn't have."
Read quote
10 likes
"Not necessarily in the beginning, thinking I would have a career in comedy, but I was always interested in making people laugh."
Read quote
10 likes
"I really think we need more women to lean into their careers and to be really dedicated to staying in the work force."
Read quote
10 likes
"You need to learn to live with your mistakes. And you need to be in a position to say No once in a while. It's important in life, and it's important for any career that you want to pursue."
Read quote
10 likes
"I'm happy with the way I did my career, I wouldn't change it in a million years. I got to do the real grafting and learning from real models when I was younger - how to open up a jacket, walk, and such."
Read quote
10 likes
"I didn't really give a sh** what's going on in the rest of the world. I just didn't. I just wanted to focus on me, me, me, my career, my life, just me - blinders."
Read quote
10 likes
"Those who approach their jobs and careers with enthusiasm always find plenty of opportunities, while those who complain about no one ever giving them a chance are merely observers of life. When you are determined that you will not allow others to determine your future for you, when you refuse to allow temporary setbacks to defeat you, you are destined for great success. The opportunities will always be there for you."
Read quote
10 likes
"Why not have your first baby at sixty, when your husband is already dead and your career is over? Then you can really devote yourself to it."
Read quote
10 likes
"The biggest break in my career was getting into the Beatles in 1962. The second biggest break since then is getting out of them."
Read quote
10 likes
"I never ever took my career seriously."
Read quote
10 likes
"I credit chiropractic care for maintaining my health to keep up the pace of my career."
Read quote
10 likes
"I wouldn’t have a career if it weren’t for independent bookstores."
Read quote
10 likes