Nathan Myhrvold Quotes

There's sacrifice involved. Either you're going to work a lot and not get to spend time with your kid, or you're going to spend a ton of time with your kid, and you're sacrificing your career.

You never get time at Working Title, sadly, to enjoy any film's success, because you're worrying about the next lot.

I never would have given up my work to stay home.

It was in 1969 that I was able to give up my administrative responsibility. As I worked hard my research never suffered during this period and as a matter of fact these were probably some of my most productive years.

I have a very difficult, high-pressured job. Everyone knows how challenging it is to balance family responsibilities with a job that takes me across the country and working extremely hard.

Don't ever let economic alone determine your career or how you spend the majority of your time.

Your greatest asset is your earning ability. Your greatest resource is your time.

If you're a successful woman, chances are that you spend a ton of time working. You're probably on your email a lot, taking phone calls and going on regular business trips that don't involve your man. He can start to feel left out of a very important and very time-consuming part of your life.

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

While raising my children, I would like to take on other challenges.

I'm a really boring bloke, actually. My business is my hobby.

My schedule has slowed a little. I've cut back on some of my assignments. But I still have the enthusiasm for the sports world that I had 38 years ago.

At one point I took on a new job, and I just didn't have time to do anything but work.

Work takes me away from my wife, Sue, and my life in Santa Barbara.

New York is very career-orientated and it's hard to take time off here, but that is great for building a business.

I have to admit, I sometimes wonder how much more successful I would have been as a coach had it not been for my spending summers on the golf course. I could have watched more film, that's for sure. One advantage Joe Paterno had over me was that he didn't play golf.

I'm not a career woman.

I like to work. The self-esteem and satisfaction that I get from working makes me a better person, which makes me a better mom. I feel lucky because I have the luxury of working only one or two days a week.

I said to my agent, 'I want short, sharp, well-paid jobs because I haven't got time for anything else.'

Every businessman, or every person who has a passion for his work, is torn for the time spent at work and the time spent with your family.

It's not easy to have it all. Frankly, you know, you have to give as much to the career that the career requires and, at the same time, you have to give as much to the family as the attention that's required.

Too many people limit their happiness and success by assuming that taking time off from work will send a negative message to their manager and slow their career advancement.

Because my career is so important, I think I make a lot of - I wouldn't call them sacrifices, but just concessions for my job. I love what I do, and I want to do it for a long time.

A man's prime interest in life must be his work.

I want time for my career, my kids, and my partner.