Luis von Ahn Quotes

And finally I begin to have such a success in my examinations that I found myself in a career you see.

I definitely feel a difference about my place in the industry. I feel like I have some longevity now.

I didn't care about being the 'star.' I just wanted to make a living and have a consistent career.

You have the feeling that if you get a Pulitzer, you're somehow set for life.

For my family, for my loved ones, my priority is to have a job and perform.

I don't want money fights. I want to get paid, and like I said, I want to defend my throne.

I've always been salaried; I've never owned anything. I've done very well, lived very well.

Professional men, they have no cares; whatever happens, they get theirs.

Refuse to accept the belief that your professional relevance, career success or financial security turns on the next update on the latest technology. Sometimes it's good to put the paddle down and just let the canoe glide.

After 25 years sitting on my own in a room, I was looking for a more companionable job and wanted to work more collaboratively. I've also been very lucky in my career, with good advances and multibook deals. But there is some extent to which I worried that I was writing for the contract and not for the impulse of the thing itself.

The wealthy are confident in their abilities to overcome bad situations - on the job, in their personal lives, with their finances. Many have triumphed over dismal financial starts. And, unlike most of the population that hops from job to job, career to career, the wealthy are much more likely to stick with what they start.

The University of North Carolina provided me with every tool necessary to rise to the top of my profession.

Careers in virtually all academic disciplines are fostered by being a superstar who knows more about one subject than anyone else in the world.

I've been lucky - I've been an actor for eight years and I've never been out of work.

Right now I'm just thinking about school and trying to get those grades and keep them up! In case I become a Norma Desmond when I grow up, I can have something to fall back on!

For anybody living out their twenties, Sex and Career remain major topics: being sexy can help give you a career, and having a career can make others finally find you sexier.

Oh, what a shock. My career must be slipping. This is the first time I've been available to pick up an award.

I'd always assumed that by 40 I'd have at least a modicum of stability - a steady income, an established career, a bountiful fullness, like a pillow into which I could sink as I entered the second half of my life.

Having more exposure is kind of a bittersweet thing for me, honestly, because it's nice to have a little more job security in life now.

I was the daughter of an immigrant, raised to feel that I needed to get excellent, flawless grades and a full scholarship and a graduate degree and a good job - all the stepping stones to conventional success.

Well, you know, if you get into the profession because you think you can make a lot of money, you can never become successful.

My work is the only ground I've ever had to stand on. To put it bluntly, I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation, but I'm working on the foundation.

I have a kind of objective luxury about my career.

I've been really lucky because when I go out to L.A. it's for a job, not to look for a job. That's the way I like L.A. most - when I already have a job.

To be told you've won a MacArthur fellowship is very flattering and gratifying personally.