One of the enduring mysteries of America's occupation of Iraq is why a nation that so little relishes peacekeeping nonetheless refuses to… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
An office occupation is another example as not only douse it disrupt the activities of the organization it also can raise the… — Ben Edwards Copy Share Image
Reading isn't an occupation we encourage among police officers. We try to keep the paperwork down to a minimum. — Joe Orton Copy Share Image
I trust the time is coming, when the occupation of an instructor to children will be deemed the most honorable of human… — Angelina Grimke Copy Share Image
Iraq is a quagmire and has been a humanitarian disaster for the Iraqis. There is no way forward without ending the occupation. — Jean Parker Copy Share Image
Were it not for the amusement of our books, we should be moped to death for want of occupation. It rains incessantly.… — Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne Copy Share Image
Writing fiction is a solitary occupation but not really a lonely one. The writer's head is mobbed with characters, images and language. — Hilma Wolitzer Copy Share Image
Blessed is the man who has some congenial work, some occupation in which he can put his heart, and which affords a… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
For a lot of people, becoming an author is a change in occupation... they are coming from something that totally has nothing… — Eric Jerome Dickey Copy Share Image
The occupation of America (and Columbus's arrival quite clearly was an occupation, no one can deny that) meant that the entire history… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
It is imperative that we find that vital element that brings us alive... the true vitality that waits beneath all occupations for… — Mark Nepo Copy Share Image
In terms of the idea of long-term occupation - I have been reading a little bit more about this period - and… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
Collecting at its best is very far from mere acquisitiveness; it may become one of the most humanistic of occupations, seeking to… — Arthur Davison Ficke Copy Share Image
It is the steady and merciless increase of occupations, the augmented speed at which we are always trying to live, the crowding… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
There are few persons who have not, at some period of their lives, amused themselves in retracing the steps by which particular… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
The Europeans and Americans have said the martyrdom operations are why Hamas has been put on the terrorist list. But now these… — Ismail Haniyeh Copy Share Image
If your doctor has warned you to avoid excitement, do not turn to exploring your past lives as a soothing and sedentary… — Herbie Brennan Copy Share Image
The truth is, no matter what your lifestyle or occupation, nothing can really stop you when you're allowing yourself to be exactly… — Hayley Williams Copy Share Image
Education makes a man a more intelligent shoemaker, if that be his occupation, but not by teaching him how to make shoes;… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The important issue for us is bringing (people) who recognize the Palestinian people's rights and work on ending the occupation (to the… — Mohammed Dahlan Copy Share Image
Drinking is in reality an occupation which employs a considerable portion of the time of many people; and to conduct it in… — James Boswell Copy Share Image
We oppose occupation of land by force and we believe in dialogue as the method for regaining Arab rights. This is the… — King Hussein I Copy Share Image
I am suggesting that there is, and always has been, a rather high correlation between ethnicity and occupation/economic role throughout the various… — Immanuel Wallerstein Copy Share Image
I spent my entire childhood living abroad because of my father's occupation, so we were on long-haul flights all the time. — Arabella Weir Copy Share Image
There is room for improvement in every life. Regardless of our occupations, regardless of our circumstances, we can improve ourselves and while… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
Readiness for death is that of character, rather than of occupation. It is right living which prepares for safe or even joyous… — Jacques-Benigne Bossuet Copy Share Image
Old maids like the houseless and unemployed poor, should not ask for a place and an occupation in the world: the demand… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
Nursing is not only a natural vocation for a woman, but an occupation which increases her matrimonial chances about eighty per cent. — Gertrude Atherton Copy Share Image
Most Iraqis, even if they hated Saddam and suffered, say life was much better under him than it was under the occupation… — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
Do not think that saintliness comes from occupation; it depends rather on what one is. The kind of work we do does… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share Image
The Lord calls each one of His children, no matter what his occupation-lawyer, doctor, maintenance man, carpenter, accountant, athlete, musician, teacher, homeschooling… — Mike Bickle Copy Share Image
Writing is a solitary occupation, and one of its hazards is loneliness. But an advantage of loneliness is privacy, autonomy and freedom. — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
Our housekeeping is mendicant, our arts, our occupations, our marriages, our religion we have not chosen but society has chosen for us. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
If children are allowed free development and given occupation to correspond with their unfolding minds their natural goodness will shine forth. — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
Taking photographs is not something that happens only in a moment I press the button. It is a full-time occupation. For me… — Edouard Boubat Copy Share Image
Among modern occupations, only cult leaders and TV weathermen rival the technological visionary's ability to retain credibility despite all evidence to the… — Nathan Myhrvold Copy Share Image
Learn, earn, return - these are the 3 phases of life. Jack Balousek There is no more noble occupation in the world… — Alan Loy McGinnis Copy Share Image
[On being an actor] .nothing more than a worker in a service occupation . It's like being a waiter or a gas… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
“Education is not merely meant for you to write and pass exams, get a good job and a good spouse, and settle… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
We will not put our sons in prison for political membership or resisting occupation, because occupation is the reason for the problem. — Said Seyam Copy Share Image