Magdi Yacoub Quotes

I think about the work I've landed, and I think to myself, 'If I never land a job again, I could still die happy.'

I'm lucky enough to do what I like for work - not everyone's that fortunate.

[Referring to public service:] Men can make a living with far more satisfaction and many less wounds to the souls at some other calling.

I've made a lot of money, I'm happy where I'm at. I've got a good family - I don't really need to play football.

No, I'm happy to go on living the life I've chosen. I'm a university teacher and I like my job.

Acting is all I've ever done, and I've nothing else to make comparisons with when anyone asks me whether I've ever wanted anything else out of life. It's given me enough satisfaction so that I haven't wanted or had to look for anything else.

This job certainly doesn't win you a huge amount of friends, I accept that, but it is very enjoyable, and deep down I think it's probably quite a worthwhile job.

I will say that I've been lucky enough never to have to do a job I didn't want to do, or a play I wasn't in love with.

I chose to have a career, and I enjoyed it while I had it.

If you've got to work for the rest of your life, you'd better do something you'll enjoy.

I look at my father, who was in many ways an unhappy person, but who, not long before he got sick, said that the greatest source of satisfaction in his life had been going to work in the company of other workers.

Of course some days are easier than others, but my worst day is better than being in most humdrum occupations.

If I could have married my wife and been a sports writer for the past 30 years, I wouldn't be sitting here - but I don't think I'd be sitting someplace where I was sorry to be sitting.

If you're a filmmaker, and every time you finish a film, you just naturally go, 'Oh, I could have done so much better,' that's not much fun, is it, really? You might as well go pick another profession if that really is how you derive satisfaction from it.

The thing with me is, if I wake up one morning and I'm not happy working as an actress, I'll stop. It's not something I have to do. It's not a vocation.

I know most people don't like their jobs very much and don't get a lot of personal satisfaction from their jobs. That's something that I really do get a lot of.

For me, the money isn't a big issue. I'm at the end of my career and I'm just happy to play.

If I had it to do all over again, I wouldn't change anything. I probably would have paid for the pleasure of working.

This is not just like a job. This is like a dream come true!

You're going to spend a long time with the stuff you work on; you might as well like it.

I am lucky enough not to have to take jobs unless I love the material.

For me, I thought I had the best job in the world.

I get more fulfilment from being a father than I do from being an actor.

I always say to my students, 'If you can do anything other than writing and be happy, then you should.'

I don't look at my work as an avenue for generating more work. For me, my work itself is sufficient.