"Your job is to be you, which includes being the chief beneficiary of all things you do right, the chief victim of all you do wrong, and the one person on Earth who has to live with every choice you make. As gatekeeper to your life, youâ€™re it."

-- Carolyn Hax

#Jobs Quotes #Choices Quotes #Earth Quotes

“What you do is look at yourself and find your own way to address the fact that the times have changed and that you have to pay attention. You can't be a designer and say, "Oh, this is timeless".”
“One of my earliest ventures was when I was nine years old. I realized there was a shortage of pencils at school, so I started Rent-a-Pencil. But I made a fundamental mistake. Everybody stole my pencils.”
“The people of Canada have worked hard to build a country that opens its doors to include all, regardless of their differences; a country that respects all, regardless of their differences; a country that demands equality for all, regardless of their differences.”
“He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end.”
“Sly Stone doesn't make good albums: only good records. His style is so infinite and revolves around so many crucial aspects that it has only come together perfectly on a handful of his singles.”
“You don't want to go around willy-nilly suing news organizations. That's probably self-defeating.”

Source : "Abramson And Keller, Nyt's Incoming And Outgoing Top Editors, Talk Challenges And Changes". Interview with Nat Ives, adage.com. June 2, 2011.
“So when I'm playing, I'm sort of painting a feeling in the air.”
“One thing that I do find really sexy is a girl who's good at crossword puzzles.”

You may also like:

Amy Dickinson
Columnist
Christopher Michael Cillizza
Reporter
Dan Savage
Author
Emily Post
Author
Emily Yoffe
Journalist
Jeanne Phillips
Columnist
Joel Achenbach
Writer
Judith Martin
Journalist
Tom Shales
Critic