I never regretted turning down anything, I never regretted losing a job because I always felt something else was out there. - Carol Burnett The harder you slam a ball into the ground, the higher it bounces back up... A divorce, a breakup, losing a job, or just feeling seriously down can ground you, rough you up a bit, leave calluses on your feet and grit under your finger nails. But more than that, it leaves you wiser and stronger next time... Life is about experiencing opposites isn't it? - Laurel House

What I don't like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day. - Phyllis Diller have you ever seen a genius out there looking for a job? it's the saddest thing in the world. no one will hire him. there is only one place where he is always welcome- at the bottom. - Henry Miller I'm just back in line with every other actor looking for a job right now and keeping my fingers crossed. - Joe Lando But of course, now we're told we're in recovery but this sure doesn't feel like a recovery to more than 9 percent of the Americans out there who are unemployed, or the 16 percent of the African-Americans, 11 percent of Hispanics in the same position, or the millions who can only find part-time work or those who have even stopped looking for a job. - Rick Perry

Too late, he recalled Miles's dictum that the reward for a job well done was usually a harder job. - Lois Mcmaster Bujold Take it from me, there's nothing like a job well done. Except the quiet enveloping darkness at the bottom of a bottle of Jim Beam after a job done any way at all. - Hunter S Thompson I suppose if you've never bitten your nails, there isn't any way to explain the habit. It's not enjoyable, really, but there is a certain satisfaction - pride in a job well done. - Anderson Cooper Who doesn't love a compliment? But every compliment comes with a warning: BewareDo Not Overuse. Go ahead, sniff your compliment. Take a little sip. But don't chew, don't swallow. If you do, you risk abandoning the good work that inspired the compliment in the first place. If that happens, maybe it was the compliment and not the job well done that you were aiming for all along. - Jerry Spinelli

Ohmigod! This place is so cool!" This was Tracy, who was sashaying into the warehouse looking around like she just hit the candy garden with chocolate stream at Willy Wonka's. Her eyes caught site of Elvira who was in the kitchen. "Hey girl! What's up?" "Job satisfaction, beanpole, what's up with you," Elvira replied on a huge smile thus taking the sting out of her nickname for Tracy (I hoped). If Cam was yin to Tracy's yang, Elvira was yang to all of our yins. - Kristen Ashley There are countless studies on the negative spillover of job pressures on family life, but few on how job satisfaction enhances the quality of family life. - Albert Bandura I can't see myself leaving the club I grew up supporting... it's one of those things, the money's great but I still get paid reasonably well from the Lions and at the end of the day I think job satisfaction is the No.1 priority and I just love it up here. - Jonathan Brown Having said th...

Everyone's fake in certain situations. It's like when you go for a job interview and they ask you, "What would you do if you found one of your friends at work stealing?" and, let's face it, no one's going to tell on their friend. But of course you have to say, "I would tell IMMEDIATELY, because I don't think I could work in that kind of environment, it's not good for my morale." No one wants to look like an idiot. - Lauren Barnholdt In most cases, the best strategy for a job interview is to be fairly honest, because the worst thing that can happen is that you won't get the job and will spend the rest of your life foraging for food in the wilderness and seeking shelter underneath a tree or the awning of a bowling alley that has gone out of business. - Lemony Snicket When I was older and I first started working, I was obsessed with buying my first Chanel jacket. I saved up my hard-earned money, went to Barneys, and bought a little black C...

The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done. - Kareem Abduljabbar Why is it that all cars are women?" he asked. "Because they're fussy and demanding," answered Zee. "Because if they were men, they'd sit around and complain instead of getting the job done," I told him. - Patricia Briggs Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done. - Al Bernstein I like that sense of we're all on the same page and trying to get the job done. - Peabo Bryson I mean, you have to be able - you have to have made the commitment within yourself to do whatever it takes to get the job done and to try to inspire other people to do it, because obviously the first rule is you can't do it by yourself. - James Cameron The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done. - George Car...

