Gina Haspel Quotes

I'm concerned that my technical skills have advanced to the point where I can get closer to what I'm aiming for, which is not such a good thing.

At this period the enthusiasm of the amateur was fast giving way to a more steady commercial instinct, and I let no opportunity slip of improving my position, but I felt that I was still labouring under the disadvantage of not having acquired some technical profession.

England is the country where I learned my profession. They are the ones that trained me, they are the ones that believed in me.

Some people are so busy learning the tricks of the trade that they never learn the trade.

We're not a vocational school. If someone wants to get a high-paying job, I would hope that there are easier ways to do it than working through a formal computer science curriculum.

I had to gain experience as I did not have a technical education.

I think the education I've had as an actor I would never have had at university.

I was attracted to law school because I believed it would help me prepare for a career in the real world.

Don't think of your courses as providing all you need for your career.

College education is the great Filipino dream. But in a world of rapid technological change, getting a job or keeping it depends as much on how well one reasons as how well one uses his hands.

I have no people reporting to me and don't expect to. My competency is in the tech realm.

My mom worked at McDonald's, and she decided she wanted to make more money, so she got into the management program at McDonald's. And that's how you move up the chain. It's not by demanding that minimum wage is raised; it's by actually acquiring the skills. That's the way that people get ahead in life.

I want my career to grow gradually. There's still so much for me to learn. I'm just trying to take these opportunities to get better at what I'm doing.

No one becomes an expert in a new career overnight, even if you are coming from another career where you were established and experienced.

All of my career has been an attempt to educate myself and get paid for it.

I would be better at my job if I were technical.

I can't point to anything that has been more responsible for my career than my training.

A man has to learn to be a Representative just as he must learn to be a blacksmith, a carpenter, a farmer, an engineer, a lawyer, or a doctor.

Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.

Interning is so important.

I tell people all the time: get some training and become a student of your craft.

People of Baltimore, if you want to simply learn a new trade, if you want to join the Foundry, it's a membership. It's like joining a gym, and you can go and meet other entrepreneurs like you. You can talk about how to get financing. You can take a class on how to sew. You can take a class and say, 'I want to be an electrician.'

I've been fortunate that my career has developed through on-the-job training.

What we look for are people that are technically competent. You need a background in a scientific field, whether it's as a scientist, an engineer, medical doctor, or, you know, a person that's in the military with some kind of technical background.

I have no ambition to be a technical director or TV pundit.