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Profession Quotes by Oscar Wilde
- Learned conversation is either the affectation of the ignorant or the profession of the mentally unemployed.
- There is something tragic about the enormous number of young men there are in England at the present moment who start life with perfect profiles,…
- Unless one is wealthy there is no use in being a charming fellow. Romance is the privilege of the rich, not the profession of the…
- But beauty, real beauty, ends where an intellectual expression begins. Intellect is in itself a mode of exaggeration, and destroys the harmony of any face.…
- Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one to take sides. We live in the age of the…
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- To those who have chosen the profession of medicine, a knowledge of chemistry, and of some branches of natural history, and, indeed,… — Charles Babbage
- Stardom isn't a profession, it's an accident. — Lauren Bacall
- Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith. — Lord Acton
- The price one pays for pursuing any profession, or calling, is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side. — James A. Baldwin
- Politics, as a practise, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds. — Henry Adams
- No wedding bells for me anymore. I've been happily married to my profession for years. — Shirley Bassey
- To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice. — Henry Ward Beecher
- I think one of the greatest joys I have now in my career and in my profession is to be playing at… — Andre Agassi
- I wasn't funny as a kid. I remember enjoying comedians, but I never understood it was a job choice or a profession. — Elayne Boosler
- The cooking profession, while it's a noble craft and a noble calling, 'cause you're doing something useful - you're feeding people, you're… — Anthony Bourdain
- It is unrealistic to expect an entire profession to be completely good. There are bound to be some individuals who are stressed,… — Jo Brand