Jessica Barden Quotes

The constant variety is the most interesting part of my job.

I come to work, and I have a good time. I have no reason to change anything that I do.

I function better in a world where I have to wake up every morning to go to work.

I was teaching history and coaching both tennis and track along with football. I felt like I had the best of both worlds. I was pretty comfortable. I thought I would be doing what I was doing for the rest of my life.

I don't like doing the same thing over and over again, because I learn from being challenged.

I think I'd like to stay anchoring because, number one, I'm learning a lot, and I love it when I'm learning. And number two, I also have the luxury of a stable life.

Jobs are what give people a sense of fulfillment and self-reliance.

It's just nice to be employed.

My goal has always been longevity. Not fame and fortune, just get a job and keep it.

Constant labor of one uniform kind destroys the intensity and flow of a man's animal spirits, which find recreation and delight in mere change of activity.

Every day is another something that comes along.

I'm at a place where I want to have fun. I want to be challenged. I want to love the people I work with and continue to appreciate being in the position to work and play and explore.

I think any job you do is an opportunity to learn and an opportunity to explore and challenge yourself.

The best workers, like the happiest livers, look upon their work as a kind of game: the harder they play the more enjoyable it becomes.

I think about how much I used to work and how much I used to make that the priority.

My first boss at the BBC was Aubrey Singer. The main thing I learned from him was discipline. I also learned things about myself: namely, that I hated commuting and didn't really want a 9-5 job.

I wanted to do something where I could hang my hat.

Dynamic change is always my favorite thing. As soon as I feel like I'm doing all of the same stuff over and over again, I'm bored and sad.

When you get to a point where you're successful enough that you can say, 'I don't have to take any job anymore,' and you're still good at what you do, how do you decide what work to take on? I think the answer is that you pursue what you enjoy. In my case, it's variety.

You don't want to play the same role twice.

My life is not very different from what it was 20 years ago. In fact, my career hasn't changed much since I was 22.

Throughout my 20s and early 30s, I had jobs that I loved. I worked in city government. I ran a youth organization. I served as an associate dean at a university. And I couldn't imagine how a baby would fit into all of that.

Why change? If you're happy, and things are going really well at one place, there is no need to change.

It's not like I wake up and think, 'Now I'm going to go to work.' It just feels like a continuing exploration.

My job description? It is many things; it is a whole universe created around the things that I like.