Occupation Quotes

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Life without absorbing occupation is hell; joy consists in forgetting life. — Elbert Hubbard
Getting a divorce is nearly always as cheerful and useful an occupation as breaking valuable china. — Rebecca West
To condemn spontaneous and delightful occupations because they are useless for self-preservation shows an uncritical prizing of life irrespective of its content. — George Santayana
By rights, satire is a lonely and introspective occupation, for nobody can describe a fool to the life without much patient self-inspection. — Frank Moore Colby
But as we move from this period of what many Iraqis regard as perceived occupation, we need to move towards one of partnership. — John Abizaid
Tolstoi explains somewhere in his writings why, in his opinion, "Science for Science's sake" is an absurd conception. We cannot know all the facts since… — Henri Poincare
There is no other occupation in the world that so closely resembled enslavement as the career of a film star. — Louise Brooks
The humblest occupation has in it materials of discipline for the highest heaven. — Frederick William Robertson
Stealing things is a glorious occupation, particularly in the art world. — Malcolm Mclaren
Let every man of whatsoever craft or occupation he be of... serve his brethren. — William Tyndale
Don't be concerned that you have no position; be concerned how you may fit yourself to occupy one. . — Confucius
She who makes her husband and her children happy, who reclaims the one from vice, and trains up the other to virtue, is a much… — Oliver Goldsmith
Beans are highly nutritious and satisfying, they can also be delicious if and when properly prepared, and they posses over all vegetables the great advantage… — Andre Simon
Man finds nothing so intolerable as to be in a state of complete rest, without passions, without occupation, without diversion, without effort. Then he feels… — Blaise Pascal
Yes I try to kill myself in small amounts, an innocuous occupation. Actually I'm hung up on it. — Anne Sexton
No part of the world can be truly understood without a knowledge of its garment of vegetation, for this determines not only the nature of… — Ellsworth Huntington
An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance. Discovery of truth is the sole purpose of philosophy, which is the most ancient occupation of the human… — Ambrose Bierce
The study of mathematics is, if an unprofitable, a perfectly harmless and innocent occupation. — G. H. Hardy
Upon the decease [of] my wife, it is my Will and desire th[at] all the Slaves which I hold in [my] own right, shall receive… — George Washington
It is a moot question whether the origin of any kind of property is derived from nature at all. It is agreed by those who… — Thomas Jefferson

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