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Quotes About Profession

A job is a job. And I like to work.
~ Brent Spiner
I'm in love with my work
~ Charice Pempengco
I had the privilege of being able to choose, or at least have the opportunity to work at, being anything but an actor.
~ Benedict Cumberbatch
Lawyers work hard and, like us, they're human, many of them.
~ Dick Cavett
Inevitably we start by thinking that if our work is any good, we'll get money. It's as we would if you started up a business or if you work in another profession.
~ Alice Mattison
I have a lot of optimism about new doctors because I think it's really clear that it's a lot of hard work and no guarantee of a lot of money.
~ Anna Deavere Smith
I took my work seriously, but not as a craft. More as a life.
~ Brooke Shields
Everybody understands that acting is a really difficult job. It's hard work. You've got to get dressed up, you've got to hang around with beautiful women. It's difficult. It's a problem.
~ Bruce Willis
I get paid to work; I don't pay to work.
~ Carmen Kass
My younger brother is an architect, my son and his wife are both architects, they work for me, and so I guess I've started a dynasty.
~ Unknown
My brother is an agent, so he is in the business. Is he my agent? No, no, no. That would never work.
~ Christian Cooke
My work is just a hobby. No, I wouldn't want to do it professionally. It's too hard. Deadlines are no fun. But I can sit and tweak all night and not worry about time.
~ Dick Van Dyke
I was so happy I didn't have to work that night. That was the truth, because show business is about the hardest profession in the world.
~ Elaine Stritch
People who call themselves actors and can't ever get work; they do need to get another profession.
~ Estelle
I'm an actress, and that's my work and my passion.
~ Unknown
The people that know the industry better than anybody are the people who work in the industry.
~ Hillary Clinton
I love to see actors' work. I love to surf channels late at night and accidentally run into movies I hadn't seen before. It makes me very proud of the profession.
~ James Earl Jones
As an actor, you get to live out many professions. I just want to continue to evolve. My one goal in this business is just longevity and respect, and that's something I'll always have to work toward.
~ Jerry Ferrara
Whether you work in news, sport, politics, whatever, it's exactly the same; a story is a story, is a story. I consider myself first and foremost a journalist.
~ Jill Douglas
I don't know how anyone can work on people's mouths all day long. That disgusts me. I'd rather work on the other end than work on mouths.
~ Unknown
In our personal lives, we have a lot of businesses going on. I have a profession, I'm a father, a spouse, a good member of my community. How much of my time and energy can I allocate to each of those things? What I allocate becomes the strategy I have for my family, and everything else.
~ Clayton M. Christensen
Reduce the number of lawyers. They are like beavers - they get in the middle of the stream and dam it up.
~ Donald Rumsfeld
I lived in fear that other engineers would stop me in the street and ask me a math question, and I wouldn't know the answer.
~ Gurjeet Singh
People recognize me once in a while and appreciate the work. It gets a little embarrassing, but it's good. If you work as an accountant, you don't have people coming up to you in the streets saying, 'Hey, great job on tax statements!'
~ Kevin Nealon