Profession Quotes

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Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never advocated it, except as a means… — Ulysses S. Grant
To be a poet is a condition rather than a profession. — Robert Graves
A lot of professions happen to be male-dominated because women drop out at a certain point. It's unfortunate. — Tom Colicchio
I used to go over to Gene Kelly's house and play volleyball, and Paul Newman and Marlon Brando were always there. You kind of took… — Joan Collins
You're in a profession in which absolutely everybody is telling you their opinion, which is different. That's one of the reasons George Lucas never directed… — Francis Ford Coppola
Money isn't a major motivating force in my life. Nor is my profession. There are other things that I care more about than being an… — Kevin Costner
There's a woman I see who's not my therapist, but she's like an old friend who's a therapist in profession. She lets me talk to… — Louis C. K.
Professionalism is not sportsmanship. If you don't succeed, you won't be in your profession for long. In our society, it's not about good or bad.… — Chili Davis
A chair's function is not just to provide a place to sit; it is to provide a medium for self-expression. Chairs are about status, for… — Evan Davis
Acting is a youthful profession. — Kirk Douglas
If you're successful at a young age, no matter the profession, there has to come a time when you reevaluate everything, what it means to… — Kirsten Dunst
From a dramatic viewpoint, there are few professions that grant their members entry into other lives, high among them cops, doctors, clergymen, journalists and prostitutes.… — Roger Ebert
The mobile phone... is a tool for those whose professions require a fast response, such as doctors or plumbers. — Umberto Eco
Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free people and who would preserve what… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Politics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
I feel impelled to speak today in a language that in a sense is new-one which I, who have spent so much of my life… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
The best augury of a man's success in his profession is that he thinks it the finest in the world. — George Eliot
Nowhere has specialization penetrated so deeply into the building professions as North America. — Arthur Erickson
Being an actor means asking people to look at you. I guess I accept that. But it's a profession in which the job is to… — Ralph Fiennes
I'm a capitalist by conviction and profession. I believe the best economic system is one that rewards entrepreneurship and risk-taking, maximizes customer choice, uses markets… — Gary Hamel

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