Profession Quotes · Page 15

I'm still astonished that somebody would offer me a job and pay me to do what I wanted to do.

— Chuck Jones

It's a business you go into because your an egocentric. It's a very embarrassing profession.

— Katharine Hepburn

In my profession, I'm around a lot of people whose bodies are their instruments in one way or another.

— Anna Deavere Smith

To me designing has never been a job or profession. It's a way of life, like a priest or rabbi.

— Ed Benguiat

In any profession, there's a sleazy side and an honorable side

— Gina Gershon

Rather than a profession, photography has always been a passion for me, a passion closer to an obsession.

— Marc Riboud

It might seem paradoxical given my profession, but I'm not someone who likes to be in the limelight.

— Audrey Tautou

As an actor, I'm thankful I have lived not one life, but many.

— Charlton Heston

One of the most dangerous and best-kept secrets of the medical profession is the epidemic of anesthesiologists who are addicted to their…

— Christopher McDougall

Teaching is a creative profession, not a delivery system. Great teachers do [pass on information], but what great teachers also do is…

— Ken Robinson

Women are not making it to the top of any profession in the world. But when I say, 'The blunt truth is…

— Sheryl Sandberg

Acting has a strong sensual quality that I get such a... you say 'kick' in America? It's a fantastic profession in that…

— Erland Josephson

Acting's the best job there is. Pretending to be someone you're not is good fun. It's also a non-ageist profession, and you…

— Sean Pertwee

The religion is a personal thing in my life and fighting in the ring, it's boxing. It's my profession. God always gives…

— Manny Pacquiao

First of all, the art of living; then as my ideal profession, poetry and philosophy, and as my real profession, plastic arts;…

— Paul Klee

Anfering sex for money is not a profession that glorifies women; it is a profession born of desperation, poverty, alieatioin, and loneliness.

— Ann Rule

I have a fundamental belief in the Bible as the Word of God, written by men who were inspired. I study the…

— Isaac Newton

To refer even in passing to unpublished or struggling authors and their problems is to put oneself at some risk, so I…

— Kingsley Amis

What is wanted in architecture, as in so many things, is a man. ... One suggestion might be made-no profession in England…

— Benjamin Disraeli

I am anxious that the world should be inclined to look to painters for information about painting. I hope to show that…

— John Constable

I have been given a unique role to play on this earth: given to me by a life filled with sickness, ill-starred…

— Edvard Munch

You – help - people. You are an expert in your field, who genuinely helps other human beings. Take pride in that,…

— Chris Murray

Such expression is impossible in a cramped atmosphere. As I have no desire to offer civil disobedience I cannot write freely. As…

— Mahatma Gandhi

The men of the press, who despised their own profession, did not know why they were enjoying it today. One of them,…

— Ayn Rand

Journalism is a great profession. It's complicated now. People talk about the demise of investigative reporting. I was a judge in some…

— Seymour Hersh

I do - oh, indeed I do - desire to live up to my profession, to be His, for time and eternity.…

— Frances Ridley Havergal

That humanity and sincerity which dispose men to resist injustice and tyranny render them unfit to cope with the cunning and power…

— Anonymous

A sturdy lad from New Hampshire or Vermont who in turn tries all the professions, who teams it, farms it, peddles, keeps…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

To survive, to avert what we have termed future shock, the individual must become infinitely more adaptable and capable than ever before.…

— Alvin Toffler

When it becomes a part of every man's thinking that a single thought can change the polarity of our entire body toward…

— Walter Russell

The doctrine of vocation deals with how God works through human beings to bestow His gifts. God gives us this day our…

— Anonymous

The title of Christian is a reproach to us, if we estrange ourselves from Him after whom we are denominated. The name…

— William Wilberforce

It can be a miserable profession, acting, because you always want what you can’t have.

— Eddie Redmayne

In the medical profession a horse and carriage are more necessary than any scientific knowledge.

— Honore de Balzac

Teaching is a function, not a profession. Anything with something to offer can teach.

— John Taylor Gatto

My profession is very important but it's a small part of my life.

— Atul Kulkarni

I was always an artist. I was a broker to earn a living, but I was always thinking about my art.

— Jeff Koons

Poets are simply those who have made a profession and a lifestyle of being in touch with their bliss.

— Joseph Campbell

Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.

— Robert Louis Stevenson

I'm learning to accept the lack of privacy as the real downer in my profession.

— Halle Berry