Martha Quinn Quotes

I'm grateful I know what it's like to be unemployed for long periods of time.

I just remember all those days in the unemployment line, stressed out over when my next job was coming.

There's nothing like a little bit of unemployment to kick the stuffing out of you when things are going well.

A journalist is a reporter out of a job.

In 1996, after 29 years as an artist for Marvel Comics, I got fired - 56 years old, two children still in college, and no job.

Most of the people I meet who are on unemployment are people who have had jobs for 25 years, lost them; they've been knocking on doors every week.

There's nothing wrong with being fired.

You do a job; your show gets canceled. You get used to it.

Many people have asked me how I feel about losing my job.

I started out here in Colorado as a geologist. During a downturn, everyone in our company got laid off.

The experience of seeing your entire team made redundant is eye-opening.

I was made redundant from a job as a PA in a shirt-making company in 1996. I was devastated. I had been there for three years, and it was a job I really liked.

Getting fired is hard.

The hardest work in the world is being out of work.

When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.

I actually got fired from 'The O.C.'

I was fired from my television job, simple as that. Well, downsized, really, a classic 1990s situation.

You know, my Grandpop Finnegan used to have an expression: he used to say, 'Joey, the guy in Olyphant's out of work, it's an economic slowdown. When your brother-in-law's out of work, it's a recession. When you're out of work, it's a depression.'

I was devastated by the loss of my job in March, although I can understand why it occurred.

I was happy being a journalist. I didn't realize losing my job, my identity went with it.

I wasn't worried about unemployment.

When you're unemployed for six months or a year, it is hard to qualify for a lease, so even the option of relocating to find a job is often off the table.

In a packed programme tonight, we will be talking to an out-of-work contortionist who says he can no longer make ends meet.

There was a moment there when it was getting really bad and everyone was being let go. I was, like, 'Can I get fired, please? Can I move on with my life?

I'm very good at being out of work.