Such a superiority do the pursuits of literature possess above every other occupation, that even he who attains but a mediocrity in… — David Hume Copy Share Image
There is nothing more pitiable than a soulless, sapless, shriveled church, seeking to thrive in a worldly atmosphere, rooted in barren professions,… — George C. Lorimer Copy Share Image
I saw the end of the general magazine business at the end of the '70s, and I knew I had to move… — Lawrence Schiller 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
Occasionally I talk with people who see doctors as people who do nothing but give of themselves and never receive from anyone… — Benjamin Carson Copy Share Image
Love is never abstract. It does not adhere to the universe or the planet or the nation or the institution or the… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
Lawyers are necessary in a community. Some of you...take a different view; but as I am a member of that legal profession,… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
Friendship takes place between those who have an affinity for one another, and is a perfectly natural and inevitable result. No professions… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Every man should make his son or daughter learn some useful trade or profession, so that in these days of changing fortunes… — P. T. Barnum 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
'Blanche' opened a new door for me without really making me more famous. 'Blanche' was a risk, but that is the only… — Lou Doillon Copy Share Image
Engineering is a great profession. There is the satisfaction of watching a figment of the imagination emerge through the aid of science… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
I know, for me, that I have always been very conscious of how I dress when I go to the studio, I'm… — Sevyn Streeter Copy Share Image
In existing criminology there are concepts: a criminal man, a criminal profession, a criminal society, a criminal sect, and a criminal tribe,… — P.D. Ouspensky Copy Share Image
Parents, it seems, have an almost Olympian persistence when it comes to suggesting more secure and lucrative lines of work for their… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
We, as designers, have a job with so many possibilities and connections. We are connected to so many different portals, from art… — Miuccia Prada Copy Share Image
Even if so inclined, an artist has no business to marry. For a man, it may be well enough, but for a… — Harriet Hosmer Copy Share Image
I'm not a big Hollywood star. I'm an actor. I'm called a star. That's not what I am. First of all I'm… — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
In our personal lives, we have a lot of businesses going on. I have a profession, I'm a father, a spouse, a… — Clayton M. Christensen Copy Share Image
By profession I am a soldier and take great pride in that fact, but I am prouder, infinitely prouder, to be a… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
I think the kids always they look forward to be always the big stars. Not only football, any profession. They want to… — Pele Copy Share Image
Our cities with their swollen populations and cliff dwelling high-rise buildings are breeding places for loneliness. Neighborhoods crumble under the housing development… — Allan Fromme Copy Share Image
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance,… — Charles Babbage Copy Share Image
Men have been adjudicating on what women are, and how they should behave, for millennia through the institutions of social control such… — Sheila Jeffreys Copy Share Image
The boatmen appeared to lead an easy and contented life, and we thought that we should prefer their employment ourselves to many… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
It was not until I had graduated from college that I made a professional commitment to it. Frankly, I didn't think it… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
Basically what you want in any profession - I would say the same thing if I were a lawyer or a doctor… — Louis Menand Copy Share Image
What has been forgotten is that there were major intellectual breakthroughs in the 1960s, thanks to North American writers of an older… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
From a dramatic viewpoint, there are few professions that grant their members entry into other lives, high among them cops, doctors, clergymen,… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
... the prevalent custom of educating young women only for marriage, and not for the duties and responsibilities consequent on marriage--only for… — Harriot Kezia Hunt Copy Share Image
Such a divine profession is art! When everything else looks so stale and disgustingly vacuous, so enthralls even the littlest real effort… — Felix Mendelssohn Copy Share Image
It is also plausible that those movements with the greatest inner contradiction and between profession and practice - that is to say… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
LSD is no longer playing a bad role in the drug scene and psychiatrists are again trying to submit their proposals for… — Albert Hofmann Copy Share Image
It doesn’t make sense, it’s not logical, it’s not a safe profession or a smart profession if you wanna make money or… — Santino Fontana Copy Share Image
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