Job Suitability Quotes

Sarah Palin made her debut as a Fox News analyst. They finally found a job that she's not under-qualified for.

Some people are in charge of pens who shouldn't be in charge of brooms.

Consultants have credibility because they are not dumb enough to work at your company.

The Egyptian law and the constitution do not differentiate between men and women. …. But there are some jobs like the job of prosecutors and judges, which women have not entered yet because society cannot accept it. If they go into that profession, they will have to work on criminal cases. The nature of the work is not suitable for women because they have to investigate murder, arson, rape. We still cannot imagine that a girl can play that role. When the culture of the people changes, maybe they’ll accept it. With time, maybe the culture will change

Sure it's a big job; but I don't know anyone who can do it better than I can.

I don't think a woman should be in any government job whatever. I mean, I really don't. The reason why I do is mainly because they are erratic. And emotional.

Of course, every job I ever had I thought I was born for.

It has always been the case that people on out-of-work benefits have to apply for more or less any job they can reasonably be expected to take. But the operative word there is 'reasonable,' because a job that's appropriate for a single, able bodied 22-year-old man may very well not be appropriate for a single mum who can't afford childcare.

Beware of a misfit occupation. . . . Consider carefully your natural bent, whether for business or a profession.

Anyway, I am unfitted to hold down a job anywhere unless they were to pay me for getting angry at the world." 96

It wasn't good for my nerves, that kind of work - a fireman. I've got high blood pressure. I get upset easily. I don't think that was a proper career alternative for me.

There's only one person for every job. You can try all you want, but if you're not right for it, you're not gonna get it.

When I was in college my girl got me a job at the doctor's office she was working at. I was a file clerk. No disrespect but I don't think a man can do that job. It takes so much meticulous and precise file-keeping.

I've always thought that I'd make a pretty good police officer, except maybe for the danger part. I have a rare medical condition that makes it difficult for me to risk getting shot, so probably I'd have to be one of those officers who work in 'do not shoot' areas.

You must have a rationale for your candidacy.

In the minds of great managers, consistent poor performance is not primarily a matter of weakness, stupidity, disobedience, or disrespect. It is a matter of miscasting.

The one thing I always think about when I don't get jobs is that it just wasn't yours. You don't want to do something that you're not right for because it won't make the production look good, and it won't make you look good.

I don't have a gender thesis. I am truly optimizing for the right person for the task, whether that means running a company or working on my team.

I think running Apple is a great job, but it suits Steve Jobs so well. I wouldn't want to be the person that ran Apple after Steve, but he has a great job.

I can't believe you're a professional golfer. I think you should be working at the snack bar.

The inability to envision a certain kind of person doing a certain kind of thing because you've never seen someone who looks like him do it before is not just a vice. It's a luxury. What begins as a failure of the imagination ends as a market inefficiency: when you rule out an entire class of people from doing a job simply by their appearance, you are less likely to find the best person for the job.

The man who is ... physically able to handle pig-iron and is sufficiently ... stupid to choose this for his occupation is rarely able to comprehend the science of handling pig-iron

One could say that in case of need, every normal and healthy woman is able to hold a position. And there is no profession which cannot be practiced by a woman.

A footballer who says they don't want to start games is in the wrong job.

If I were FX, I wouldn't have hired me.