Occupation Quotes

553 Occupation quotes by 438 unique authors

The Vichy government was under occupation and carried out the orders of the German occupier. — Jean-Marie Le Pen
I, talking about my children, of course I wanted them to succeed in life, they have to choose whatever job or occupation that they want,… — Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
As an occupation in declining years, I declare I think saving is useful, amusing and not unbecoming. It must be a perpetual amusement. It is… — William Makepeace Thackeray
My occupation now, I suppose, is jail inmate. — Theodore Kaczynski
Occupation is the best safeguard for women under all circumstances--mental or physical, or both. Cupid extinguishes his torch in the atmosphere of industry. — Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne
Can you find a man who loves the occupation that provides him with a livelihood? Professions are like marriages; we end by feeling only their… — Honore de Balzac
A healthy and wholesome cheerfulness is not necessarily impossible to any occupation. — Mark Twain
Every man wishes to pursue his occupation and to enjoy the fruits of his labours and the produce of his property in peace and safety,… — Thomas Jefferson
Occupation alone is happiness. — Samuel Johnson
Dejection of spirits, which may have prevented many a man from becoming an author, made me one. I find constant employment necessary, and therefore take… — William Cowper
The hippies had in mind something that they wanted, and were calling it freedom, but in the final analysis freedom is a purely negative goal.… — Robert M. Pirsig
Self-Preservation is a full-time occupation. — Ani DiFranco
Want of occupation is the bane of both men and women, perhaps more especially of the latter. — Horace Mann
Next to occupation is the building up of good taste. That is difficult, slow work. Few achieve it. It means all the difference in the… — Sherwood Anderson
Maybe in that earlier phase I was painting the woman in me. Art isn't a wholly masculine occupation, you know. — Willem de Kooning
Collecting at its best is very far from mere acquisitiveness; it may become one of the most humanistic of occupations, seeking to illustrate by the… — Arthur Davison Ficke
I don't think I made a conscious decision as a career choice. From my school days I had decided, persuaded by my parents, to prepare… — Lee Kuan Yew
Sport, rightly conceived, is an occupation carried out by the whole man. — Pope Pius XII
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation. — Ammianus Marcellinus
It was a lifetime occupation that kept us too busy to stop and ask if we were happy or not — Ossie Davis
The people have said yes to change and reform. The majority of the Palestinians have said yes to the slogan, 'Islam is the solution.' The… — Ismail Haniyeh
If one of the brothers, being able ,to maintain himself by his own occupation, does not desire ,a share of the family property, he may… — Guru Nanak
The United Nations believes that acceptance of these principles will help the Palestinian people achieve their legitimate goal of an end to occupation and the… — Kofi Annan
Occupation is the armor of the soul. — George Stillman Hillard
Being a writer is a rather hazardous occupation and there is a horribly high rate of writers who barely have the money for the paper… — Herbert Gold

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