Occupation Quotes

553 Occupation quotes by 438 unique authors

I love peace and quiet, I hate politics and turmoil. We women are not made for governing, and if we are good women, we must… — Queen Victoria
My chosen occupation isn’t necessarily movie star; I see my chosen occupation as actor. — Sarah Gadon
At its essence, the message of the Occupations is simply this: ‘Here in the face of power we will sit and create a new society, in… — Starhawk
The invasion and occupation of Iraq is illegal. — Kofi Annan
We won the war, but we are losing the occupation and reconstruction of Iraq. It is past time for a new approach, one that relies… — Earl Blumenauer
Mbeki began to write a study of the workings of apartheid policy in the reserves - the areas set aside in law for African occupation… — Ruth First
Under international law, the responsibility for protecting civilians in conflict falls on the belligerents. Under military occupation, responsibility for the welfare of the population falls… — Kofi Annan
Of all hateful occupations, housekeeping is to my mind the most hateful. — Hannah Whitall Smith
It is time for the government of China to stop holding innocent religious figures in captivity merely for peacefully protesting China's occupation of Tibet. — Sam Brownback
It may be true that people who are merely mathematicians have certain specific shortcomings; however that is not the fault of mathematics, but is true… — Carl Friedrich Gauss
The world has done that already - possessed the Congo and pillaged her and dominated her and robbed her of agency and occupation. Love is… — Eve Ensler
Looking at the high cost of occupation in Iraq and the needs we have in this country, would it not have been better to have… — Timothy J. Russert
After the German occupation of Holland in May 1940, the last two dark years of the war I spent hiding indoors from the Nazis, eating… — Nicolaas Bloembergen
From Alexander the Platonic, not frequently nor without necessity to say to any one, or to write in a letter, that I have no leisure;… — Marcus Aurelius
In its conception the literature prize belongs to days when a writer could still be thought of as, by virtue of his or her occupation,… — J M Coetzee
I think good physical conditioning is essential to any occupation. A man who is physically fit performs better at any job. Fatigue makes cowards of… — Vince Lombardi
This is an occupation known as painting, which calls for imagination, and skill of hand, in order to discover things not seen, hiding themselves under… — Cennino Cennini
The problem is not the occupation, but how people deal with it. — Bashar al-Assad
Serious occupation is labor that has reference to some want. — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Another occupation might have been better. — F. H. Bradley
I do like to embed a fictional character firmly in an occupation. — Penelope Lively
The landscape of my childhood was one of fierce occupation by trees. — Janisse Ray
I knew early on that we needed to settle the food problem because if you can grow food it's empowering. In fact I believe growing… — Jules Dervaes
When it was proposed to me to go abroad, rub oft some rust, and better my condition in a worldly sense, I fear lest my… — Henry David Thoreau
It is a fact that all women contribute more to marriage than men for the most part they have to change their place of living,… — Agnes Macphail

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