David Hyde Pierce Quotes

I did plenty of jobs that I hated. I was a bank teller and terrible at it. I parked cars, a valet. I answered phones. I somehow avoided being a waiter. I knew I wouldn't be able to keep the order straight. I'm not much of a multi-tasker.

I do my job in Type O Negative.

If somebody were more passionate about Redfin, how would she not be more qualified to have my job than I am? Like, that's the thing I have to be the best at.

When you become a professional, there is all this other stuff you have to do. That part is the job, capital J-O-B. They're very different things, but they're all part of the same career. Once you get onstage and you get to perform, that's your reward for doing your job.

I'd be an absolutely appalling detective... Appalling.

I was fairly rubbish as a player.

We're not a vocational school. If someone wants to get a high-paying job, I would hope that there are easier ways to do it than working through a formal computer science curriculum.

I've never come into anything successful before. I've always been hired by horrible radio stations with horrendous reputations and nothing to lose.

I didn't really have a favourite subject at school as I was useless at everything.

I tried to hostess... but they fired me after four days because I couldn't figure out how seating plans worked.

I suck at golf and a variety of other things I go out and do with my friends.

I was a pretty terrible lawyer. A really, really terrible lawyer.

Get to know the job intimately that you're applying for. Don't just read the job description - study it and picture yourself performing every task required of you. When you interview, framing your responses so that you reveal your significant knowledge about the job gives you a massive advantage.

I shouldn't have acted. I didn't exhibit any ability. I was one of the kids in the school play who was just mouthing words, and they weren't the actual words of the song. I was pretty lame!

… a loser!

We’re not very good at cutting things. We’re not even good at reducing things.

I don't do a lot of things business-wise. For the most part, I focus on what my job is and do that.

Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You'll always regret it.

I like to think I'm handy, but I failed at being handy many a time.

Incompetent and relentless are the worst combination of qualities.

Just put the best person into the job.

At the end of the day, you have to look at, 'Are they knowledgeable? Are they doing their job?' Not what their appearance is.

I swear I am the worst gamer. I try, I try, and I try, but for some reason, you know, it - yeah. I got - everybody beats me. Let's just put it that way.

I got a job to do on the field.

Let's see... Rihanna! Work, work, work, work, work, work; OK, what? How much work does it take to move your behind, honey? I don't understand the job situation you're going through.