Jobs Quotes - page 5

Sadie," he said forlornly, "when you become a parent, you may understand this. One of my hardest jobs as a father, one of my greatest duties, was to realize that my own dreams, my own goals and wishes, are secondary to my children's. (Rick Riordan)
One simple way to keep organizations from becoming cancerous might be to rotate all jobs on a regular, frequent and mandatory basis, including the leadership positions. View quote
Robert Shea
We spend our lives trying to get along with people so we can keep our jobs, keep our marriages together, so that we can raise our kids properly. View quote
Helen Fisher
The Great Depression of the 1930s saw more American unmarried women working from nine to five, mostly in repetitive, boring, subordinate, dead-end jobs. But the number of working women doubled between 1870 and 1940. During World War II it doubled once again. View quote
Helen Fisher
Let's take care of the necessities first: give people jobs, and find a way to get us out of poverty. View quote
Eartha Kitt
But, in North Korea, it's just the opposite. There's one story. It's written by the Kim regime. And 23 million people are conscripted to be secondary characters. There, as a youth, your aptitude towards certain jobs is measured, and the rest of your life is dictated, whether you'll be a fisherman or a farmer or an opera singer. View quote
Adam Johnson
Jobs that cannot be delivered must never be promised. It's unfair to raise people's hopes that way. View quote
Bill O'Reilly
If we knew what type of jobs would exist in 20 years, we would be quite rich. But we just cannot visualize it. View quote
Branko Milanovic
I'll watch movies I like to see, Steve Jobs interviews, something that's going to make me smart and then go to sleep. View quote
Jaden Smith
If by 'miracle kids' you mean innocent test-tube babies whose DNA was forcibly unraveled and merged with two percent avian genes, yeah, I guess that would be us," I said. "Because it's a miracle that we're not complete nut jobs and mutant disasters. View quote
James Patterson
A general principle of good taxation is that similar jobs, and similar kinds of compensation, should be taxed the same way: otherwise, the government is effectively subsidizing some jobs over others. (James Surowiecki)
I think the majority of police are really good people and really good at their jobs, but that doesn't change the fact that with any interaction I have with them, I'm viewed as a potential threat. View quote
Jordan Peele
I think one of the biggest jobs of being a director is getting the casting right. View quote
Duncan Jones
Workers in decent jobs view the economy as unjust if they or their children have virtually no chance of climbing to a higher rung in the socioeconomic ladder. View quote
Edmund Phelps
Some leaders want to jump right to planning and fixing their issues, without understanding exactly what the problems are. Others want to skip the training phase since it means pulling people out of their jobs. The point is, each phase is important to enhancing culture and driving real change. View quote
Adrian Gostick
We must also focus on helping those most vulnerable to having their jobs displaced due to the rapid pace of technological change, and work together to assist them in learning a new skill so they can continue to provide for themselves and for their families. View quote
Ivanka Trump
Design is about creating spaces for people to enjoy and of course, creating moments where you elevate the spirit, but 'design for good' is figuring out a program that not only creates better spaces, but creates jobs, creates new industry and really kind of raises the conversation about how we rebuild. View quote
Cameron Sinclair
A miracle is a single mom who works two jobs to care for her kids and still helps them with their homework at night. A miracle is a child donating all the money in their piggy bank to help victims of Hurricane Katrina. That's where you'll find the hand and face of God. View quote
Cathie Linz
Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs founded Apple Inc, which set the computing world on its ear with the Macintosh in 1984. View quote
Kevin Mitnick
Communications is the number one major in America today. CNN had 25,000 applicants for five intern jobs this summer. View quote
Larry King
You know, one thing I've learned over 40 years is that when you have jobs in Washington, you do it day by day and that's what I'm doing as secretary of defense. (Leon Panetta)
Snowden was extremely good at digital self-defense. When he was employed by the C.I.A. and N.S.A., one of his jobs was to teach U.S. national security officials and C.I.A. employees how to protect their data in high-threat digital environments. View quote
Luke Harding
At The Body Shop we had always been measured by how many jobs we had created, and I got a major award from the Queen on that. View quote
Anita Roddick
The biggest mistake that you can make is to believe that you are working for somebody else. Job security is gone. The driving force of a career must come from the individual. Remember: Jobs are owned by the company, you own your career! View quote
Earl Nightingale
When certain branches of the economy become obsolete, as in the case of the steel industry, not only do jobs disappear, which is obviously a terrible social hardship, but certain cultures also disappear. View quote
Peter L. Berger