Robert Scoble Quotes

That just seems like a tough thing to do... just work in the middle of a company for your entire life. You just do the same thing out of college until you're 60, and then you retire.

The idea of having a steady job is appealing.

Once you have been hot and cold, you get real appreciative when you got a place to go every day with decent material, a paycheck to come in, and nice people to work with.

Going to work for a large company is like getting on a train. Are you going sixty miles an hour or is the train going sixty miles an hour and you're just sitting still?

A good job is more than just a paycheck. A good job fosters independence and discipline, and contributes to the health of the community. A good job is a means to provide for the health and welfare of your family, to own a home, and save for retirement.

Life is just a set of experiences. As long as there are new experiences for me in a corporate job, I don't think I have to be an entrepreneur.

Go work at the post office or Starbucks if you want balance in your life.

Sometimes I think, 'Oh, I wish I just had a nice job where you're getting a salary.' Just sometimes.

Working for the Man seemed really good to me.

You just want to be able to have a nice career and make a living at it.

In talking to founder after founder; I've heard almost visceral reactions to working for companies, even very cool ones with great things to work on and lots of opportunity, like Facebook, Google, or consulting firms.

Public employment contributes neither to advantage nor to happiness. It is but honorary exile from ones family and affairs.

My fear was of being offered a job that would be kind of a full-time position at a veterans organization or even in the government... I'd prefer to not be that, to come up the Beltway every day.

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

Both me and my parents wanted me to lead a normal life, work in a normal '10 to 5' job and put my education to good use.

Well I guess I always look at other people who have maybe more traditional jobs and I think gosh their weeks are so much more stressful and busy than mine.

We realized quickly that wages are only one part of it, that what also matters are the schedules we give people, the hours that they work, the training we give them, the opportunities you provide them. What you've got to do is not just fix one part, but get all of these things moving together.

The reality of a long-term career is that there are ups and downs.

It starts this way: The worth of a job is not defined by what it allows you to do when you're not working.

Don't make career choices on short-term financial gain. Job satisfaction and career enjoyment are far more important.

There has never been a time when a career in the Penney Company was not a challenge that brought out the best in a man.

I would pay to do what I do if I had to.

I am very fortunate having the job that I do and I want to do it for as long as possible.

We believe Ineos is a refreshing place to work. We believe strongly in employee share ownership.

The family's first, and the career is second. I could get fired from a show. As long as everything's okay with my family, it really would not bother me.