Quotes About Profession

Of all mechanics, of all servile handycrafts-men, a gamester is the vilest. But yet, as many of the quality are of the profession, he is admitted amongst the politest company.

Literature is the most noble of professions. In fact, it is about the only one fit for a man.

Physicians are in general the most amiable companions and the best friends, as well as the most learned men I know.

I would recommend all men in choosing a profession to avoid any that may require an apology at every turn; either an apology or else a somewhat violent assertion of right.

I don't think of being a woman in an industry of men. I didn't walk into the kitchen and go, 'Ooh, I'm a girl!' I didn't get into my chosen profession. I wanted to be good at something.

I don't think in business it matters whether you're a man or a woman if you can do your job and have a brain.

I find what I do for a living really funny. I mean, acting is kind of a hilarious thing for a grown man to call a job.

Apologists for the profession contend that lawyers are as honest as other men, but this is not very encouraging.

Every man is a revolutionist concerning the thing he understands. For example, every person who has mastered a profession is a skeptic concerning it, and consequently a revolutionist.

Taking all the round of professions and occupations, you will find that every man is the worse for being poor; and the doctor is a specially dangerous man when poor.

It is in the hour of trial that a man finds his true profession.

Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.

Let a man practise the profession he best knows. [Lat., Quam quisque novit artem, in hac se exerceat.]

When we see a man with bad shoes, we say it is no wonder, if he is a shoemaker.

If I was a locksmith, I'd be pimping that out man. I'll trade you a free key duplication for. That joke made me laugh before I could finish it, which is good, because it had no ending.

Dad is in commercial real estate. Mom is a writer and a retired teacher.

Money lending is a horrible profession. If we are to call it otherwise it is lawful plundering.

Never call an accountant a credit to his profession; a good accountant is a debit to his profession.

Money management has been a profession involving a lot of fakery - people saying they can beat the market, and they really can't.

As a novelist, I tell stories and people give me money. Then financial planners tell me stories and I give them money.

I find medicine is the best of all trades because whether you do any good or not you still. Get your money.

My job is writing. I get paid to do it. When was the last time you heard someone challenge a doctor for making money off of cancer?

If you're good at something, never do it for free.

Our profession is good, if practiced in the spirit of it; it is damnable fraud and iniquity when its true spirit is supplied by a spirit of mischief-making and money catching.