8,413 Quotes About Jobs

  • Author Laura Bush
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    My husband and I have always incorporated things into our life that reduce stress. We're very careful with our health. We go to bed early. In this job, fatigue would be very detrimental! We've always eaten very healthily; now it's really particularly easy because we have a chef.

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  • Author Lawrence Block
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    I think persistence in the face of adversity is an essential part of a writer’s job description. If you don’t care enough about it to avoid being easily disheartened that way, you really should be doing something else.

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  • Author LeVar Burton
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    I'm a firm believer and always have been that there aren't all that many things that you should not express to children in an age-appropriate manner, and as a parent, that is your job - to be discerning as to whether or not your child can handle the information, provided you have the ability to express yourself in that age-appropriate way.

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  • Author Leonard Boswell
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    The American Dream is one of success, home ownership, college education for one's children, and have a secure job to provide these and other goals.

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  • Author Leonard Boswell
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    The National Intelligence Director needs the authority to do the job we are asking him to do. That means power over the intelligence budget. And to be effective, to be allowed to do his or her job, they must have authority over the budget.

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  • Author Liberty Hyde Bailey
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    A person cannot love a plant after he has pruned it, then he has either done a poor job or is devoid of emotion.

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  • Author Libba Bray
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    Really, being a librarian is a much more dangerous job than you realize.

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  • Author Linda Blair
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    Of course The Exorcist changed my entire life. I don't think there are very many people that will have the experience of sitting in this room, doing a job, and the next thing you know you've been on every television camera around the world, and people are they're frightened of you.

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