Profession Quotes · Page 21

Never has the theatrical profession been more overcrowded than at the present moment.

— Alec-Tweedie

You cannot adopt politics as a profession and remain honest.

— Anonymous

Medicine would be the ideal profession if it did not involve giving pain.

— Samuel Hopkins Adams

Journalism is not just a cause, it's also a wacky profession.

— David Talbot

I walk on the wire; it's my profession, and there are no two high wire walks alike.

— Philippe Petit

I never talk about my wife: we're both in public professions but we try to keep our private life private.

— Chris Martin

“Being a writer is a more difficult job than people imagine.”

— Sara Sheridan

My wife was a licensed psychologist by profession and a college professor of psychology.

— Marvin Sapp

I just happen to love fighting and happen to be great at it. And I let my lifestyle carry over into my…

— Urijah Faber

The profession to which we belong, once venerated...-has become corrupt and degenerate to the forfeiture of its social position...

— Nathaniel Chapman

Can you find a man who loves the occupation that provides him with a livelihood? Professions are like marriages; we end by…

— Honore de Balzac

I am impelled, not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pride in…

— John Steinbeck

But whatever my failure, I have this thing to remember - that I was a pioneer in my profession, just as my…

— Robert E. Howard

I think acting is an important profession, because acting can give you pleasure and can teach you at the same time, and…

— Vivien Leigh

One principal reason why men are so often useless is that they neglect their own profession or calling, and divide and shift…

— Nathanael Emmons

He is not a bad fellow, though an absolute imbecile in his profession. He has one positive virtue. He is as brave…

— Anonymous

As we move forward, I am looking for a new leader of the Chicago Police Department to address the problems at the…

— Rahm Emanuel

Painting to me is addictive. These are moments when it is inspiring, but they are few and far between. I keep my…

— Jamie Wyeth

I had parents who believed I could do anything - and I know how that made me feel. I think both my…

— Reese Witherspoon

The medical profession [in Egypt] is also very commercial. Health is not given to the poor. You know, if you have money,…

— Nawal El Saadawi

The greatest issue facing the world today, with all its heartbreaking needs, is whether those who, by profession or culture, are identified…

— Dallas Willard

Initially I had intended to study medicine, but before going to University I had decided that I would be better suited to…

— Frederick Sanger

“No man likes to acknowledge that he has made a mistake in the choice of his profession, and every man, worthy of…

— Charlotte Brontë

Popularity doesn't bother me. It attests to the affection and comprehension of the public. The important thing is to retain the pioneer…

— Ennio Morricone

What must it be like to live in Rush Limbaughs world? A world where when anyone other than conservative, white men attempts…

— Nancy Giles

But, contrary to the lady's prejudices about the engineering profession, the fact is that quite some time ago the tables were turned…

— Nicholas Metropolis

Mathematics is a dangerous profession; an appreciable proportion of us go mad.

— John Edensor Littlewood

Almost all the fathers of socialism were members of the upper middle class or of the professions.

— Ludwig von Mises

Public scrutiny is a part of the profession. And I kind of enjoy it.

— Pulkit Samrat

Teaching seems to me beyond doubt the greatest of the professions.

— Theodore Burghard Hurt Brameld

I wouldn't have taken up modeling as a profession. It was more of a hobby.

— Kriti Sanon

In the words of the philosopher Sceptum, the founder of my profession: am I going to get paid for this?

— Terry Pratchett

Journalism: A profession whose business is to explain to others what it personally does not understand.

— Anonymous

“I was truly shocked to discover how bad the modern medical profession really is!”

— Steven Magee

Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.

— Benjamin Whichcote

Writing is not a genteel profession. It's quite nasty and tough and kind of dirty.

— Rosemary Mahoney

“Compared to art, all other professions are but chores.”

— T.L. Rese

People who call themselves actors and can't ever get work; they do need to get another profession.

— Anonymous

I look back on my years as a Wall Street lawyer as time spent in a foreign country...

— Susan Cain

What we make is more important than what we are, particularly if making is our profession.

— Dorothy L. Sayers