There's a trick to the Graceful Exit. It begins with the vision to recognize when a job, a life stage, a relationship is over - and to let go. It means leaving what's over without denying its value. - Ellen Goodman
I took a job at the pool in order to earn the five cents a day it cost to swim. I counted wet towels. As a bonus, I was allowed to swim during lunchtime. - Esther Williams
My dad takes care of me as a manager and as a dad. That's his job, you know, to take care of me. He has my best interests at heart. - Jessica Simpson
What my job is, is to get on with getting the process of democratic politics, back on the road, entrenching the peace settlement, and I ask you to judge me on my record. - Peter Hain
I open myself up every time I walk on screen and give you everything that I am. There are parts of me that are in every movie that I've done. That to me is what my job is. - Kevin Spacey
I see my job as an actor to be as good a channel as I can be. Acting is a gift, and I have respect for it. - Lili Taylor
People in the Pentagon had colleagues killed and maimed by bin Laden. They're trying to find bin Laden and kill him and his cult. Naturally they consider that a legitimate thing to do, but they're having mixed success at the job. - Bruce Sterling
If Congress does its job in this regard, the residents of Puerto Rico will be empowered to act in their own self-interest and express their future political status aspirations accordingly. - Dick Thornburgh
First job I went out on in new York I got, and when I came back, the first job I went out on, I got. - James Coburn
We can create the ultimate job security by becoming less dependent on the organization for which we work and more dependent on our own resources. - Bo Bennett
I was very afraid that I wouldn't be able to do this job well. And the time never came back. - Sharon Olds
Our Age of Anxiety is, in great part, the result of trying to do today's job with yesterday's tools and yesterday's concepts. - Marshall McLuhan
The only credit I can give them. They synchronize wonderful. That's all. They synchronize very - you would have thought that they were actually acting, but they were synching all the time, and that's a rough job. - Cab Calloway
It's a technical, fairly difficult job that has no particular political connotations, so I doubt there are any big campaign contributors dying to be on the Fed. And remember, it doesn't pay very well, certainly by Republican standards. - Alice Rivlin
Writing is a lonely job unless you're a drinker, in which case you always have a friend within reach. - Emilio Estevez
I enjoyed the crew. The best part about 'The X-Files' has been the crew. This crew is an exceptional family and to go to work with a bunch of people that you really like is great. They're all the best of the best and they really try to do the best job they can. I'll miss that. - Robert Patrick
The biggest mistake that you can make is to believe that you are working for somebody else. Job security is gone. The driving force of a career must come from the individual. Remember: Jobs are owned by the company, you own your career! - Earl Nightingale
But the problem with coaching is that it is a full-time job. By that I mean for at least 40 weeks in a year you have to be with the player, either travelling or training. Right now I don't want to do that. - Richard Krajicek
But if you really want to get involved in making a difference, you can stay at home with your family and have a job and make a reasonable living without having to be on an airplane all of the time, then you ought to go back home and run for School Board. - Birch Bayh
This is a time when the United States should be standing tall. There is no other leader in the world today. We shouldn't be approaching conflicts as a team sport. We either get in an we lead and we do a good job, or you don't get in at all. - Jon Huntsman, Jr.
The mainstream press and television do a very soft job of covering the press, either as corporate entities or as news organizations. - Sydney Schanberg
We see our customers as invited guests to a party, and we are the hosts. It's our job every day to make every important aspect of the customer experience a little bit better. - Jeff Bezos
Europe should stick to an open economy, to competition and we should refuse protectionism. It will not save one single job in the long run to protect non-competitive industries. - Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Conceit is bragging about yourself. Confidence means you believe you can get the job done. - Johnny Unitas
I can't wait to front my band with these new songs and play for fans, but I've decided to keep my day job too. - Richard Marx