Noble Quote by Jean Froissart

Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul…

— James Joyce

You have to fight against being an antique

— Burt Lancaster

You I am sure will forgive me for sincerely remarking that you might curb your magnanimity and be more of an artist, and 'load…

— Bob Dylan

I want nothing new, if I can have but a tithe of the old secured to me. I will spurn all wealth beside. Think…

— Henry David Thoreau

A lot of the jobs I had revolved around metal fabrication and creating and building and maintaining equipment.

— Mike Schultz

I always felt there was some kind of nobility centered in my desire and passion for what I do.

— Richie Sambora

I went to a job and sat down as a proper apprentice, learning how to make jewelry. It involved a lot of remodeling and…

— Laurence Graff

As a younger man I wrote for eight years without ever earning a nickel which is a long apprenticeship, but in that time I…

— James A. Michener

It's been a long time since I've written old-fashioned sword and sorcery; I'm hoping it's like riding a bicycle.

— Lynn Abbey

The men who have furnished me with my greatest inspiration have not been men of wealth, but men of deeds.

— James Cash Penney

So, after school, I needed to learn a trade and started to work as a tailor.

— Desmond Dekker

There's been this steady metamorphosis from just surviving to being a craftsman and, ultimately, the hope is to be an artist in what you…

— R.A. Dickey