Paulina Porizkova Quotes

I wanted to be a lawyer. Then a journalist. Actually, I graduated from university as a journalist.

Not a great deal is known about the factors in childhood that doubtless underlie a person's choice of career - I'm talking now about a career to which one is passionately committed, in contradistinction to a career chosen merely as a means of earning a living.

I am not surprised that they show no intention to follow in my footsteps, although if I had a second chance myself, I would certainly try to repeat my present career.

I didn't feel like I was meant to be a nurse or a secretary.

I never wanted to be an engineer.

I have so many friends who have no idea what they want to do. They are out of college and working, but not sure they are doing what they want to do, which is normal.

I was never really sure what I wanted to do - I'm in awe of these people who knew at age 10 or 12 they wanted to be a brain surgeon, and they did it, and they still are.

I don't really know if I want to do acting as a career. I really don't know what I want to do yet.

My hobbies just sort of gradually became my vocation.

I think people tend to fall into their careers sometimes, and maybe that's a lucky path to follow because you actually end up doing your purpose.

This is what I do for a living. It's not who I am as a human being.

At the age of 15, a teacher had asked me what I wanted to do for a career, and without knowing why or even how I replied that I wanted to be a poet.

Do I think I was put here on earth to be a journalist and to seek truth? No, I don't.

I don't necessarily like being defined by my profession.

I wasn't meant to be an attorney, but I was meant to go to law school.

I wish I had stayed and finished my career here in New York.

I was very blessed in always knowing what I wanted to do, and by the grace of God I've been able to succeed in my chosen career.

I know from experience that careers do not always arise from a deep sense of destiny.

Many people find their calling very early in their lives. These are the kind of people we read about in school books and newspapers. Then there are some who don't have a clue of what they want to do in their lives; I am belong to the latter category.

I never had an existential moment when I asked myself what I was going to do. I always wanted to be a lawyer, and I knew exactly the kind of lawyer I wanted to be.

I eventually thought, this is the only thing I could do as a profession, I can't really do anything else.

When you have a sense of calling, whether it's to be a musician, soloist, artist, in one of the technical fields, or a plumber, there is something deep and enriching when you realize it isn't just a casual choice, it's a divine calling. It's not limited to vocational Christian service by any means.

I ended up being a businessman unwittingly. I wanted to be an academic; I wanted to be like Einstein.

I don't know if acting is what I want to do for the rest of my life, it's just what I've, you know, ended up doing when I was little, and I've kinda grown up with it.

My wife asked me once if I weren't a comedian what I would do. I couldn't answer the question. I never imagined doing anything else.