Jermaine Dupri Quotes

I've never had a job in my life that I was better than. I was always just lucky to have a job. And every job I had was a steppingstone to my next job, and I never quit my job until I had my next job.

The places I've worked in the past, I always stayed three years and moved on.

I think when it comes to re-signing with an organisation, there's no real compromise if you're trying to move on.

There's no reason why anyone's job should become untouchable for the rest of their life.

At the bare minimum, you need to be in your position for a year before you ask for a raise or title change.

I don't think anyone wants to be in a role forever.

I hope Pinterest is my last job.

I spent the first 18 years of my career at AT&T, and it was a wonderful place that kept me moving all the time. I mean, I started off as entry level a position as you can get at AT&T.

You don't have to start with your dream job, and your idea of what the dream job might be will change during a working life that will have its share of ups and downs, setbacks and advances.

Going to work for a large company is like getting on a train. Are you going sixty miles an hour or is the train going sixty miles an hour and you're just sitting still?

Once a waitress, always a waitress.

One of the reasons that I'm still in the military - or I stayed in the military - is because I think the military has been a place where certainly people could improve, advance, and were treated fairly.

I still feel I'm doing the same work I've always done.

You would think that when someone accepts a position with a company, they would assume that their life will be better off because they have that job rather than a different one.

I used to go from one job to another. I started at seven years old in theater and used to go from one job to another.

In America, people know there are always 10 people better than them who are after their job. In France, they know that too - but no one is going to get their job till they go to their grave.

I want to build something I'd be happy to be employed by 10 years out.

Five years is a long time to play one part.

The longer you're stuck in a position that doesn't truly challenge you, the less likely you'll be able to leave it. Inertia, in fact, is one of my worst fears.

I don't have any intention of resigning.

I don't see my show as a stepping stone to something else like some people, who get a job then have a foot out the door looking for their next job.

I think everybody else in Hollywood, including network execs, has the opportunity to ask for a raise or a change in scenery in a much shorter time frame than actors. But I do think the networks have to protect themselves.

I don't believe in careers. I believe in work. I'm not interested in some 'big picture that would be really good for me'.

I've always viewed politics the following way: if you do a good job at the job you're doing, you'll have opportunities to do other things in the future. Maybe things you never envisioned.

Maybe someday I'll have a job where it haunts me or it's hard to move on.