Professions Quotes

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As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it may seem,… — Henry David Thoreau
Programmers are in the enviable position of not only getting to do what they want to, but because the end result is so important they… — Linus Torvalds
Sports, entertainment and aviation are three of the most exciting professions in the world; you are dealing with the same magnitude. — John Travolta
Across professions, consistency is a direct product of work ethic. — Harsha Bhogle
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
Heroing is one of the shortest-lived professions there is. — Will Rogers
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
I think it must be apparent to every thinking mind that the noblest of all professions is that of teaching, and that upon the effectiveness… — David O. McKay
Nice dress you're almost wearing. You ever think about changing professions?" -Ranger — Janet Evanovich
The noblest calling in the world is motherhood. True motherhood is the most beautiful of all arts, the greatest of all professions. She who can… — David O. McKay
I testify that no one of us is less treasured or cherished of God than another. I testify that He loves each of usâ€”insecurities, anxieties,… — Jeffrey R. Holland
There are very few professions in which people just sit down and think hard for five or six hours a day all by themselves. Of… — Tobias Wolff
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.… — Oscar Wilde
Human nature is the same in all professions. — Laurence Sterne
The world loves to be amused by hollow professions, to be deceived by flattering appearances, to live in a state of hallucination; and can forgive… — William Hazlitt
Once more September marveled that even the Dodo knew what she wanted to be when she was grown. She simply could not think what she… — Catherynne M. Valente
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… — Oscar Wilde
Professions of humility are the very cream, the very essence of pride; the really humble person wishes to be, and not to appear so. Humility… — Saint Francis de Sales
The liberal professions, and in a wider sense the well-to-do classes, are certainly those with the liveliest taste for knowledge and the most active intellectual… — Emile Durkheim

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