Katherine Ryan Quotes

I have six jobs.

My family were really hard-working, blue-collar people, and I didn't know the idea or concept of working and having fun. I thought you just worked and made money to support your family.

My father worked all the time.

I'm a working mom. I've been working since I was 14 years old.

If I had married someone wealthy when I was young, I would have sunk like a stone. Being skint makes life quite clear. You've got to take that job.

I always hired widows with children, because they had to work and didn't have any foolishness about them.

I loved playing and I was actually working two jobs.

I guess if you're lucky enough not to have to pay your rent, then you or I take much more seriously the kind of work that I do, what it takes for me to leave two teenagers of my own and six stepchildren and a husband and four grandchildren.

I'll take as much work as I can get. You can always need more work.

I had a lot of guilt as a single mother trying to raise a child. I had to go to work and Jeffrey was screaming that he didn't want me to. You have to give yourself permission to let go of the guilt.

I finished law school in '56, but I was working two jobs.

I trained, went to college, trained, and got a job. Then got another job. When I wasn't working I worked at a bar, then got another job.

When I joined 'Essence,' I was a young, single mother. I was 24. I hadn't gone to college. I wasn't making any money at 'Essence' - what was it, $500 a month - and I was struggling. So I was always looking down the road, always hoping for a better, you know, tomorrow.

I come from a simple background, so I couldn't call my father and say, 'Come pay my bills,' so I had to get out there and work.

I don't have to work; I need to work.

I've done so many jobs because I've had to, not because I've wanted to. And it's honourable to do a job because you need to feed your children, and maybe there is also something in it for your development as an actor. But only up to a point.

My mom raised six kids on her own.

I take commissions because I know I'll have to get up early in the morning and work.

I'm really grateful for my mom. And my mom always raised me being a single mother. Being a single mother, a lot of stress comes with that. You gotta work, you gotta come home and do everything.

I love the fact that there are also women out there that don't have a choice and they must go to work and they still have to raise the kids. Thank goodness that we value those people too.

Jobs mean freedom for workers to support their families.

It's always good to be working.

A man should never neglect his family for business.

My work is a love for me; I'd do it for free, but don't tell my bosses.

I had to work and it never occurred to me not to. But then it's never really been about the money.