Lily Tomlin Quotes

I remember when I was 12, talking with my friends about what we wanted to do with our lives, astronauts, forensic detectives, all these different jobs. And the only thing I could think was an actor.

No young kid growing up dreams of someday becoming a businessman. He wants to be a fireman, a sponsored athlete or a forest ranger The Lee Iacoccas, Donald Trumps, and Jack Welchs of the business world are heroes to no one except other businessmen with similar values.

I wonder what it would be like if we all became what we wanted to be when we grew up? I mean, imagine a world filled with nothing but firemen, cowboys, nurses and ballerinas.

If you had asked me back in grade school what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would have said my first choice was an actor, but if I couldn't be that, I'd want to be a superhero.

The phrase 'dream career' sounds pretty stupid.

I told my parents I wanted to move to New York City and be an actress when I was around seven or eight.

As much as I liked Wolves as a boy and it was a childhood dream to play and perhaps manage for the club, I've come to Bolton and this is where I want to stay.

Being a journalist seemed the ideal way of both having a job and experiencing the world, especially for anyone with a sense of adventure.

I realized that it was great to have a job, but it didn't have anything remotely to do with what I was striving for, so why was I doing it?

I wanted to be a model; I wanted to be a nurse; I wanted to be so many things, almost anything but being part of show business.

I am happy that my career has been successful and I want to finish at the highest level possible.

I've accomplished everything I ever wanted to do in my career.

I came to Liverpool wanting to stay here for the rest of my career. I certainly didn't want to leave after a year.

I didn't want to come to the end of my career and think, 'What next?'

I'm pretty happy with my career. I just know what I'm capable of.

Of course, as a kid, I had no idea what was practical: I wanted to be a paleontologist, then an astronaut.

I am very satisfied with what I've done in my career and with what I managed to do with Botafogo.

Ultimately, if you don't have an interest in what you do, it will be so much harder to make money from it.

I had a great career. But not to win a big international title is also part of my career.

Once you look back on your career when it's over, you can say, 'This is what I achieved,' or, 'This is what I'm driving.'

As a child, I have always wanted to have my fingers in many pies, and working on television was always on my checklist.

I don't want to regret anything in my career.

I'm glad I'm with OVO; it's a dream come true.

The goal was for me to become a civil engineer. But one day I really felt that it was important for me to do what I really loved. I was really good at engineering, but I didn't have a passion for it, so going to work was something I had to do, not something that I really wanted to do.

I've done so much in my career but a little part of me feels I still have unfinished business here in the Premier League.