Jack Adams Quotes

What we need to be able to do is count all human experience. So I would like to count the secretarial positions as good training places to take over the jobs of the bosses.

Work is life. Work is opportunity.

Working for the Man seemed really good to me.

I'm really excited that I'm able to work again.

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.

Evidence suggests jobs are crucial not only to economic well-being but also to self-esteem.

People want opportunity so they can earn security.

The only kind of movement you could make in the Navy was to be a platoon leader or one of those kinds of things as you got more senior in your Navy career.

I was raised on, 'You go get a nine-to-five job, earn your pay and work your way up.'

For me, Company is still the best way for me to work.

Work is at the core of human dignity.

When it comes to getting promoted, you want to present yourself in a way that feeds into the biases that bosses have about what makes someone promotable. You're already doing the hard work, so why not frame your effort in such a way that it increases your chances of obtaining the position you want?

I've been employed by the University of Helsinki, and they've been perfectly happy to keep me employed and doing Linux.

People assume that I came back to Washington because of the 'Post', but the truth is less romantic. I came back for a job.

The idea of having a steady job is appealing.

The best jobs will go to the best educated people.

It’s harder and harder to get a job if you just have a strong back. You need an education.

People want the dignity of work.

[Police] officers fought so hard for career advancement, that they had little time for fighting crime.

Japanese were too loyal to companies, and young people see what happened: the loyalty was wasted. They think: 'Look at Americans. They job hop. They seem to be free. That's the way we want to live.'

Where you stand depends on where you work.

I function better in a world where I have to wake up every morning to go to work.

While there have been news reports of recent college graduates living with their parents because they have been unable to find a job paying a salary sufficient to move out, their near and long-term career prospects remain far brighter than for those without a college degree.

Working at the White House is an honor for any preacher's kid from Magnolia, but the issue is jobs.

I'm glad to have work.