Dan Quayle Quotes

Henry Fonda one time said that every time he had a job, he thought it was gonna' be the last one. And, if you got any sense, you gotta' think that because, you know when somebody's gonna do a dip, some of 'em go pretty far down.

So I know all about the ups and downs of football, I know that one day I will be sacked.

I live in constant fear of being fired or dropped for that dark part of my work I can't control.

It's a scary life and sometimes you think you'll never work again.

I think I'm nervous to sign on to any job.

You never can take for granted that you have a job.

People are worried about what’s going to happen to their jobs. There’s a lot of off-shoring and out-sourcing taking place. There’s a lot more mobility of labor and of people. Unless we explain what’s happening, people will resort to protectionism and xenophobia.

None of us can promise any of you that what you now do for a living is absolutely safe from now on.

If I ever stop being grateful for gigs, I just need to stop. Because this business is... you know, it's just so kind of job-to-job, and the fact that I've continued working... I'm just incredibly thankful for it. And I never, ever take it for granted.

Every season, I'm like, 'Who knows if I'm going to get another job?'

It always amazed me - it still does - that people offer me work. And when the theater was my basic bread and butter, every time a show finished, I was convinced I would never work again.

Since I was 15 I've lived in fear that I'd never work again.

I think threat of change is pretty potent. In humans, blood pressure doesn't go up when people get laid off: it goes up when they first hear rumors that layoffs are coming at the end of the month.

I've never lost that freelance mentality. You can't take a holiday because you're worried the work will dry up.

Everybody gets paranoid about deselections. I do.

I've been saying this for years: There is no longer such a thing as a safe and secure job.

Even when times were good, I realized that my earning power as a golf professional depended on too many ifs and putts.

Well, I don't have much job security.

When I used to do tours, I'd be anxious and nervous on the plane returning to New York. I now realize the reaction was because I was coming back unemployed. Actors are constantly being put to the test.

You've never had a job that you thought was secure. You don't think the Tonight Show is risk free. Especially when you saw what happened with your buddy Conan O'Brien. There is always a Plan B.I am ready to apply to the post office.

As an actor, you always feel like you're not going to work again. You're always unsure about how things are going to work out, and you start thinking you're going to just fade off into the distance.

I never worry about my next assignment, am never concerned when I'm out of work.

I think most actors will say they always feel like they'll never work again.

The old economy with careers and benefits and pensions is gone. There are scary implications to that.

Most of the folks to whom I listen are concerned for their future. Too many of them know someone who's out of work, has lost their own job, or fear they might. And, they increasingly believe that the opportunity for a better life for their children is slipping away.