Rebecca Traister Quotes

My career has mostly been jobs I love or cases where I needed money.

Those who work ought to live better than those that don't.

I'm interested in how people all over the world array themselves and go forth in the morning to do whatever they have to do to make a living.

For me, there is no greater sunshine in politics or in life than to have a job, security for your family, a good school place where you know your child is going, and the sense that if I put in, there will be a decent, secure retirement at the end of it all.

Back in the old days, you had to work. If you didn't work, you didn't get paid.

Women have to make a living. We don't live in a wealthy world where we even have a choice. We're losing our choice of whether or not we need to work. If we want to work, we obviously should work and have that choice, but a lot of women can't even get to the word "want." They need to work. And it's great to see women who needed to work and found a way to become a firefighter or a steel worker. That, to me, is very exciting.

I never made any money, but I had the best jobs in the world.

I like to work. I'm glad; I'm privileged to have work.

Unless I have to, I can't take a job for the money. Unless my children are going to be out on the street, I have to be a little bit picky.

I don't have to work; I need to work.

I certainly don't need a job. Getting re-elected is not on my Top 10 list.

I've been pretty lucky; I like my jobs.

The truth is that we have got to make America work for working people again.

A man's work and the conditions under which it is performed are tremendous factors in determining his character.

I'm always happy for a job. It's all fun.

I can probably earn more in an hour of writing or even teaching than I could save in a whole week of cooking. Specialization is undeniably a powerful social and economic force. And yet it is also debilitating. It breeds helplessness, dependence, and ignorance and, eventually, it undermines any sense of responsibility.

I've always been able to work as an actor and support my family and did great jobs, and more often than not, I got to turn down jobs that I didn't really want to do for various reasons or refuse to work with people I didn't like - and there are quite a few.

Price doesn't make deals, and salary doesn't control your career.

Earned sick leave gives workers a lot more confidence and adds to their participation in the economy.

So many people in this world get up every day and go to their nine-to-five job they hate for 12 months a year for 30 years. I kind of do a self-check and evaluation to realize I'm very blessed and grateful to be where I am.

I'm so glad that my profession helps me find a balance. I have the luxury to choose between my work and my family. Many women don't. I thank my stars for whatever I have.

Because I'm not ambitious it's not paramount for me to find myself in a high-paid job.

I always urge women to aim for the highest job they can get because you get more money and you get more support and you get more control, and those are the three things that actually make life easier.

Women are working for part or all of their adult lives now. The possibilities are limitless, but you need to prepare.

If our American women are going to work to put food on the table and pay for the mortgage, then we better make sure that they get put into jobs that pay well and that pay their worth. That's why I'm such a huge advocate about computing jobs, because those are the jobs.