Profession Quotes

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I had parents who believed I could do anything - and I know how that made me feel. I think both my parents, having careers… — Reese Witherspoon
I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession. — John Wooden
To depend upon a profession is a less odious form of slavery than to depend upon a father. — Virginia Woolf
There are numerous bugbears in the profession of a politician. First, ordinary life suffers. Second, there are many temptations to ruin you and those around… — Boris Yeltsin
In common with many others in the varied branches of our profession, my academic education is subnormal. — Loretta Young
And, I may add, from what totally unexpected sources come many of those who from the comparatively modest beginning in the chorus rise to the… — Florenz Ziegfeld
Across professions, consistency is a direct product of work ethic. — Harsha Bhogle
Architecture is not a profession for the faint-hearted, the weak-willed, or the short-lived. — Martin Filler
Architecture was the last of the major professions to devise a formal 'cursus honorum' before its practice could be undertaken. — Martin Filler
I had so many professions before. I didn't want to do this particularly. It just happened. — Marjane Satrapi
Yet not for a single moment did I have any doubts about my own integrity and honour as a woman. I knew that my profession… — Nawal El Saadawi
Heroing is one of the shortest-lived professions there is. — Will Rogers
My main reason for adopting literature as a profession was that, as the author is never seen by his clients, he need not dress respectably. — George Bernard Shaw
I have ever hated all nations, professions, and communities, and all my love is toward individuals: for instance, I hate the tribe of lawyers, but… — Jonathan Swift
It was the nature of his profession that his experience with death should be greater than for most and he said that while it was… — Cormac McCarthy
Life is a mission, not a career. A career is a profession, a mission is a cause. A career asks, What's in it for me?… — Sean Covey
My art and profession is to live. — Michel de Montaigne
In the words of the philosopher Sceptum, the founder of my profession: am I going to get paid for this? — Terry Pratchett
There was a moment when I changed from an amateur to a professional. I assumed the burden of a profession, which is to write even… — Agatha Christie
He was a secret agent, and still alive thanks to his exact attention to the detail of his profession. — Ian Fleming

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