Quotes tagged ‘Jobs’

“Some jobs keep pulling you back.”

— Chris Carter, Dana Scully, Gillian Anderson, imdb.com

“If searching through job listings and applying to posted jobs just isn’t working, it’s time to change the game. Instead of looking for jobs, look for employers”

— Bitches Get Riches, thefinancialdiet.com

“I’ve been a freelance copywriter for about ten years, and on the whole, I’ve made more money doing phone sex than I have turning in pages of well-researched, on-brand work. $15 for 500 words versus $4 a minute. You tell me the better way to spend an hour.”

— Mila Jaroniec, lennyletter.com

“We don't do our jobs anymore. We don't bust bad guys anymore. Somethings not working.”

— Chris Masi, Agent Dale Jakes, Brandon Jay McLaren, imdb.com

“Factories provide three things this country desperately needs: jobs, pride, and material for Bruce Springsteen songs”

— Ron Weiner, Jack Donaghy, Alec Baldwin, imdb.com

“I hate being hungry at airports.”

— Money Diaries, refinery29.com

“I feel like this job is beneath me. I'm a bartender. I do, like, you know, great things.”

— Angelina Pivarnick, imdb.com

“According to this aptitude test, I should be a professional athlete, a park ranger or a correctional officer.”

— Jenji Kohan, Nicole 'Nicky' Nichols, Natasha Lyonne, imdb.com

“Before I interviewed with anyone else, I always mentioned that I was happy in my existing role and not explicitly looking to change companies. (That made me more comfortable backing out of the process at any time.)”

— My Salary Story, refinery29.com

“Jake: Hey, look at this one! 'Kick-ass I-startup, superjazzed about expansion, seeks visionary dot-com expert for media leadership position.' Where do I sign up?! Helen: Jake, you don't know a thing about the Internet.”

— Glenn Eichler, Peggy Nicoll, Jake Morgendorffer (voice), Julián Rebolledo, imdb.com

“It sounded too good to be true. And it was.”

— Clare Nicholson, thefinancialdiet.com

“You know what the weirdest part about having a job is? You have to be there every day, even on the days you don't feel like it.”

— Lena Dunham, Jessa Johansson, Jemima Kirke, imdb.com

“If we do our job right, we never need to go to court. Look, the reason we're not a law firm? We don't have to play within the rules of the law. We're fixers, crisis managers. We make the problems of our clients go away. Big or small. It's not about solving some crime. It's not about justice. It's ab…”

— Tom Verica, Jenna Bans, Harrison Wright, Columbus Short, imdb.com

“Just get a job? Why don’t I strap on my job helmet, and squeeze down into a job cannon, AND FIRE OFF INTO JOBLAND, WHERE JOBS GROW ON JOBBIES?!!!”

— Charlie Day, David Hornsby, Charlie Kelly, Charlie Day, imdb.com

“Dr. Cox: Newbie, how you doing? J.D.: OK, keep it together. It's "be a man" time. [out loud] No, it's fine. You went with your gut. Elliot's a great doctor. I do have three questions, though. Why do you hate me when I show you nothing but love?! Who's going to tell my mom?! And what the hell am I su…”

— Matt Tarses, John 'J.D.' Dorian, Zach Braff, imdb.com

“Hire people for their strengths, not their absence of weaknesses.”

— Kenneth Roman, medium.com

“If that job disappeared, the world might even be a slightly better place. But the worker can’t admit that. Hence the bullshit element. So it’s essentially pretending what you’re doing is worthwhile, but it’s not.”

— David Graeber, vice.com

“You’re just doing your job, and she’s not your boss anymore, so it makes sense that the relationship will change.”

— Alison Green, askamanager.org

“Given the technological revolution, this kind of talk on the part of Negro institutions, merely leads to that atmosphere where Negroes and whites will be fighting in the streets over the few jobs which do exist, or over jobs which do not exist.”

— Bayard Rustin, americanradioworks.publicradio.org

“[T]he demonstration bore the title ‘March for Jobs and Freedom.’ We realized even then that true freedom and racial equality cannot be achieved within the context of a stagnant economy, unable to provide blacks with permanent, good-paying jobs.”

— Bayard Rustin, huffingtonpost.com