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Profession Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- He decided to give up his large ambition of knowledge and action for any narrow craft or profession, aiming at a much more comprehensive calling,…
- He walks abreast with his days and feels no shame in not 'studying a profession', for he does not postpone his life, but lives already.…
- We must hold a man amenable to reason for the choice of his daily craft or profession. It is not an excuse any longer for…
- I have sometimes thought that, in order to be a good minister, it was necessary to leave the ministry. The profession is antiquated. In an…
- The brevity of human life gives a melancholy to the profession of the architect.
- Every industrious man, in every lawful calling, is a useful man. And one principal reason why men are so often useless is that they neglect…
More Profession Quotes
- Murder is commoner among cooks than among members of any other profession. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- 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