Did you miss my job description? Or were you just not paying attention the day I busted heads on Olympus? Fucking with you people is what I do. It's what I live for and I'm really tired of you now. (ZT) - Sherrilyn Kenyon What are you? (a Daimon) Oh please, let me give you the job description. Me, Dark-Hunter. You, Daimon. I hit, you bleed. I kill, you die. (Zarek) - Sherrilyn Kenyon Corporate types love to pretend their life is exciting. The whispers, fist-pumping and animated hand gestures are all designed to lift our job description from what it really is - that of an overpaid clerk - Chetan Bhagat Terminus sniffed. I guard borders. I don't kill giants. It's not in my job description. - Rick Riordan Alphas simply did not grovel; arrogance was part of the job description. - Gail Carriger The First Lady role is really difficult. It has no job description... You have to create it for yourself. - Hillary Clinton I just never did buy this idea that you have to live...

I figured the Nightingale Investigations job application form had the question Are you hot? Yes. No. If you answered no, please exit the building. - Kristen Ashley On any job application I ever do, if they want my references, I always list the Bible. - Jarod Kintz In the book, I write about children in first grade who were taught to read by reading want ads. They learned to write by writing job applications. Imagine what would happen if anyone tried to do that to children in a predominantly white suburban school. - Jonathan Kozol Dude. Post-apocalyptic world. Who does job applications anymore?" "I do." I squint at it, then him. "What are you paying me?" I angle. "Dude. Post-apocalyptic world. Who does money anymore." I snicker. First sign of any sense of humor he's shown. Then I remember where I am and why. I wad it up and throw it at him. It bounces off his chest. - Karen Marie Moning

Betrayal and dishonor is usually an inside job. Keep it 'sucka-free', loved one! - T F Hodge Freedom is an inside job. - Sam Keen Being enough was going to have to be an inside job. - Anne Lamott Happiness is an inside job. - William Arthur Ward

So I quit my job and went to the New England Culinary Institute for the full two years and worked in the restaurant industry after that until finally I thought I had a grasp on what I needed to do what I do. - Alton Brown I quit my job just to quit. I didn't quit my job to write fiction. I just didn't want to work anymore. - Don Delillo Well, I liked it - that was the main thing. I liked it, but I didn't think of it in terms of a career. I didn't really know; I didn't really think about it. One thing just led to another until finally I quit my job as a salesman and found myself working as a photographer. - Herb Ritts Restless, and in desperate need of adventure, I quit my job at an insurance company to travel west with a couple of guys I smoked pot with, scandalizing my family. - Mink Stole I quit my job, and went ashore to become a writer. - Theodore Sturgeon

People tell me that Senator Edwards got picked for his good looks, his sex appeal, and his great hair. I say to them, 'How do you think I got the job? - Dick Cheney When I found this opportunity to answer the ad, I got the job and I've been there ever since. - Dan Decarlo

As a kid, Vix had had some warped idea that grownup meant having a job and living on your own. It meant no one could tell you what to eat, or what to wear, or how to behave. It meant that it was okay to have sex with guys. What a joke! - Judy Blume The hardest part was when I was in high school not having a job and always being broke. I had to get to auditions without a car. I either took the bus or walked. - Cuba Gooding Jr Don't get too caught up in making money or having a job, get excited about the fact that you can design your life. - Darren L Johnson I'm not talking about commitment to romantic relationships. I'm talking about commitment to things: houses, jobs, neighborhoods. Having a job that requires a contract. Paying a mortgage. I think when men hear that women want a commitment, they think it means commitment to a romantic relationship, but that's not it. It's a commitment to not floating around anymore. I want a guy who is entrenched in his own life...

