The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Doing research in mathematics is frustrating and if being frustrated is something you cannot get used to, then mathematics may not be… — Peter Sarnak Copy Share Image
For the last 40 years of my life I have broken my back, my fingernails, and sometimes my heart, in the practical… — Vita Sackville-West Copy Share Image
There can be no other occupation like gardening in which, if you were to creep up behind someone at their work, you… — Mirabel Osler Copy Share Image
“In the search for happiness, However, We r all equal; None of us is Happy - Not the Banker/Actors/Actresses/Politician/Housewife/Model/Doctor and so on.” — Avinash Advani Copy Share Image
It is true that we are under occupation, but we are not the weaker party. We are the military force which Israel… — Yasser Arafat Copy Share Image
When my mother makes out her income tax return every year, under occupation she writes, eroding my daughter's self-esteem. — Robin Roberts Copy Share Image
To condemn spontaneous and delightful occupations because they are useless for self-preservation shows an uncritical prizing of life irrespective of its content. — George Santayana Copy Share Image
Give us, O give us the man who sings at his work! Be his occupation what it may, he is equal to… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
What do I advise? Forget it all. Don't be afraid. Do what you get the most pleasure from. Is it to build… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
Writing, and especially writing a novel, where you get to sit in a room by yourself with either a pen and a… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
In December of 2002, the late Richard Corliss, a respected movie critic with a long and illustrious career, wrote an embarrassing letter… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
Very few people can write in a crowd. This is a very solitary occupation. I have known people more talented than me… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
This is really funny, but we did a study of the occupations of female characters on TV, and there are so many… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
By the next one [albom],Occupation: Foole, I was right back into the trip again. I'm more frantic, more breathless. You can hear… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
All the youth now in England of free men, who are rich enough to be able to devote themselves to it, be… — Alfred the Great Copy Share Image
It's really, really, really difficult to have the same occupation as the person you're with - especially when you're both actors. — Jessica Alba Copy Share Image
We condemn the view that the (U.S.-led) occupation's existence is beneficial for the Iraqi people because if it ended, there would be… — Muqtada al Sadr Copy Share Image
There are only two ways to remove the president - if he violates the constitution or commits high treason. How could anyone… — Emile Lahoud Copy Share Image
If being a spokesman for a generation is a fleeting occupation, being a symbol of an era is downright dangerous for anyone… — Jay McInerney Copy Share Image
Collaboration is risky. If it fails, if the occupation is wound up prematurely and the bad guys come back to power, you… — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
I've always wondered why there isn't a great French novel about the German occupation. The nouveau roman authors weren't interested in telling… — Manuel Puig Copy Share Image
It is quite beneath the dignity of a person holding a Bachelor of Arts degree to engage in such a vulgar occupation… — Fukuzawa Yukichi Copy Share Image
It's the most satisfying occupation man has discovered yet, because you never can quite do it as well as you want to,… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
After college, rather than pursue real work, I joined a folk group and sang in coffee houses and nightclubs, an occupation that… — Marshall Brickman Copy Share Image
Life is supposed to be fun. It's not a job or occupation. We're here only once and we should have a bit… — Billy Connolly Copy Share Image
The birth certificate of the royal baby lists her parents' occupations as being 'the prince and princess of the United Kingdom.' It… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
The zionist argument to justify Israel's present occupation of Arab Palestine has no intelligent or legal basis in history. — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Filling out the form: Race? Human. Religion? Paiute. Occupation? Criminal anarchy. Hobbies? Survival with honor. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
The comments you'll get from a filmmaker about your performance are going to be very different. My writing workshop is about mixing… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
You cannot like the word, but what is happening is an occupation -- to hold 3.5 million Palestinians under occupation. I believe… — Ariel Sharon Copy Share Image
Being a writer is a rather hazardous occupation and there is a horribly high rate of writers who barely have the money… — Herbert Gold Copy Share Image
I was very active. I was always all over the place trying to do a million things, just into this activity. If… — Lauryn Hill Copy Share Image
For me, to celebrate the twelfth of October is the absolute expression of triumphism, occupation and presumptuousness, and I think that history… — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
LADY BRACKNELL: Do you smoke? JACK: Well, yes, I must admit I smoke. LADY BRACKNELL: I'm glad to hear it. A man… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Between the dark and the daylight, When the night is beginning to lower, Comes a pause in the day's occupations, That is… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
The fastest growing occupation in the private sector is security guards. The fastest growing occupation in the public sector is prison guards. (1992) — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Librarian like Stewardess, Certified Public Accountant, Used Car Salesman is one of those occupations that people assume attract a certain deformed personality. — Elizabeth McCracken Copy Share Image
The most useful and honorable science and occupation for a woman is the science of housekeeping. I know some that are miserly,… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Real Jews, in concord with some Muslims, continue their war against Zionists and against Israeli crimes. The oppressed people of Palestine living… — Maurice Motamed Copy Share Image
![“By the next one [albom],Occupation: Foole, I was right back into the trip again. I'm more frantic, more breathless. You can hear how sick I am. If you want to see a cokehead, just look at the pictures on the Occupation: Foole album.” quote by George Carlin](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/800/george-carlin-155_albums_by-the-next-one-albom-occupation-foole-i_640899.jpg)
