Profession Quotes · Page 26

The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my profession.

— Abraham Lincoln

I had so many professions before. I didn't want to do this particularly. It just happened.

— Marjane Satrapi

Nowhere has specialization penetrated so deeply into the building professions as North America.

— Arthur Erickson

A writer should always have some profession which brings him into close contact with the reality's of life.

— Vicki Baum

Education is such a noble profession, it's a wonderful way to serve.

— Erin Gruwell

Teaching is an art and a profession requiring years of training.

— Dick Cavett

I was supposed to choose apractical profession, but this was simply unbearable to me.

— Albert Einstein

The higher the standard of education in a profession, the less marked will be the charlatanism.

— William Osler

Management is the opportunity to help people become better people. Practiced that way, it's a magnificent profession.

— Anonymous

Every year, hundreds of thousands of people try their hand at this demanding profession (humor columnist). After a few months, almost all…

— Dave Barry

In the actual condition of medical science, the physician mostly plays the part of simple spectator of the sad episodes which his…

— Francois Magendie

The dirty little secret of journalism is that it really isn't a profession, it's a craft. All you need is a telephone…

— Andrew Sullivan

I always felt blessed that I was able to make a living in a profession [acting] that not a lot of people…

— Clint Eastwood

With acting, there is a level of anonymity which is conducive to your profession. There are examples of very public people who…

— Sienna Miller

This is a large part of the academic profession: to make up complex, subtle arguments that are childishly ridiculous but are enveloped…

— Noam Chomsky

As a comedian, I found this thing, this profession, that suits my mind and life force. To drop it to do something…

— Jerry Seinfeld

Advice to a new writer: There are no rules in this profession. Do what is good for you. Read books and watch…

— Anne Rice

Just because you cannot realize your highest aspirations in work does not mean you have chosen wrongly, or are not called to…

— Timothy Keller

Call it Camelot's revenge: the class of court scribes who made it their profession to uphold a make-believe version of America free…

— Rick Perlstein

Oh, had I received the education I desired, had I been bred to the profession of the law, I might have been…

— Sarah Moore Grimke

In fact you can begin to discover and investigate whether you are an actor or not, whether you're in my view, qualified…

— Jeff Goldblum

Read, listen to and watch everything you can. Explore the corners of popular culture and the arts. And, of course, these days…

— Tom Freston

A man of meditation functions differently. Whatever profession he chooses, it does not matter. He will bring to his profession some quality…

— Rajneesh

Our civility, England determines the style of, inasmuch as England is the strongest of the family of existing nations, and as we…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I've always been really in touch with my primal instincts. In my profession, you have to be.

— Andy Serkis

Composing is not a profession. It is a maniaa harmless madness.

— Arthur Honegger

I just decided to make a movie. I had no training, no film school, but I had been to a lot of…

— Michael Moore

I would not encourage everyone to take up this profession. Not everyone is suited for any particular field.

— John Cameron

In all professions without doubt, but certainly in cooking one is a student all his life.

— Fernand Point

Flying is the only active profession I could ever continue with enthusiasm after the War.

— Wilfred Owen

I love my profession. I know what I'm doing, I love travelling.

— Andre The Giant

Because Chinese art is booming, it legitimizes this profession.

— Ai Weiwei

I believe if you're not completely in love with what you're doing, you'd better find another profession.

— Simon Rattle

If I had wanted only to make lots of money, I would have chosen a different profession.

— Peter Stamm

[The] noblest of [Arabs] united the love of arms with the profession of merchandise.

— Edward Gibbon

Acting became more than a profession to me. It became a sort of religion.

— Marilyn Monroe

Those who make virtue their profession are the ruin of virtue.

— Confucius

If you enjoy shaming people, I suggest dentistry as a profession.

— Bonnie McFarlane

Playwriting, like begging in India, is an honorable but humbling profession.

— Moss Hart

Of course, the medical profession doesn't like D.I.Y. anything.

— Eric Topol