Your cousin Maureen just got a job at the button factory. They're probably still hiring. Helen Plum - Janet Evanovich It felt like the first thing, but when I first started out, I got a job adapting a book by Russell Banks called 'Rule Of The Bone.' I didn't do a very good job. I didn't really know what I was doing in general, let alone how to adapt a book. - Paul Thomas Anderson Jesus, Ally, you're living with a stripper?" "She decided not to do it. She got a job at Hooters instead." "Oh, well, in that case, I feel much better," he says sarcastically. - Lauren Barnholdt I have to tell you that June Cleaver had a job in 'The New Leave It to Beaver.' She did. Sure, she was a council woman. She went to work. She wasn't a sit-at-home grandma. She went out, got a job. - Barbara Billingsley I got a job immediately after leaving high school; I was lucky - three dollars a week and all I could eat, working on a vegetable truck. ...

Why is it that all cars are women?" he asked. "Because they're fussy and demanding," answered Zee. "Because if they were men, they'd sit around and complain instead of getting the job done," I told him. - Patricia Briggs The U.N. is capable of endless process and mindless psychobabble, but as far as getting the job done on the ground, I just don't see them doing it. - Peter King Governor Romney has a record of tremendous accomplishments. But he never asks for accolades. He just asks, 'How can I help?' That's the mark of a true leader: A humble focus on getting the job done. - Reince Priebus Life's not about feeling better, it's about getting the job done. - Ned Vizzini

Education isn't for getting a job. It's about developing yourself as a human being. - Liz Berry Luckily, I was raised by people who'd already seen all the yuck stuff, which is why they originally didn't want me to act. I understood the difference between getting a part at a Hollywood party and getting a job. - Laura Dern I'd studied dance in Chicago every summer end taught it all winter, and I was well-rounded. I wasn't worried about getting a job on Broadway. In fact, I got one the first week. - Gene Kelly Getting a job scared her but she was determined not to shy away from risk. That's what life's all about. Climbing out onto the airplane wing and jumping off. - Wally Lamb In my ideal world there would be 99% unemployment for actors, and I would be the 1% that's employed. I hear about somebody getting a job at Starbucks and I get jealous. - Hamish Linklater Feminism has never been about getting a job for one woman. It's about making life ...

The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done. - Kareem Abduljabbar I like that sense of we're all on the same page and trying to get the job done. - Peabo Bryson I mean, you have to be able - you have to have made the commitment within yourself to do whatever it takes to get the job done and to try to inspire other people to do it, because obviously the first rule is you can't do it by yourself. - James Cameron The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done. - George Carlin Putting down the power right from the whistle would be ugly and brutal, but it would get the job done. He wanted to tell her that, but this was the thing with coaching: you had to step back at exactly the moment you ached to step forward. - Chris Cleave The poor never get the job done they are sleepy. - Martin Luthe...

My father is an actor, so he brought me into his agency when I was young. It wasn't something I wanted to do until high school, when I started taking theater and really liked it. Then an agent found me and wanted me to come out to Los Angeles and give it a shot. I gave myself six months, but it only took me like a week to get a job. - Jensen Ackles I always knew I'd be in music in some sort of capacity. I didn't know if I'd be successful at it, but I knew I'd be doing something in it. Maybe get a job in a record store. Maybe even play in a band. I never got into this to be a star. - Bryan Adams I thought, What a miserable life he's had, having to hide his religion, his name, just to get a job as a driverand he is a good driver, no question of it, a far better one than I will ever be. Part of me wanted to get up and apologize to him right there and say, You go and be a driver in Delhi. You never did anything to hurt me. Forgive me, brother. I turned to the oth...

My first job was as an assistant in the local library. Self-fulfilling prophecy? - Jodi Picoult In the beginning the organizer's first job is to create the issues or problems. - Saul Alinsky I have always loved horror very much. I used to write stories for DC's House of Mystery. It was one of my first jobs writing for comics, and I loved it. - Sergio Aragones My first job was at a Chicago night club called Mr. Kelly's. - Shelley Berman People have lots of misconceptions about me. My mum, who is half French and half Spanish, gets outraged when I'm called quintessentially English. I owe my looks to my mum-which was 90 percent of getting my first job. And, some people would argue, 90 percent of my entire career. - Helena Bonham Carter It was the desire to do the complete thing. I only took taking acting lessons because my whole thing, really, was to direct. But my first jobs were acting jobs. - James Coburn First job I went out on in new York I got, and when I came ...

