Quotes about "Work & Career"

Question: Why does anyone bother to listen to economists anymore? The profession has become an embarrassment, and the most respected economists have shown themselves to have as much predictive power as a deck of tarot cards. ”

Coal is tied to steel jobs, trucking jobs, and manufacturing jobs. ”

The 'progressive' tax-and-spend agenda has been put on trial. The policies not only lead to much slower growth but also benefit the rich and politically well-connected at the expense of everyone else. ”

The truth is Mr. Trump could simply sit in the Oval Office for four years like a potted plant, and that would be a vast improvement over the Obama agenda, which was almost in every case - from tax increases to spending stimulus bills to Obamacare, Dodd-Frank, the war on fossil fuels, and so on - bad for growth. ”

When Steven Spielberg comes calling, it behooves you to seriously consider it. ”

I am very happy acting, and just have never gone at, or been bitten by the directing bug to the extent where I'm willing to put acting aside. If offered the opportunity, I think I could do a good job with the right material. ”

The dramatic rise of Turkey in the councils of world power was one of the main geopolitical developments of 2010. ”

That's something that is almost accidental at the beginning of a career, but the more you write, the more trained you are to recognize the little signals. ”

To see professional actors do my work, to take it seriously - that was the thing that made me think playwriting could actually be what I do. It's not a profession that has some sort of clear career track, like, 'This is what you do to be a playwright.' ”

I had a hell of a career - didn't miss no games. ”