Richard Holbrooke Quotes

People are going to hire you, or they're not, and there's only so much you can do to hedge your bets.

When somebody is enthusiastic about a job opportunity - but gives off the feeling that this is not the only one they have on the table - they become more seductive in the employer's eyes. You become more desirable because it shows that you're making a conscious and thoughtful decision for the right reasons.

There have been openings, but I have not interviewed for any jobs, nor do I want to right now.

I can't worry about whether roles will be there for me when I'm older. They're there now, and I'm just not going to panic.

People have an idea that one is in control of a career, a lot more than you really are. You can engineer things to an extent. But you are at the mercy of what comes in across the desk.

Well, I've always just - I've never really gone out looking for work. I always waited for it to sort of hit me on the head.

I only applied for 'Countdown' as a bit of a laugh while applying for lots of other graduate jobs. I've had some amazing opportunities, and I've loved every minute.

I was always warned about how hard it was to get work, so I didn't at all expect to get a job before I'd even left LAMDA. I was very realistic about it.

We make a lot of fun at President Clinton's expense. But this transition is going to be tough because it's been 25 years since this guy has gotten laid in the private sector.

I applied for a job at 'The New York Times' many years ago, and felt correctly that my life depended on it.

I didn't have any great job prospects.

I can't worry about whether roles will be there for me when I'm older.

I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe holding public office.

I'm not going to comment about potential jobs in the future because that's a rabbit hole to go down and get caught up in, but all I'll say is I'll go where the good scripts are.

First job I went out on in new York I got, and when I came back, the first job I went out on, I got.

Sometimes you read pilots and, understandably, they're doing such a frantic tap dance for approval. I get why - it's such an incredibly competitive market.

The thing about this business is you have to take the work while you can.

As tough as it is for many college graduates to get their planned careers on track, it could be worse: They could be trying to find a job without a college degree.

When I graduated, I was really lucky because I got hired immediately by CBS as a production assistant.

Coaching jobs are far and few between; you try and get into the right situation and take advantage of it from there.

I never worry about whether or not I'll find a job.

I always said the whole time all I was waiting for was an opportunity and a chance to get my foot in the door.

My dad used to cut out newspaper ads and post them to me in the hope I'd get a proper job.

I'd like to stay in Chicago, but if they don't want me, somebody will.

It was definitely a very appealing prospect to be in a company, especially as an art student: we had it hammered into us that the odds of us finding a job, especially fresh out of school, was very slim, and we could expect to work as a bartender for the next three years after we graduate.