Occupations Quotes

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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 the steady and merciless increase of occupations, the augmented speed at which we are always trying to live, the crowding of each day… — Agnes Repplier
Life is extraordinarily suave and sweet with certain natural, witty, affectionate people who have unusual distinction and are capable of every vice, but who make… — Marcel Proust
Woman's normal occupations in general run counter to creative life, or contemplative life, or saintly life. — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
At no time are people so sedulously careful to keep their trifling appointments, attend to their ordinary occupations, and thus put a commonplace aspect on… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
There are worse occupations in this world than feeling a woman's pulse. — Laurence Sterne
Sometimes I have a notion that what might improve the situation is to have women take over the occupations of government and trade and to… — Phyllis McGinley
When I grew up I always wanted to act. Also, I wanted to be either a lawyer or a doctor. However, when I got to… — Tia Mowry
Scientific research is one of the most exciting and rewarding of occupations. — Frederick Sanger
In your occupations, try to possess your soul in peace. It is not a good plan to be in haste to perform any action that… — Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon
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
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
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
...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
Collecting at its best is very far from mere acquisitiveness; it may become one of the most humanistic of occupations, seeking to illustrate by the… — Arthur Davison Ficke
Nowadays young people have great choice of occupations, hobbies, etc, so chess is experiencing difficulties because of the high competition. Now it's hard to make… — Boris Spassky
We stand for a living wage. Wages are subnormal if they fail to provide a living for those who devote their time and energy to… — Theodore Roosevelt

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