Profession Quotes

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I talk about acting to students making the transition from high school to UCLA. Kids going into this profession really need to know the reality… — Loni Anderson
The essential function of the (design) profession in our society is to enhance and cultivate communications toward: Easier understanding of ideas and complex problems, in… — Will Burtin
A man who wishes to make a profession of goodness in everything must necessarily come to grief among so many who are not good. Therefore,… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Teaching is one of the noblest of professions. It requires an adequate preparation and training, patience, devotion, and a deep sense of responsibility. Those who… — Calvin Coolidge
There is no nobler profession, nor no greater calling, than to be among those unheralded many who gave and give their lives to the preservation… — Laurence Overmire
I think becoming an actor because it's a ridiculously insecure profession to go into. I feel very comfortable but very lucky. I think any time… — Hugh Dancy
The stronger that women grow, the more prestige, fame, and money is accorded to the display professions: They are held higher and higher above the… — Naomi Wolf
Soccer and cricket were my main sports growing up. I had trials as a soccer player with a few clubs interested, Crystal Palace being one,… — Ian Botham
Accuracy means something to me. It's vital to my sense of values. I've learned not to trust people who are inaccurate. Every aviator knows that… — Charles Lindbergh
When it becomes a part of every man's thinking that a single thought can change the polarity of our entire body toward either life or… — Walter Russell
Advertising, an art, is constantly besieged and compromised by logicians and technocrats, the scientists of our profession who wildly miss the main point about everything… — George Lois
The profession of film director can and should be such a high and precious one; that no man aspiring to it can disregard any knowledge… — Sergei Eisenstein
I thrive on challenges, and there is no more imposing challenge for someone in my profession than winning an NBA title. — Phil Jackson
Meek wifehood is no part of my profession; / I am your friend, but never your possession. — Vera Brittain
I am not one of those who believe that a great standing army is the means of maintaining peace, because if you build up a… — Woodrow Wilson
By no means. I have just given you my serious and well-considered profession of faith. Although a firm friend of order, I am (in the… — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
A woman is handicapped by her sex, and handicaps society, either by slavishly copying the pattern of man's advance in the professions, or by refusing… — Betty Friedan
Feminism as a movement for political and social equity is important, but feminism as an academic clique committed to eccentric doctrines about human nature is… — Steven Pinker
The specific disease doctrine is the grand refuge of weak, uncultured, unstable minds, such as now rule in the medical profession. There are no specific… — Florence Nightingale
Ballet is not just my profession, it is my life ... It is horrible for me to think that one day it will all finish. — Svetlana Zakharova

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