Occupation Quotes · Page 24

It was a lifetime occupation that kept us too busy to stop and ask if we were happy or not

— Ossie Davis

Writing is not an amusing occupation. It is a combination of ditch-digging, mountain-climbing, treadmill and childbirth.

— Edna Ferber

Of course some days are easier than others, but my worst day is better than being in most humdrum occupations.

— Bernard Cornwell

Let thine occupations be few, saith the sage, if thou wouldst lead a tranquil life.

— Marcus Aurelius

The bicycle... has been responsible for more movement in manners and morals than anything since Charles the Second. Under its influence, wholly…

— John Galsworthy

Tolstoi explains somewhere in his writings why, in his opinion, "Science for Science's sake" is an absurd conception. We cannot know all…

— Henri Poincare

When we sit down to meditate, we connect with something unconditional - a state of mind, a basic environment that does not…

— Pema Chodron

“The density of your destiny is the product of the mass of your visions and the volume your impacts occupy!”

— Israelmore Ayivor

If any occupation or association is found to hinder our communion with God or our enjoyment of spiritual things, then it must…

— Arthur W. Pink

When people have problems with their mortgages and jobs many feel they're a failure, they didn't work hard enough or speak well…

— Haskell Wexler

There is no reason why the aeroplane should not open up a fruitful occupation for women.

— Harriet Quimby

I still do not know what impels anyone sound of mind to leave dry land and spend a lifetime describing people who…

— Mavis Gallant

A well-paid occupation is seldom spoken of as "rewarding.

— Mason Cooley

I met Cindy [Sheehan] near Crawford, Texas. I went out to personally thank her for waiting patiently by the road in front…

— Viggo Mortensen

History will eventually depict as legitimate the efforts of the Iraqi resistance to destabilise and defeat the American occupation forces and their…

— Scott Ritter

This trial cannot be separated from the process of the historical struggle in Palestine that continues today between the Zionist Movement and…

— Ahmad Sa'adat

I think entertainment is a perfectly noble occupation.

— Justin Adams

“Bending to the will of others can become a full-time occupation.”

— Steven Redhead

“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

“Wishing for the impossible in the future is a good exercise, I think, especially for children; wishing for it in the past…

— Edgar Pangborn

Our society is so abnormal that the normal man never dreams of having the normal occupation of looking after his own property.…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

We declared jihad against the U.S. government because the U.S. government is unjust, criminal and tyrannical. It has committed acts that are…

— Osama bin Laden

In every single case, the truth is that the atmosphere created by the Iraq invasion and the staggeringly mismanaged occupation has incited…

— Sidney Blumenthal

“In Paris she found Magnus, who was living in a garret apartment and painting, and occupation for which he had no aptitude…

— Cassandra Clare

Philip could not have wanted to annex England militarily, since this would have opened another costly occupation struggle, and brought France in…

— Peter Padfield