Ian Hislop Quotes

You're going to spend a long time with the stuff you work on; you might as well like it.

We tend to think that employment is employment, and we don't ask the question: is this rewarding employment? Research establishes pretty clearly that typical notions of happiness - that more is better - really don't correspond to the way people think and feel.

I'd like to just work - steadily work - and do parts that I enjoy doing.

[Referring to public service:] Men can make a living with far more satisfaction and many less wounds to the souls at some other calling.

I love what I do; that is the foundation of whatever I do.

Are you doing work worth doing, or are you just doing your job?

Without children, men have more liberty to earn less - that is, they are free to pursue more fulfilling and less lucrative careers, like writing or art or teaching social studies.

It's better not to work than to work in something you don't want to be working in.

I don't have any regrets. I consider myself really privileged to belong to medicine and do what I do. I would do it all again.

My Vocation is my Vacation. I love what I do.

If you're a filmmaker, and every time you finish a film, you just naturally go, 'Oh, I could have done so much better,' that's not much fun, is it, really? You might as well go pick another profession if that really is how you derive satisfaction from it.

But if you don't enjoy doing something, you'll be miserable no matter how much money you make.

I know most people don't like their jobs very much and don't get a lot of personal satisfaction from their jobs. That's something that I really do get a lot of.

I don't think there's any thrill in the world like doing work you're good at.

When you like something and you're pretty good at it and you can make a living doing it, you don't ask why. You just count your blessings and go with it.

I'm excited that I get to do what I love, and I'm benefiting through projects that speak to me.

In my mind, I've got the best job in the country.

I love the job I'm doing.

I am lucky enough not to have to take jobs unless I love the material.

I didn't become an actor for the money, so I can't stay with a job for that reason. I did too many years of theater where you just get by from month to month, happily, to make that a priority.

I love what I do, and I find personal joy through my work at Harman. My identity is who I am and what I do.

Do you want an interesting job? Yes. Do you want a balanced life? Yes. And to make a contribution as well? Of course.

Finding meaning in your work is your responsibility. Any job can be better when you actively work to find meaning in the work.

There's a lot of American citizens out there that do jobs that they hate, day in and day out. For me to do what I love to do, with people that I like and enjoy being around who are chasing the same dream, same passions, to have that around you day in and day out, I think it says a lot.

I've always lived by the principle of find what you really enjoy doing and make it your career.