Occupations Quotes

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Drying a widow's tears is one of the most dangerous occupations known to man. — Dorothy Dix
What is now happening to the people of the East as of the West is like what happens to every individual when he passes from… — Leo Tolstoy
I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time we call suffering. — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
As anyone knows who has ever had to set up a military encampment or build a village from the ground up, occupations pose staggering logistical… — Barbara Ehrenreich
The bearing, rearing, feeding and educating of children; the running of a house with its thousand details; human relationships with their myriad pulls - women's… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Film is not an easy occupation. There's a lot of occupations that are difficult and film is one of them. — George Lucas
Because most people are not sufficiently employed in themselves, they run about loose, hungering for employment, and satisfy themselves in various supererogatory occupations. The easiest… — Laura Riding
A good proportion of foreign nationals in jobs in the UK are in semi or low-skilled occupations. — Iain Duncan Smith
I would vote for the man who's lived life, who's done different occupations, who's been out in the real world and struggled to make a… — Oliver Stone
In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations to society. — Henry David Thoreau
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
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
...sitting and waiting is one of the most miserable occupations known to man - not that it usually is known to men; women do it… — Diana Gabaldon
Praise and blame alike mean nothing. No, delightful as the pastime of measuring may be, it is the most futile of all occupations, and to… — Virginia Woolf
I had a lot of things I wanted to doâ€¦ I want to be a teacherâ€¦I also want to be an astronautâ€¦and also make my… — Tite Kubo
The least strained and most natural ways of the soul are the most beautiful; the best occupations are the least forced. — Michel de Montaigne
Music is a pastime, a relaxation from more serious occupations. — Alexander Borodin
Most teachers have little control over school policy or curriculum or choice of texts or special placement of students, but most have a great deal… — Tracy Kidder
Perhaps you know some well-off families who do not seem to suffer from their riches. They do not overeat themselves; they find occupations to keep… — George Bernard Shaw

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