David Attenborough Quotes

I need to be in a stable environment right now in my career. What I mean by that is a place where I can play and not have too much pressure on me and a place I can develop. Monaco wanted me and did whatever they could to get me so I feel very very good about that.

I had a career at home, and I just knew that it'd be okay if nothing happened in Los Angeles.

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.

The great thing about being on a television show is that it usually provides you with fairly steady income so you can go and do things.

I don't play for job security.

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

I meet so many business women who shy away from the limelight or hesitate to put themselves forward for promotion, despite the fact they are brilliant at their jobs.

For my family, for my loved ones, my priority is to have a job and perform.

Years ago, I saw a job for head baker for The Dorchester Hotel in London, and I didn't want to move away from the North West. But then I thought, 'I've got to do this for my career,' because I was very ambitious. So I went for it and got the job.

I wish I had not believed that my work would speak for itself; the working world requires a bit more than that.

With no back-up in the industry, it is tough to prove yourself.

The Apprentice' was one of the hardest things I've ever done in my life.

My best advice to young women looking to get into both travel and tech is to put yourself out there, get out of your comfort zone, and be persistent.

Nobody was like, 'Kimberly, we're going to let you anchor general news or host a show or do any of that.' I at first started out doing legal analysis, but I had to make the case to my bosses... give me a shot, give me a chance, and I was able to do that: say, 'Let me fill in. Let me show you my range. Nothing to lose here - it's the holidays.'

Even though a lot of people keep trying to get me to retire, I won't.

I think there is really something we need to examine about the notion of careers, and are women encouraged and given the same opportunities to have vital healthy careers in which they are challenged by certain things, they try new things, they struggle, maybe they stumble, maybe they fail, and then there's more room to succeed as well.

I want to have a long career. But that's based on wanting people to buy into my voice and not into a fabricated image.

I feel like I do my best work under fear of being fired.

There is pressure from day one when you start your career.

It's a very different feeling to work on a show with a future.

I don't know if I'm going to be a manager forever. I don't know if I'm going to be producing films or television shows.

I've always had a proper job. I don't know anything else.

I've always been an independent producer. I'd kind of like to be hired help for a change. I don't mind that.

There's no longevity in managing - and not much sense, either.

I want to be challenged every week; I want to know that my title is on the line, and I have to fight to keep it.