Occupation Quotes

553 Occupation quotes by 438 unique authors

I spent my entire childhood living abroad because of my father's occupation, so we were on long-haul flights all the time. — Arabella Weir
Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if… — Jessamyn West
It is very remarkable, that in the book of life, we find some almost of all kinds of occupations, who notwithstanding served God in their… — George Whitefield
The truth is, no matter what your lifestyle or occupation, nothing can really stop you when you're allowing yourself to be exactly who you want… — Hayley Williams
Hamas' battle is against the Zionist occupation in the Palestinian land. Hamas has no desire to change its battlefield. — Ahmed Yassin
Librarian is a service occupation. Gas station attendant of the mind. — Richard Powers
To give an accurate description of what has never occurred is not merely the proper occupation of the historian, but the inalienable privilege of any… — Oscar Wilde
What better occupation, really, than to spend the evening at the fireside with a book, with the wind beating on the windows and the lamp… — Gustave Flaubert
Her future, she thought, was likely to be worse than her past, for after her years of contented renunciation, she had slipped back into desire… — George Eliot
You were ambitious - for your life, what it was like when you woke up in the morning, and not for some attainment. Like most… — Lionel Shriver
Anything may happen when womanhood has ceased to be a protected occupation. — Virginia Woolf
My occupational hazard is my occupation's just not around... — Jimmy Buffett
There is an ideal of excellence for any particular craft or occupation; similarly there must be an excellent that we can achieve as human beings.… — Aristotle
He liked fishing and seemed to take pride in being able to like such a stupid occupation. — Leo Tolstoy
A human being must have occupation if he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world. — Dorothy L. Sayers
Only amateurs say that they write for their own amusement. Writing is not an amusing occupation. It is a combination of ditch-digging, mountain-climbing, treadmill and… — Edna Ferber
Judge: And what is your occupation in general? Brodsky: Poet, poet-translator. Judge: And who recognized you to be a poet? Who put you in the… — Joseph Brodsky
And yet I adore him. I think he's quite crazy, and with no place or occupation in life, and far from happy, and philosophically irresponsible… — Vladimir Nabokov
Heroism is a badly remunerated occupation, and often it leads to an early end, which is why it appeals to fanatics or persons with an… — Isabel Allende
My chief occupation, despite appearances, has always been love. — Albert Camus
Independence is a complex word in a foreign tongue. To resist occupation, whether you're a nation or merely a woman, you must understand the language… — Barbara Kingsolver
Making judgments on films is in many ways so peculiarly vaporous an occupation that the only question is why, beyond the obvious opportunities for a… — Joan Didion
Reading isn't an occupation we encourage among police officers. We try to keep the paperwork down to a minimum. — Joe Orton
In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense. — Voltaire
The solitary and thoughtful stroller finds a singular intoxication in this universal communion. The man who loves to lose himself in a crowd enjoys feverish… — Charles Baudelaire

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