- Nov 07, 2020
Job Quotes
What a job costs, and what it takes.
Quotes about "job" here focus on careers in the arts — a warning that a comfortable day job can quietly end a musician's ambitions, and advice to take any first job just to get into the industry. For work-focused reflection, see Doing quotes.
- Last Updated on Jul 30, 2026
- Build
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- Nov 07, 2020
My job was to build, and that's still my job - and I like that better than interviews.
- Feel Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's sort of my job to feel good.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only time a friend has ever helped me in the industry was how I got my first job - that was through Mike Figgis.
- Nov 07, 2020
I took a writing class in college, liked it, and my first year out of school I couldn't get a job, so I wrote a play.
- Gaming
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always enjoyed gaming, but even as I got older, and I started to get deeper into writing and all this stuff that is my grown-up job, I couldn't play as much as I used to.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a paleoanthropologist, and my job is to define man's place in nature and explore what makes us human.
- Passion
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anyone can like their job... To love your job is not enough, you must give your passion to your job.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to be an actor when I saw the movie 'Die Hard.' I saw Bruce Willis shooting guns and blowing stuff up, and I thought, 'I wanna do that.' It really had nothing to do with acting; I just wanted a job that allowed me to do fun, bigger-than-life stuff.
- My Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to weave a green thread through the Conservative party; that's my job, and I signed up imagining that I would be in a very small minority within my party, possibly even on my own, battling away on these issues.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's cool to have critical success because it's always nice for your peers to say, 'Good job.' But who cares about them?
- Our
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- Nov 07, 2020
TV chefs are not responsible for people's consumption of fibre; this is not our job.
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I'm a disciplined mom versus a strict mom. But also, that job - the disciplining was from birth until about 12, and at 12, I set my kids free, and they learned to become independent human beings.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020