Andrew Ng Quotes

There's not anyone in particular I'd like to work with. I just want to continue doing work that I have a passion for.

Get into a line that you will find to be a deep personal interest, something you really enjoy spending twelve to fifteen hours a day working at, and the rest of the time thinking about.

I think many actresses want to be famous and want to be the prettiest, and that wasn't my trek. I was thinking, 'I gotta get out of here... how do I get out of here?' I like acting, but I like directing more.

Sometimes, taking a job is like going to a shrink or something, where you get to know yourself better.

A person should design the way he makes a living around how he wishes to make a life.

My parents have always done what they've loved, and they've had many different careers.

People say you have to know when to retire, which is a dumb thing to say. If you want to go out on top, yeah, it becomes important when you quit. But I wasn't afraid of that. And I wasn't worried about getting fired. I knew the risk. To me, it's not an ego thing. I enjoy coaching. I enjoy helping people achieve something.

I focus every day on my career.

I like what I'm doing. If I didn't like what I was doing, I'd be doing something else.

I don't know what kind of career I want to forge for myself. But I want it to be one where I love the work that I've done. And I like to think that I have good instincts.

Don't manage your career. Follow your dream and contribute.

I just try to keep going and work on projects that are exciting to me, with people I respect and enjoy and want to work with. That takes me in different directions sometimes, but it's all been a pretty good ride.

I haven't strength of mind not to need a career.

One of the fundamental discoveries I made about myself - early enough to make use of it - was that I am driven to seize life and to understand it. The motor that pushes me is propelled by more than scientific curiosity.

My goal is to stay happy in my work and to do quality work.

I think it's imperative to follow your heart and choose a profession you're passionate about, and if you haven't found that 'spark' yet, if you're not sure what you want to do with your lives - be persistent until you do.

People who decide they came to earth to work, who make work their personal philosophy, are kept very busy.

I love to work. I love to have complexity.

For a long time, I didn't know what I wanted to be when I grew up. I was desperate to find something that fit me and I just decided that if I could organically make a professional living out of the things that interested me, then I would be a happy person.

If you don't see something as a career but as an important part of your life, you don't know how you're going to feel about it.

My advice to anyone is to figure out what you're good at - what it is that you love doing the most in life - and figure out a way to make a living from it.

Having a career is a bit like navigating an Atlantic crossing - you have to make sure everything is keeping and is balanced.

All I like to do is work every day and have an idea what I want to do.

I know I'll always work. In what form, it really doesn't matter.

My ambition comes from my passion: finding what I love and then expanding on that.