Quotes about Job Refusal

Billy Carter

Jimmy [Carter]'s still mad because I wouldn't take secretary of state. I want to be director of alcohol and firearms.

He was joking. No government position was ever offered to him.

Esther McVey

Universal Credit claimants who refuse to accept a zero hours contract job offer, without good reason, can be subject to a sanction.

Iman

When I started modeling, they tried to pay black models less than they paid Caucasian models. I turned down those jobs because I knew what I was worth.

Nick Saban

I'm not going to be the Alabama coach.

David Cameron

If you can work and if you're offered a job and you don't take it, you cannot continue to claim benefits. It will be extremely tough.

Karen Kilgariff

I turned down a job when I was broke to the point that I was about to go into foreclosure on my house, but I didn't want to work on the job because of the content of the show.

Kel Mitchell

I passed up a lot of work 'cause a lot of movies that may be out there right now I passed em up because there may have been a lot of cussin' in 'em.

Jim Sensenbrenner

I don’t buy the argument that there are certain jobs that American just will not do.

The nation was divided over the issue of immigration. Many observed that the vast majority of the immigrants—especially the illegal immigrants performed jobs for which American workers could not be hired. Opponents like the congressman, claimed that if better wages were paid Americans would be doing the jobs, and as long as there were immigrants who would work for low wages, there was little reason for employers to pay more.

Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma

What do you do if you are asked to do a job, first by the Prime Minister, and then by the King? How can you refuse?

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

Nobody has approached me about an offer to work in India. However, I can categorically state that if they did so, I would refuse immediately.

Bria Vinaite

I have direction, but I was very particular about the things that I wanted to do, and I refused to get just like, a regular job.

Kenneth Langone

I don't need a job. I don't want an appointment. I don't want to be on a commission. I don't want to be ambassador to nowhere.

Mitt Romney

Donald Trump has had several foreign wives. It turns out that there really are jobs Americans won't do.

Rafael Benitez

Chelsea is a big club with fantastic players; every manager wants to coach a such a big team. But I would never take that job, in respect for my former team at Liverpool, no matter what.

David Duchovny

I've turned down jobs because I've said, 'Honestly, I can't find my way in. I can't do it. I love you, as a director. I think the script is good. You deserve better than I think I can do.'

Shawn Spears

WWE asked me to be a coach 3 times before I left.

Jose Mourinho

For Chelsea, I would turn down every job in the world.

Colin Baker

If you turn down work because you are frightened of getting typecast, you'll never do anything good.

Job Refusal Quotes