Career Quote by Leonard Cohen

I always thought that poetry is the verdict that others give to a certain kind of writing. So to call yourself a poet is…

— Leonard Cohen

Poetry is a verdict rather than an intention.

— Leonard Cohen

I think the term poet is a very exalted term and should be applied to a man at the end of his work. When…

— Leonard Cohen

When I land in a country and they ask for 'occupation,' I always just put 'artist.' I think that covers all of it.

— Viggo Mortensen

The problem is not the occupation, but how people deal with it.

— Bashar al-Assad

Writing is a creatively rewarding occupation but for me very time consuming.

— Holly Johnson

To the distracting occupations belong especially my lecture courses which I am holding this winter for the first time, and which now cost much…

— Carl Friedrich Gauss

You do research into specific occupations of the character, with specific behaviorisms that their daily life might give them. You do as much research…

— Guy Burnet

Most readers, then and now, have at some time experienced the humiliation of being told that their occupation is reprehensible.

— Alberto Manguel

In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.

— Voltaire

I'm going to be specific so you can render your verdict. Let's go to North Africa, she was the chief engineer of the disastrous…

— Chris Christie

In every relationship, sooner or later, there is a court scene. Accusations, counter-accusations, a trial, a verdict.

— Anais Nin