Dick Trickle Quotes

Before I became a parent, I was a bestselling author and speaker pounding up the escalators of a different airport every week.

Life is so very short. Do now what you yearn to do in your life. You do not have to 'quit your day job' in order to do this. You may do so if you choose to, but you do not have to. Many people advance a vocation while holding down their 'regular job.' You can, too. Then ease into your vocation and turn it into your 'regular job.' But you must give energy to your vocation starting today. I mean, today.

The time has come for me to pursue other interests outside of Yahoo.

I've been able to make a good living as a musician, but now it's time to do all the other stuff.

I probably would have retired years ago if I hadn't found interesting things to do.

I see a lot of people who change careers in the middle of their life and they think it's a good idea to come in the kitchen.

One thing I have clear is that I don't want to work for money anymore.

My life isn't much different than when I worked full time as a journalist.

Don't sweat it if you are stuck in the corporate job right now. But begin to plan ahead. I know from much personal experience that it takes 1-3 years to transition from total scratch to making a living from home in any career you want.

I don't see myself ever retiring, unless it's for something that I like better, and so far I like directing a lot but I don't see the necessity to retire from anything unless there's a really great alternative.

I came home after a year and although my profession was only hairdressing, I knew I could change it.

I don't see myself doing catalog shoots in Madrid anymore like I was doing two years ago. I hope that the acting side of things grows.

For 30 years I've been responsible for managing client money, and it's been a joy, but at some point I need to move on. Thirty years is enough.

Now I am ready to set new goals and start a new career for myself outside of the ring.

I realized I didn't want to be a photographer. I gave it up, but I still worked that job in the restaurant and I found myself constantly hanging out in the kitchen.

Life's too short to be a Go-Go for twenty years.

I worked full time jobs, basically doing manual labor until I could make enough money supporting myself as a musician.

I've had to change careers several times. Sometimes because my interests changed. Sometimes because all bridges have been burned beyond recognition, sometimes because I desperately needed money. And sometimes just because I hated everyone in my old career or they hated me.

You reach a point when you say to yourself, 'Do I want to keep doing this?' There are other things on my plate I want to do - I've been writing a play; I've been neglecting my standup.

If you don't like what you're doing, then don't do it.

I have done the company lifestyle for 16 years, and ballet has changed.

As a 25-year-old banker, I decided to leave my career and change the world. This sounds like a move that a 25-year-old banker might make today - to escape the chaos.

I didn't plan to be a director until I was 35. For years I wanted to do anything but!

My main aim is getting set up so that when I do quit, I can step away and re-evaluate what I want to do in life. Do I want to get to 50 years old and come back? Or will I just want to go home and be fishing, hunting and working around the house?

By the time I received my doctorate in American studies in 1957, I was in the twisted grip of a disease of our times in which the sufferer experiences an overwhelming urge to join the 'real world.' So I started working for newspapers.