Profession Quotes · Page 41

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

— Katharine Hepburn

He that is warm for truth, and fearless in its defense, performs one of the duties of a good man; he strenghtens…

— Samuel Johnson

I just feel incredibly lucky. I went to drama school and about 28 of us graduated. I graduated from drama school in…

— Naomie Harris

Teaching has always been, for me, linked to issues of social justice. I've never considered it a neutral or passive profession.

— Bill Ayers

The medical profession is - and knows itself to be - endemically conservative and conformist.

— Margaret Heffernan

I'm always conscious of the fact that I am part of a profession that is 80% permanently unemployed. So, to be working…

— Derek Jacobi

Women do not enter a profession in significant numbers until it is physically safe. So until we care enough about men's safety…

— Warren Farrell

You should not confuse your career with your life.

— Dave Barry

Acting is not a genteel profession. Actors used to be buried at a crossroads with a stake through the heart. Those people's…

— David Mamet

If you wish to know the truth about your business or your profession, know that it is an activity of good. It…

— Ernest Holmes

This does not mean that the profession is about to abandon Darwin forever or indorse [sic] my views publicly. The situation remains…

— Norman Macbeth

I think [teacher] is the noblest profession.

— Elie Wiesel

One of the big draws of the show is here's a guy who is ordinary in a lot of ways but, due…

— Kiefer Sutherland

Let's be clear: all professions look bad in the movies. And there's a good reason for this. Movies don't portray career paths,…

— Michael Crichton

Reviewers do not read books with much care . . . their profession is more given to stupidity and malice and literary…

— Anthony Burgess

“When choosing a profession, a person will have good incentive for personal development by choosing such a profession that represents a personal…

— Eraldo Banovac

My mother and father have brought us up to respect everyone with the same equal love and honor them, and you're supposed…

— O'Shea Jackson, Jr

In art, I think it's not useful to be a professional of the profession. It will not give you something new.

— Albert Serra

Nobody likes to be found out, not even one who has made ruthless confession a part of his profession. Any autobiographer, therefore,…

— Erik Erikson

I am interested in study, reflection, philosophy - but always as a dilettante. I also consider myself a dilettante as a painter.

— Antoni Tapies

Practically every profession has a really political environment. I think the world has become more competitive. There are so many people in…

— Robert Greene

I think any sort of system that gives teachers more opportunities like teacher-led schools is a positive one that's going to lead…

— Dana Goldstein

I do think deception... There's something kind of odd about tricking people for a living, but ultimately, it's a remarkably honest profession,…

— Ricky Jay

When you are an historian, there's probably nothing that matters more than to be recognized by your colleagues in your own profession.…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

Teaching is the rare profession where the customer isn't always right and needs to be told so appropriately.

— John Maeda