Professional Value Quotes

Despite my professional experience, the fifteen-hour workdays, and a successful new show that I had helped build, MSNBC was still refusing to pay me what I was worth.

A great lathe operator commands several times the wage of an average lathe operator, but a great writer of software code is worth 10,000 times the price of an average software writer.

If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.

At the end of the day, the NFL teams should fall in love with me based on who I am as a person, what I can offer them, and what this game means to me.

I am not worth it [the high salary] as John Garner, and any value I have attained as Vice President of the United States is not for sale.

A writer has to fully defend his rights and his own worth.

I do work that I feel I have something to contribute to.

I would say to young physicians that the more you intentionally improve the lives of the people in the community you serve the better your life will be and the greater your value will be to the community.

I say you're only as good as the people you work for.

Complexity and obscurity have professional value - they are the academic equivalents of apprenticeship rules in the building trades. They exclude the outsiders, keep down the competition, preserve the image of a privileged or priestly class. The man who makes things clear is a scab. He is criticized less for his clarity than for his treachery.

My life did a 180 when I joined Bullet Club. Joining Bullet Club opened the door to New Japan for me. It made me more valuable.

Be able to resign. It will improve your value to the President and do wonders for your performance.

You question, as anybody should, the overarching worth of your profession, right? So that's a question I've often asked myself.

I know what I'm worth as an actress: not the best in the world, but not bad either.

There is not much money in web series as compared to what I make on TV. And that is a fact. So I would love to make money at a time when I am getting my price.

Most people never feel secure because they are always worried that they will lose their job, lose the money they already have, lose their spouse, lose their health, and so on. The only true security in life comes from knowing that every single day you are improving yourself in some way, that you are increasing the caliber of who you are and that you are valuable to your company, your friends, and your family.

I am sure that I have been much more useful to society as a medical physicist.

Talented people are written off once they hit their 50s and 60s, and the saddest thing is, we just get better as we get older.

I'm like toilet paper, toothpaste and certain amenities - I'm proven to be good. I've still got 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 years left.

Your greatest asset is your earning ability, to apply your knowledge, skills in order to get results which others will pay.

For me, if awards are not increasing my remuneration or adding value to the offers that I get, they have no meaning.

If you learn to sell, it's worth more than a degree. It's worth more than the heavyweight championship of the world. It's even more important than having a million dollars in the bank. Learn to sell, and you'll never starve.

When you need to renew your contract, you must demonstrate why they are renewing your contract.

If they're willing to pay you what you think you're worth for it, that's why an actor goes to work. A lot of times they want to pay you a lot for a picture you don't want to do.

I've been charging what I deserve. I believe I am worth every penny of it, and if filmmakers think so, too, they will pay me.