Profession Quotes

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You can't trust reason. We threw it out of the ad profession long ago and have never missed it. — Frederik Pohl
I often wonder what my life would be like without the use of a library. Throughout my education and career, public and private libraries have… — David Horowitz
A life spent largely among books, and in the exercise of a literary profession, has very obvious drawbacks, as a subject-matter, when one comes to… — Mary Augusta Ward
Against the background of this luminous and sparkling stage Bond stood in the sunshine and felt his mission to be incongruous and remote and his… — Ian Fleming
Such is the prestige of the Nobel Award and of this place where I stand that I am impelled, not to speak like a grateful… — John Steinbeck
My conclusion: Management is the most noble of professions if it's practiced well. No other occupation offers as many ways to help others learn and… — Clayton Christensen
The law and medicine should be very serious professions to undertake, should they not? People's lives and fortunes depend on them. — George Eliot
An anecdote is related of Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper (1621-1683), who, in speaking of religion, said, "People differ in their discourse and profession about these… — Gilbert Burnet
They have no lawyers among them, for they consider them as a sort of people whose profession it is to disguise matters. — Thomas More
Ever judge of men by their professions. For though the bright moment of promising is but a moment, and cannot be prolonged, yet if sincere… — Robert Browning
Nursing is a kind of mania; a fever in the blood; an incurable disease which, once contracted, cannot be got out of the system. If… — Monica Dickens
Man made one grave mistake: in answer to vaguely reformist and humanitarian agitation he admitted women to politics and the professions. The conservatives who saw… — Germaine Greer
Our profession is built on the bedrock of trust - the trust that must inherently exist among Soldiers, and between Soldiers and their leaders to… — Raymond T. Odierno
Hardly any human being is capable of pursuing two professions or two arts rightly. — Plato
There are many in public life who deserve only our praise and admiration. But there are too many who are products of a class that… — Tim Soutphommasane
The military profession, especially is the long-established great powers, is deeply pessimistic about the likelihood that people and countries will behave well under stress. Professional… — Gwynne Dyer
Writing is a funny business. You sit in your room and listen to voices and write everything down. What kind of a profession is that? — William Kittredge
I try and be as stupid as possible regarding my profession, which means I try to look at as few design magazines as possible. — Ettore Sottsass
It is a great profession. There is the fascination of watching a figment of the imagination emerge through the aid of science to a plan… — Herbert Hoover
The great liability of the engineer compared to men of other professions is that his works are out in the open where all can see… — Herbert Hoover

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