Joshua Foer Quotes

My professional career only began at 21, really.

The word career is a divisive word. It's a word that divides the normal life from business or professional life.

My life as a working theorist began three months after this preliminary study and background reading, when Oscar gently nudged me toward working on a particular problem.

Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.

The advice I give, no matter male or female, is not being afraid to step outside your comfort zone and think more long-term about your career than maybe the next year.

I never felt my career was going backwards.

I am just at that stage of wondering where I go from here. I came into this business almost by accident, but now it has become serious. What started as a bit of fun, something to do other than be a model, has taken on a different career curve. I have been forced to ask where that curve is going to end up.

Careers very rarely are a waste of time; jobs usually are.

I've had a long career and I want to continue to have a long career. The way to do that is not to go away.

In terms of my career, I am glad about the steps and moves that I have made.

I've seen what can happen to an actor when he's just working for the sake of working. All of a sudden it's ten years later, your career's happened, and you haven't had any control.

My career has had a lot of ups and downs, but basically it has been wonderful.

My so-called career is a haphazard thing.

If I had my career over again? Maybe I'd say to myself, speed it up a little.

I don't believe in that kind of pragmatic career ladder stuff.

The career stuff is for business people.

I'm still at the beginning of my career. It's all a little new, and I'm still learning as I go.

My advice to young people is to get something that's growing because that's how you get career opportunities thrown at you that you don't deserve, if you will... that come at you early because the firms need you.

The prize seemed to change my professional life very little.

I am hoping for a long career.

In my career, I'm very grateful for the opportunities.

I want my career to grow gradually. There's still so much for me to learn. I'm just trying to take these opportunities to get better at what I'm doing.

I think it's really important to remember that it's a long life, and it's a long career. In a perfect world, your career will be long. It does not begin and end with any one job. The point is to continue to have longevity in your career.

I had a career at home, and I just knew that it'd be okay if nothing happened in Los Angeles.

It's a lot easier to sabotage your career than to have a career to sabotage.