Marco Pierre White Quotes

I've been a medical and public health professional as well as a mother. I became skilled at juggling a number of priorities and competing interests. Like many other female leaders, I've tried to serve as a role model for the young women at my organization who are trying to balance a high-level leadership position and a family.

I rarely need career advice because I don't have a career. No, that's not true. I can't really go far away while my kids are living with me.

I don't see how a woman in documentary photography could have children. I think it's a very difficult thing to do to raise a family, and I have enormous respect for people who do it. I'd hate to do something like that and not be good at it.

Rock 'n' roll accepted me and paid me, even though I loved the big bands... I went that way because I wanted a home of my own. I had a family. I had to raise them. Let's don't leave out the economics. No way.

It's too late for that - trying to second guess it. It's over. I'm worried about how to get the kids through school and still write and practice law and take power of attorney.

I never want to work. Even when you're presented with these great opportunities, I think, 'I really love being in my pajamas with the kids.'

I got a family to take care of and kids to feed. That's my motivation, this is my job.

My approach has always been to work so that I can support my family.

My dad, who had spent his life as a lecturer, said, 'That's all very well, but you need to earn a living, so why don't you teach?' I did, and 13 years later, I woke up.

I have my career and my family, and that's it.

My husband and I work for a living.

Work gives you meaning. Work turns you into a servant to your family and to your neighbors and to your local community.

It's really hard juggling, trying to carve out a time to have a family and be a mom and have a career, especially a creative career.

I was teaching, which I didn't love or hate; it was just OK. I was OK with it, and the hours were good for surfing or whatever. All not good reasons to go into teaching.

Having a family has made a huge difference in the roles I take, so doing a show in L.A. is a huge factor.

I'd love for my son to go, 'Hey, Mom, I'd love to have a career that is stable.' I'd be so happy. But of course, whatever makes him happy is what he's going to do.

People say you have to know when to retire, which is a dumb thing to say. If you want to go out on top, yeah, it becomes important when you quit. But I wasn't afraid of that. And I wasn't worried about getting fired. I knew the risk. To me, it's not an ego thing. I enjoy coaching. I enjoy helping people achieve something.

I've been so fortunate to work with so many successful women who are moms as well.

They say, 'We will give you money, but we want you to play this or that.' And I always thought, 'If I'm going to do that, I might as well go back and be a dishwasher.'

My career choice is my career choice. Just stepping out of that zone, to be able to be a provider. I understand my position as a provider and my role as a dad also... Just being able to be comfortable with it.

We have to make a living and you can't do that playing bluegrass.

I'm a big believer in picking your boss, not the job. Great people create great jobs.

I've no idea if I want to do this for the rest of my life, so I want to try and work with the best people I can.

I'm terrified of having to go back to a day job. And that's why I'm training like a man possessed. Because I want to keep winning.

If I only wanted money and a comfortable life, I would have stayed in Ukraine.