When people don't express themselves, they die one piece at a time. You'd be shocked at how many adults are really dead insidewalking through their days with no idea who they are, just waiting for a heart attack or cancer or a Mack truck to come along and finish the job. It's the saddest thing I know. - Laurie Halse Anderson FDR created today's 30 percent coalition. Obama wants to finish the job by turning it into a permanent ruling majority. There's nothing new about the Obama Narrative. It is the FDR Narrative on steroids. It is intended to lead to greater statism and political gain. - Arthur C Brooks To succeed in life in today's world, you must have the will and tenacity to finish the job. - Chinning Chu The value of old age depends upon the person who reaches it. To some men of early performance it is useless. To others, who are late to develop, it just enables them to finish the job. - Thomas Hardy In fact, if you look upon the situation today, there ...

Transferring your passion to your job is far easier than finding a job that happens to match your passion. - Seth Godin Without the faintest possibility of finding a job, I decided to devote myself to literature: it was about time to find out what I was worth as a writer. - Jose Saramago

Find a job you enjoy doing, and you will never have to work a day in your life. - Mark Twain Graduates leave university and can't find a job. Old people reach retirement and have almost nothing to live on. Grown-ups have no time to dream, struggling from nine to five to support their families and pay for their children's education, always bumping up against the thing we all know as harsh reality. - Paulo Coelho No matter who you are, no matter what your color, creed, how you choose to pray or who you choose to love, that if you are an American - first generation or fifth - one who is willing to work hard, play by the rules and apply your God-given talents - that you should be able to find a job that pays the bills. - Cory Booker Find a job you like and you add five days to every week. - H Jackson Brown Jr A lot of people quit looking for work as soon as they find a job. - Zig Ziglar If there's any trick to doing a job you hate... Mrs. Clark says it's to find a job...

I don't want to be a man," said Jace. "I want to be an angst-ridden teenager who can't confront his own inner demons and takes it out verbally on other people instead." "Well," said Luke, "you're doing a fantastic job. - Cassandra Clare Oh, come on, Jace," Clary said. "You can't wait for perfect behavior from everyone. Adults screw up too. Go back to the Institute and talk to her rationally. Be a man." "I don't want to be a man," said Jace. "I want to be an angst-ridden teenager who can't confront his own inner demons and takes it out verbally on other people instead." "Well," said Luke, "you're doing a fantastic job. - Cassandra Clare What you do is get the right director and the right screenwriter and the right cast. It's a fantastic job. - Robbie Coltrane 'I Am Number Four' definitely borrows from a whole bunch of genres and has a whole bunch of different themes...

Go to the tea shop anywhere along the Ganga, sir, and look at the men working in that tea shop - men, I say, but better to call them human spiders that go crawling in between and under the tables with rags in their hands, crushed humans in crushed uniforms, sluggish, unshaven, in their thirties or forties or fifties but still "boys." But that is your fate if you do your job well - with honesty, dedication, and sincerity, the way Gandhi would have done it, no doubt. - Aravind Adiga You want to do your job well so that people in the future say, 'OK, he's not bad, let's hire him.' - Javier Bardem Americans are the most generous country on the planet. I've worked in Europe, I've worked in Australia. There is no where else where you get absolutely no attitude for being a foreigner. If you do your job well, they embrace you. - Hugh Jackman I don't think you can ever completely transform yourself on film, but if you do your job well, you can make peop...

