Occupations Quotes

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Those who every morning plan the transactions of the day and follow out that plan carry a thread that will guide them through the labyrinth… — Victor Hugo
Alas, I have done nothing this day! What?! Have you not lived? It is not only the fundamental but the noblest of your occupations. — James O'Donnell Bennett
To the other nations of the world, religion is one among the many occupations of life. There is politics, there are the enjoyments of social… — Swami Vivekananda
Well, I wanted to be a philosopher, which is the idlest occupation in the world. I wanted to be involved in abstract thought, but because… — Will Self
Human capital analysis starts with the assumption that individuals decide on their education, training, medical care, and other additions to knowledge and health by weighing… — Gary Becker
If Congress sees fit to impose a capitation, or other direct tax, it must be laid in proportion to the census; if Congress determines to… — Salmon P. Chase
I guided my heap into the heart of Capitol Hill wondering for the first time in fourteen years what I could do to get money… — Gary Reilly
Other people get into occupations by accident or design; but writers are born. I could work at selling motels, or slopping hogs, for fifty years,… — W. P. Kinsella
In the dark room a cloud of yellow dust flew from beneath the tool like a scatter of sparks from under the hooves of a… — Gustave Flaubert
I agree today that a man has no business trying to tell women what their characteristics are, which ones are inborn, which are more admirable,… — Benjamin Spock
When faced with structural injustice, especially in the form of oppressive military occupations, I have a tendency get a little worked up. So I was… — Adam Beach
Our housekeeping is mendicant, our arts, our occupations, our marriages, our religion we have not chosen but society has chosen for us. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is room for improvement in every life. Regardless of our occupations, regardless of our circumstances, we can improve ourselves and while so doing have… — Gordon B. Hinckley
I am alarmed when it happens that I have walked a mile into the woods bodily, without getting there in spirit. In my afternoon walk… — Henry David Thoreau
Good hymns are an immense blessing to the Church. They train people for heaven, where praise is one of the principal occupations. — J C Ryle
Let no one out of laziness or continuous worldly occupations miss these holy Sunday gatherings, which God Himself handed down to us, lest he be… — Gregory Palamas
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
At its essence, the message of the Occupations is simply this:Â â€˜Here in the face of power we will sit and create a new society, in… — Starhawk
Of all hateful occupations, housekeeping is to my mind the most hateful. — Hannah Whitall Smith
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

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