Ory Okolloh Quotes

The more lawyers there are, the more people are out there to encourage others not to go to law school.

I thought I would, you know, go to college, get to law school, finish, and then get a job and work as a lawyer, but that proved to be not a good fit for me.

I do want to finish my education. I just don't think that Boston has a big enough market for what I want to do.

There are a lot of things you can do with a law degree background, but I just didn't have a passion for it.

I was attracted to law school because I believed it would help me prepare for a career in the real world.

Apart from finding a first job, college graduates seem to adapt more easily than those with only a high school degree as the economy evolves and labor-market needs change.

I certainly feel fortunate in my career to have been able to continue to work in different mediums. I don't ever want to be the guy who gets really good at one thing and just does that over and over and over again.

My generation were all careerists.

The best jobs will go to the best educated people.

Students now see college more as a credentialing institution rather than an academic institution.

As tough as it is for many college graduates to get their planned careers on track, it could be worse: They could be trying to find a job without a college degree.

If that is your route, to go to university and get a job that way, that is fantastic.

I always said the whole time all I was waiting for was an opportunity and a chance to get my foot in the door.

I don't know what I'm going to do with my law degree. Hopefully I'll get the law degree - that's the first step.

If anything goes wrong, it's important to have your education to fall back on.

When I graduated, I was really lucky because I got hired immediately by CBS as a production assistant.

Coaching jobs are far and few between; you try and get into the right situation and take advantage of it from there.

College is something I've always said I wanted to do, but you're going there to get a piece of paper that says you can get a job, but if I'm already working steadily and doing good work, it makes you question your priorities. Right now, I'm in my own film college: filming a TV show.

My family said that a big firm was where you'd get the most opportunities. I knew nobody who had ever worked at a firm, nobody who knew anything about it. I just tried to get the best job I could.

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 think when I got into broadcasting I told myself, 'I don't ever want to be pigeonholed as one thing.'

I only applied for 'Countdown' as a bit of a laugh while applying for lots of other graduate jobs. I've had some amazing opportunities, and I've loved every minute.

Fifty career picks is a huge deal for me.

I graduated with all honors, and I was about to take the LSATs, and I was working at a law firm, and I hated it.

I never worry about whether or not I'll find a job.