I remember when you used to have your profession on your passport and I always thought that being a painter was the… — Damien Hirst Copy Share Image
Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is clear that thought is not free if the profession of certain opinions makes it impossible to earn a living. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
For of all gainful professions, nothing is better, nothing more pleasing, nothing more delightful, nothing better becomes a well-bred man than # agriculture — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
It's one of the strangest attributes of this profession that when we writers get exhausted writing one thing, we relax by writing… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
Writing is a demanding profession and a selfish one. And because it is selfish and demanding, because it is compulsive and exacting,… — Rod Serling Copy Share Image
Law is not a trade, not briefs, not merchandise, and so the heaven of commercial competition should not vulgarize the legal profession. — V. R. Krishna Iyer Copy Share Image
Well, you know, if you get into the profession because you think you can make a lot of money, you can never… — Martin Yan Copy Share Image
Every politician, every member of the clerical profession, ought to incur the reasonable suspicion of being an interested supporter of false doctrines,… — Thomas Cooper Copy Share Image
My first love is acting, but the reality is that I just don't get too many opportunities to stretch, and grow, and… — Matthew Lillard Copy Share Image
How our story has been divided up among the truth-telling professions! Religion, philosophy, history, poetry, compete with each other for our ears;… — Laura Riding Copy Share Image
I have been shaped by the experiences of the people who are closest to me, by the things I've learned from [my… — Samuel Alito Copy Share Image
I don't come from a film background. I haven't learned anything about films or film-making. But I have a thirst to know… — Priyanka Chopra Copy Share Image
Amongst the learned the lawyers claim first place, the most self-satisfied class of people, as they roll their rock of Sisyphus and… — Desiderius Erasmus Copy Share Image
People see America through particular lenses, either their profession, their race or their gender. So the party that speaks to our racial… — Julian Bond Copy Share Image
Law is an imperfect profession in which success can rarely be achieved without some sacrifice of principle. Thus all practicing lawyers --… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
My profession is to be always on the alert to find God in nature, to know his lurking-places, to attend all the… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Cultivate a love of skill. Learn theatrical skills. They will give you continual pleasure, self-confidence, and link you to fifty thousand years… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
It seems to me that the bane of our country is a profession of faith either with no basis of real belief,… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
I read once that the true mark of a pro — at anything — is that he understands, loves, and is good… — Paul Halmos Copy Share Image
Almost anyone who has ever attained any kind of public stature in his or her profession can expect sometimes to see a… — Louella Parsons Copy Share Image
Even in high school, music was just a really fun thing on the side. I don't think I grasped the fact that… — Sigrid Copy Share Image
I am not allowed by my profession to diagnose somebody from a distance, but one can observe certain symptoms of sociopathy in… — Martha Stout Copy Share Image
No one will argue that writing is an easy profession. Getting someone to pay you for your words isn’t easy. But there… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
Astronauts were not the impulsive daredevils so dear to the stereopticonloving public. They couldn't afford to be. The hazards of the profession… — Eric Frank Russell Copy Share Image
We are targeted when humor is not taken in the right spirit, but that's a part and parcel of this profession. — Kiku Sharda Copy Share Image
Actor is just a strange profession, it really is, that you could be in front of the same people for years, and… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
Acting is a very artistic profession and there are thousands of people out there who think they are actors but there are… — Wolfgang Puck Copy Share Image
Most of you are familiar with the virtues of a programmer. There are three, of course: laziness, impatience, and hubris. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
Structural linguistics is a bitterly divided and unhappy profession, and a large number of its practitioners spend many nights drowning their sorrows… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
The three most important things for a sportscaster are knowledge of the game, a passion for sports and the profession, and the… — Lesley Visser Copy Share Image
I love this profession, but God, it can just destroy people, and I don't want that to happen and become some monster. — Alyson Hannigan Copy Share Image
My concern has always been that people who I portray, or the professions that I portray, are not embarrassed by my portrayal… — George Dzundza Copy Share Image
Being a dandy is a condition rather than a profession. It is a defense against suffering and a celebration of life. — Sebastian Horsley Copy Share Image
When a profession is protected by academic freedom and tenure, it tends to turn inward. To a large extent that's good. — Martha C. Nussbaum Copy Share Image
A doctor must work eighteen hours a day and seven days a week. If you cannot console yourself to this, get out… — Martin H. Fischer Copy Share Image
The artists who endure are the ones who stay focused even after they have reached the top of their profession. — Simon Cowell Copy Share Image
Money isn't a major motivating force in my life. Nor is my profession. There are other things that I care more about… — Kevin Costner Copy Share Image
Painting is a blind man's profession. He paints not what he sees, but what he feels, what he tells himself about what… — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
While I reiterate the professions of my dependence upon Heaven... I will observe that... no man who is profligate in his morals...… — George Washington Copy Share Image
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