A person less fortunate than yourself deserves the best you can give. Because of duty, and honor, and service. You understand those words? You should do your job right, and you should do it well, simply because you can, without looking for notice or reward. - Lee Child Go to the tea shop anywhere along the Ganga, sir, and look at the men working in that tea shop - men, I say, but better to call them human spiders that go crawling in between and under the tables with rags in their hands, crushed humans in crushed uniforms, sluggish, unshaven, in their thirties or forties or fifties but still "boys." But that is your fate if you do your job well - with honesty, dedication, and sincerity, the way Gandhi would have done it, no doubt. - Aravind Adiga You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it. - Oprah Winfrey If you do your job properly you usually learn a lot from any role you do. - Rene Auberjonois You want to do your job well s...

I know for my wife and I, we always loved the idea of being young parents. It is an incredibly inspiring and challenging job being a parent, and as it turns out, being young really helps you keep up. - Taylor Hanson There is nothing better than being a parent. It is the most challenging job one could ever ask for. I love being a mom and I love being a friend to my children as well. - Marlee Matlin Nothing is so threatening to conventional values as a man who does not want to work or does not want to work at a challenging job, and most people are disturbed if a man in a well- paying job indicates ambivalence or dislike toward it. - Alice S Rossi

I think women as well as men are concerned about jobs and the economy and spending and, and other issues. They're concerned that when their kids graduate from college they have an economy and they have a future in this country and they, they have the same opportunity that we've had and our grandparents have had. - Ken Buck There is no war on women. Women are doing well. But women are thoughtful. And what we in the Republican Party and across the country, Republican, Independents and Democrat women say is we're more thoughtful than a label. We care about jobs and the economy and healthcare and education. We care about a lot of different things. - Nikki Haley We didn't start this war - the right wing did. We're tired of seeing good-paying jobs shipped overseas. This fight is about the economy, it's about jobs and it's about rebuilding America. - James P Hoffa The one thing that I have been struck with, after coming here to Congress is, how many people in W...

Too late, he recalled Miles's dictum that the reward for a job well done was usually a harder job. - Lois Mcmaster Bujold Take it from me, there's nothing like a job well done. Except the quiet enveloping darkness at the bottom of a bottle of Jim Beam after a job done any way at all. - Hunter S Thompson I suppose if you've never bitten your nails, there isn't any way to explain the habit. It's not enjoyable, really, but there is a certain satisfaction - pride in a job well done. - Anderson Cooper

With age comes acumen. With experience comes insight. - Chris Bohjalian With age comes wisdom and with wisdom comes age. I guess I too am growing older. - Amanda L Moritz I actually think with age comes some level of wisdom. - Nina Totenberg

Yeah, but damn!" Kate said, fanning herself with her hand. "When I was your age all of the guys were trying to prove how anti-establishment they were by out-uglying each other. I so got robbed! - Josephine Angelini When I was your age I met a man older than myself, quite a bit older. I fell in love with him. Really in love. I know people say it's just puppy love at that age, but I was in love properly. It lasted for years. It was the most powerful feeling I can ever remember. At that age one has no defenses. It just overwhelmed me. - Lynne Reid Banks I can't believe THAT!" said Alice. Can't you?" said the Queen in a pitying tone. "Try again: draw a long breath, and shut your eyes." Alice laughed. "There's no use trying," she said, "one can't believe impossible things." I daresay you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why sometimes ...

Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen. - Mark Twain There are things which some people never attempt during their whole lives, but one of these is not poetry. Poetry attacks all human beings sooner or later, and, like the measles, is mild or violent according to the age of the sufferer. - Mark Twain Today more than ever we need creative minds to address the issues of the age. And one of the most urgent is this: How can humanity know so much, achieve so much, and still fail so many people so badly? - King Abdullah Ii We have progressed from the stone age and moved on to the age of stone hearted people - Amit Abraham By the age of seven, as an eldest boy, I was expected to help the family with the money. !!!!!!!!!! - Izzeldin Abuelaish John: 'I think the music reflects the state that the society is in. It doesn't suggest the state. I think the poets and musicians and artists are of the age - not only d...