Cognitive consonance is what writing in the Age of the idiot is all about. The key to success in the scribbling profession… — Ilana Mercer Copy Share Image
Men go to sea, before they know the unhappiness of that way of life; and when they have come to know it,… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I have purpose. My life has meaning. I am engaged in a profession that I'm passionate about. I have some place to… — Mackenzie Phillips Copy Share Image
Our fashion for us, it's an expression; first of all of life, I put all of myself in my fashion. Sometimes it's… — Stefano Gabbana Copy Share Image
I'm aware that I'm kind of a paradox, and at times a bit ill-suited to my profession. But there's something that brings… — Emma Watson Copy Share Image
Working with Robert, Robert [Elswit] is a storyteller. He's not a cinematographer, he's a storyteller. And to me, that's the graduation I… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
There are few professions whose primary objective is to advance the cause of humanity rather than simply to make money or accrue… — Jack McDevitt Copy Share Image
I'm going with the flow. I feel when the time is right to stop, it will be flashing in neon lights for… — Lindsay Davenport Copy Share Image
Few people get to earn a living at what they like to do and there are hazards in any profession. Football is… — Dick Butkus Copy Share Image
Though moral axioms to guide the conduct of the practitioner have existed since the beginnings of the profession of healing, Western doctors… — Sherwin B. Nuland Copy Share Image
In the United Kingdom at various stages, journalism has been the profession of gentlemen amateurs. And some of them even pride themselves… — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
But wherever we labour, the rule and the profession of the Apostle must be ours; and whatever be our personal mistakes and… — Henry Parry Liddon Copy Share Image
Through all of this lovely interviewing, and nice things people say, and the rest of it, I have learned that I am… — Melissa Leo Copy Share Image
Such professions as the soldier and the lawyer ... give ample opportunity for crimes but not much for mere illusions. ... If… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
I hold every man a debtor to his profession; from the which as men of course do seek to receive countenance and… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Things get complicated at times, so there are certainly moments when you wish your life were different. That's true for everybody, not… — Laura Linney Copy Share Image
Inquiry and curiosity is really important in any profession, but definitely in what I do. And in parallel you also need to… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
Our job, you know, in the entertainment profession is to try to illuminate and show people all sides of humanity, and it… — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
Greediness consists in ravishing the goods of another through violence or cunning, as in the two noble professions of the conqueror and… — Augustin Thierry Copy Share Image
The crusade is never off my mind - the exercise I do, the food I eat, the thought I think - all… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
Art critic! Is that a profession? When I think we are stupid enough, we painters, to solicit those people's compliments and to… — Edgar Degas Copy Share Image
I get bored very easily, so I love doing different things, changing, doing a job for a month and then doing another… — Jeremy Irons Copy Share Image
A defensive war is apt to betray us into too frequent detachment. Those generals who have had but little experience attempt to… — Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor Copy Share Image
If I didn't work in television or film, if I didn't have the right look, I never took it personally. Because there… — Kim Cattrall Copy Share Image
I've heard people say that maybe we'd be better served had we lost. I was kind of wondering what profession they were… — Russ Rose Copy Share Image