Occupation Quotes

553 Occupation quotes by 438 unique authors

There is a condition or circumstance that has a greater bearing upon the happiness of life than any other. What is it? Something to do;… — John Burroughs
Occupation was one of the pleasures of paradise, and we cannot be happy without it. — Anna Brownell Jameson
Few persons realize how much of their happiness is dependent upon their work, upon the fact that they are busy and not left to feed… — John Burroughs
To the distracting occupations belong especially my lecture courses which I am holding this winter for the first time, and which now cost much more… — Carl Friedrich Gauss
I think periods of browsing during which no occupation is imposed from without are important in youth because they give time for the formation of… — Bertrand Russell
To be under occupation, to be under siege, is not a good inspiration for poetry. — Mahmoud Darwish
Among all the modernized aspects of the most luxurious of industries, the model, a vestige of voluptuous barbarianism, is like some plunder-laden prey. She is… — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
Nations sometimes flourish by denying the crimes that brought them into being. Only when the original invasion, occupation, extermination or usurpation has been safely thrust… — Terry Eagleton
I trust the time is coming, when the occupation of an instructor to children will be deemed the most honorable of human employment. — Angelina Grimke
Nothing else is required than to act toward God, in the midst of your occupations, as you do, even when busy, toward those who love… — Alphonsus Liguori
Writing is a solitary occupation. — Bernard Cornwell
Of course some days are easier than others, but my worst day is better than being in most humdrum occupations. — Bernard Cornwell
I tend to get comfortable with the dialogue and find out who the person is in the script and try to hit that. People are… — Billy Campbell
TV viewing is normally a passive, mindless occupation. — Raymond Arroyo
In terms of the idea of long-term occupation - I have been reading a little bit more about this period - and you can see… — Edwidge Danticat
I'm learning to hunt with rifles, because if you think about it, hunting gets you the healthiest meat - organic, free-range food. It's a totally… — Sarah Wayne Callies
For a lot of people, becoming an author is a change in occupation... they are coming from something that totally has nothing to do with… — Eric Jerome Dickey
I was the little French boy who grew up hearing people talk of De Gaulle and the Resistance. France against the Nazis! Then when that… — Jacques Audiard
Israel reoccupied the cities of the West Bank by a unilateral action, and reestablished the civil and military occupation by a unilateral action, and it… — Mahmoud Abbas
I never like to refer back to anything I've done when I'm working on a character, even if that character has the same occupation. — Giancarlo Esposito
The science, the art, the jurisprudence, the chief political and social theories, of the modern world have grown out of Greece and Rome-not by favour… — Thomas Huxley
When love is true there is no truer occupation. — Gordon Lightfoot
Norway was occupied by the Germans in the Second World War, and I've met a lot of people who had to live through that occupation… — Christopher Heyerdahl
...the thoughtful excitement of lonely rambles, of gardening, and of other like occupations, where the mind has leisure to must during the healthful activity of… — Augustus William Hare
Do not shorten the morning by getting up late, or waste it in unworthy occupations or in talk; look upon it as the quintessence of… — Arthur Schopenhauer

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