Poetry is not a profession, it is a destiny

“Don’t allow anyone to pressure you into taking a job in a field that doesn’t feel right in your gut. You are the one…

— Alison James

In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.

— Voltaire

I think I've had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records. I think I'm that guy. I'm still…

— Nas

One needs more than ambition and talent to make a success of anything, really. There must be love and a vocation.

— Jessye Norman

There are so many things you can do with your life, you can go to school and study toward your career, you can become…

— Simphiwe Scientist Dumi

I always knew I wanted to have a good career, so I made it happen.

— Chord Overstreet

I am a very big fan of Brian Eno, of his work as an artist and making his music, and as a producer. In…

— Rostam Batmanglij

If I can beat a proven champion like Canelo, that will take my career to a different level.

— Gennady Golovkin

My non-career. My excuse for a career? Honestly, I never think about the word 'career.' I've had managers, the minute they say it to…

— Tom Verlaine

“The vocation of a man lies in his vision.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

I started off as a model maker, so the first part of my career was a model maker and then a motion control camera…

— John Knoll

Growing up I did commercials and things like that, but nothing serious. As I got older, my family is really hardcore into academics. They…

— Portia Doubleday

You can have a career and kids who love you. But you have to nurture yourself and find a way to be fulfilled so…

— Catherine Reitman

As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it may…

— Henry David Thoreau

Even though I'm already successful and have a career, it is always good to have your eggs in more than one basket.

— Farrah Abraham