Profession Quotes · Page 40

We are spending most of our time in American health care fixing the mistakes that either we in the profession are causing…

— Mehmet Oz

In Western Europe and North America some things are better than they were - at least relative to their moral nadirs -…

— Catherine Wilson

I do this profession. I'm an actor. And it is, for me, an opportunity to meet people.

— Gerard Depardieu

Journalism is not just a cause, its also a wacky profession.

— David Talbot

I was supposed to choose apractical profession, but this was simply unbearable to me.

— Albert Einstein

We'd been assured it wouldn't be painful, though she might experience 'discomfort,' a term beloved of the medical profession that seems to…

— Lionel Shriver

When I joined the band, being that I was going to take this up as a profession, I realized that there were…

— Michael Davis

But accuracy means something to me. It's vital to my sense of values. I've learned not to trust people who are inaccurate.…

— Charles Lindbergh

I think becoming an actor because it's a ridiculously insecure profession to go into. I feel very comfortable but very lucky. I…

— Hugh Dancy

Of all mechanics, of all servile handycrafts-men, a gamester is the vilest. But yet, as many of the quality are of the…

— John Gay

Being a politician is a poor profession. Being a public servant is a noble one.

— Herbert Hoover

The general public is easy. You don't have to answer to anyone; and as long as you follow the rules of your…

— Moliere

I have always thought of myself as a painter derailed by circumstance.

— Joni Mitchell

I was a writer first, and knew I'd be a storyteller at age seven. But since my parents are very practical, they…

— Tess Gerritsen

I was born into a profession in which my love of words, chosen with care for their meaning and nuance, was extremely…

— Francesco Quinn

Teaching is one of the noblest of professions. It requires an adequate preparation and training, patience, devotion, and a deep sense of…

— Calvin Coolidge

I really admire really good reporters. Obviously not the gossip ones, but it could be quite an interesting profession, depending on what…

— Katia Winter

It is true that I should have been surprised in the past to learn that Professor Hardy had joined the Oxford Group.…

— John Edensor Littlewood

The ultimate objective [of comedy] is to get a laugh, so if you can get a laugh off the fact that you…

— Brian Regan

I just decided to make a movie. I had no training, no film school, but I had been to a lot of…

— Michael Moore

In general, the man who is readily disposed to sacrifice himself is one who does not know how else to give meaning…

— Cesare Pavese

“So that in the nature of man, we find three principal causes of quarrel: First, Competition; Secondly, Dissidence; Thirdly, Glory. The first,…

— Thomas Hobbes

In the actual condition of medical science, the physician mostly plays the part of simple spectator of the sad episodes which his…

— Francois Magendie

Acting isn't a singular profession, it is a collaborate profession.

— Edie McClurg

If you feel uncomfortable on stage, you can very easily descend into a sort of abyss, convinced you're the worst actor ever,…

— Stephen Dillane