His Profession Quotes
36 quotes by 35 authors
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Today's Uncle Tom doesn't wear a handkerchief on his head. This modern, twentieth-century Uncle Thomas now often wears a top hat. He's usually well-dressed and…
— Malcolm X
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The bond between a man and his profession is similar to that which ties him to his country; it is just as complex, often ambivalent,…
— Primo Levi
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Miles got a mystique about him-plus he's at the top of his profession. And he's got way, way, way more money.
— Dizzy Gillespie
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I read once that the true mark of a pro — at anything — is that he understands, loves, and is good at even the…
— Paul Halmos
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A man with his heart in his profession imagines and finds resources where the worthless and lazy despair.
— Frederick The Great
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No citizen has any right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training; it is part of his profession as a citizen to…
— John Douillard
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Better a man honor his profession than be honored by it.
— Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin
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Abused as we abuse it at present, dramatic art is in no sense cathartic; it is merely a form of emotional masturbation. It is the…
— Aldous Huxley
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When obedience to the Divine precepts keeps pace with knowledge, in the mind of any man, that man is a Christian; and when the fruits…
— Joseph Lancaster
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We have many responsibilities, and one cannot expect the full blessings of a kind Providence if he neglects any major duty. A man has duties…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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One of the big draws of the show is here's a guy who is ordinary in a lot of ways but, due to his profession,…
— Kiefer Sutherland
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Optimistic lies have such immense therapeutic value that a doctor who cannot tell them convincingly has mistaken his profession.
— George Bernard Shaw
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A man of meditation functions differently. Whatever profession he chooses, it does not matter. He will bring to his profession some quality of sacredness. He…
— Rajneesh
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...a man estimable for his learning, amiable for his life, and venerable for his piety. Arbuthnot was a man of great comprehension, skilful in his…
— Samuel Johnson
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Without vanity a writer's work is tepid, and he must accept his vanity as part of his stock in trade and live with it as…
— Moss Hart
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The first 10 years of my professional life had only to do with running away from my father. He was a wonderful cabinet-maker, and me…
— Peter Zumthor
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The modern naturalist must realize that in some of its branches his profession, while more than ever a science, has also become an art.
— Theodore Roosevelt
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The gamester, if he die a martyr to his profession, is doubly ruined. He adds his soul to every other loss, and by the act…
— Charles Caleb Colton
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The best augury of a man's success in his profession is that he thinks it the finest in the world.
— George Eliot
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To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.
— Eric Hoffer
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