Michelle Phan Quotes

I used to work, part time, in a deli, in those days when your parents made you work just so you should know what work was like. And you'd make 4, 5, 6, ten dollars.

I had a job since I was old enough to work - since I was, like, 14.

I've worked everywhere. I worked in a warehouse packing surf supplies, a restaurant washing dishes, in retail, and I was a 'sandwich artist' at Subway.

In the 9th grade I began my first wage work for the West Side Drug store delivering prescriptions and sundries on my bicycle to customers who called in orders.

I just want to make it clear that I have been working since I was ten years old.

When I was a student, I had a part time job as a barmaid at a dodgy pub in Kent.

I worked in 40 restaurants over a five-year period.

Before breaking into music, I had various jobs: forklift driver, driving a courier. But I was forced into working rather than doing it off my own bat because that was my dad's way: you got a job and paid your way.

I survived in high school by working at Kentucky Fried Chicken and made my way up to assistant manager. I was surviving high school and college with that job.

I was working from a very early age.

I think I made more money when I was lifeguarding at 15 years old than I did on my first year at 'SNL.'

I've worked since I was in second grade.

My mom was not able to buy us the expensive Air Jordans, so if I wanted something that was a little bit nicer, my brother and I, we had to go earn money for it.

The reason immigrants come to America is to provide their kids with opportunities, but when they say 'opportunity,' they mean a prestigious job and career. When I had the epiphany that I could do music and sustain myself, they were like, 'OK, son, we need to talk to you.'

The idea of having proper qualifications had been very much ingrained in me. My father had a steady job for the Potato Marketing Board, and the family emphasis was on getting to university.

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

I've always worked in cinemas or cafes to make money because it turns out freelance journalism is quite hard to get into.

I had a number of part-time jobs after school in Willow Grove, but I did work for two summers in Ocean City as a waitress at Chris' Seafood Restaurant. I loved it.

I want to work and continue to work - that's all I've ever done.

I'm still that kid that worked at Subway and Target.

I can tell you what people on minimum wage want: They want a career. They don't want a minimum wage.

I was a waitress at a really rundown Italian restaurant in Dublin, for about a week, at 16. I thought it was going to be romantic - overhearing affairs and watching first-time couples all loved up. But instead I was just running about constantly.

I love what I do a lot, but it's my work.

I had the kind of family where I was told it was my job to study. They would work out the finances.

Once you succeed at what you're doing, your parents see that what you were doing wasn't so bad after all, though they'd prefer to see you in a secure lifestyle where you have a contract for years and years, or you have a diploma or degree.