Quotes about "Work & Career"

If I went to a regular job, if I was a secretary or something, I'd want to look good. I'd dress up for that part. ”

I write. This is what I do. My job is to sit down with my vocabulary, select words, and decide what order they should be placed in an attempt to keep someone's attention and perhaps provide them with a laugh or two along the way. ”

My father was placid and easygoing. He owned a small shoe store where I helped out on Saturdays. I think he'd have been pleased if I'd made a career of working in the shoe store. But my mother was ambitious. She encouraged us to read books, and she pushed us toward a musical education. ”

I have such a stressful job that the only way I can get it out of my mind is by running hard. ”

We need a guy who plays dodge ball and thinks he's a pirate - get me Alan Tudyk on the phone!' Those are the jobs I do. ”

I have some realistic humility which comes from my first career as a writer. I wrote for other people for ten years. I saw some incredible egos not based on any reality. They were great when they were on top and awful when they weren't. I learned a lot about how to treat people. ”

I think calling for more women in every aspect of this industry is a sensible thing. ”

If you go to planetary science meetings and hear technical talks on Pluto, you will hear experts calling it a planet every day. ”

I actually started my career in planetary science with a master's thesis on Pluto. ”

Honestly, I could care less about business development. ”