Quotes About Profession

It is not right for painters to think that painting is like prostitution, that 'first you do it for love, then you do it for others, and finally you do it for money.

I never saw a lawyer yet who would admit he was making money.

What you do for money you do badly.

There are seven natural openings in the head and body. A lawyer is the only human being with eight. The extra one is a slot to store money in, should his bank be unable to hold all of it.

I will paint for money any time.

My Vegas act is how I make my money.

When a doctor refuses money, even the most ethical ones, you usually start driving a good bargain with the undertaker.

The financial value put on the job of the writer and the misconceptions around that make it extremely difficult to enter the profession.

I love architecture, but I learned early on that architects just don't make a lot of money.

I have three older brothers, and each one of them has chosen one of my parents' education. Two of them are actors, and the third is a doctor as my mother is.

My father was a construction engineer, and my mother was a production engineer.

My mother turned into a professional widow. She couldnt understand why I wanted to be an engineer; she thought I should be a chicken farmer.

It's the job that I take most seriously in my life and I think it's the hardest job.

My mother is an office manager, my father a professor of economics and financial planner.

My father was a dentist. And my mother was a - do we still say "housewife"? A home engineer.

My mother works in a bank, and my dad is the head of my management team and also works in finance.

Life is a mission, not a career. A career is a profession, a mission is a cause. A career asks, What's in it for me? A mission asks, How can I make a difference?

He that hath a calling, hath an office of profit and honor.

I always say if you've seen good acting on television, those actors are really good. Because there's just not enough time. You don't have any preparation.

I can't work in a sewer. I come from California.

Music, of course, is what I hear and something that I more or less live by. It's not an occupation or profession, it's a compulsion.

Ah, music! What a beautiful art! But what a wretched profession!

The profession of music is lacking in horse sense, not only because the commonplace variety of horse is absent from its operations, but because parts of the horse are noticeably present.

Miles got a mystique about him-plus he's at the top of his profession. And he's got way, way, way more money.