Quotes About Profession

And lawyers are just like doctors. Whatever one says, the other says just the opposite. But they all take money and give advice. Each of them, different advice.

About magistrates he said: "To do that kind of job you must be mentally disturbed. If they do that kind of job is because they are anthropologically different from the other human beings"

War was simply a slaughterhouse on wheels, he thought. For most men, soldiering was tragedy expressed as a profession.

A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect.

My dad, Donald, was a vet and had a practice in Yorkshire. Cats and dogs were his bread and butter, but his greatest love was large animals.

I love writing and do not know why it is considered such a difficult, agonizing profession.

My children have become popular, and they show a tremendous love for the public. They're professionals.

I wanted to be a lawyer. I love that job; I dont know why.

I fell in love with traveling and thought being a photographer would be an interesting way to travel and make a living.

I love acting, and doing it well matters to me.

I'm an actor. I love to act. That's my job. I'll leave the politicking to others.

Nous autres banquiers nous sommes un peu comme les prêtres, Monseigneur. Vous confessez les âmes ; nous confessons les bourses, et sommes nous aussi tenus au secret.

Find something you like to do, and do it so well that people pay you to do it.

It is clear that thought is not free if the profession of certain opinions makes it impossible to earn a living. It is clear also that thought is not free if all the arguments on one side of a controversy are perpetually presented as attractively as possible, while the arguments on the other side can only be discovered by diligent search.

It is clear that thought is not free if the profession of certain opinions makes it impossible to earn a living. It is clear also that thought is not free if all the arguments on one side of a controversy are perpetually presented as attractively as possible, while the arguments on the other side can only be discovered by diligent search. Both these obstacles exist in every large country known to me, except China, which is the last refuge of freedom.

In England, under the Blasphemy Laws, it is illegal to express disbelief in the Christian religion, though in practice the law is not set in motion against the well-to-do. It is also illegal to teach what Christ taught on the subject of non-resistance. Therefore, whoever wishes to avoid becoming a criminal must profess to agree with Christ's teaching, but must avoid saying what that teaching was.

I think there's just too much comedy. Sometimes I get requests from people: 'How do I get into comedy?' And I always say that what we need is more people in health care. And less people in comedy.

Most of us have jobs that require some handling of other peoples' feelings and our own, and in that sense, we are all partly flight attendants.

I am part of an age-old profession of musicianship. I believe these times require grounding, real-ness and fun. Let's do it. Whatever happens is all good.

I just never did buy this idea that you have to live in Los Angeles to be an actor. I didn't see that as a requirement in my job description.

Teaching has always been a poorly paid profession, particularly considering its educational requirements and responsibilities.

Music is not a profession. Music is a way of life - one that requires much professionalism.

If you're going to play a prostitute, you can't be too squeamish about that sort of thing. It's just part of the job, since the role requires it.

As the lawyer, I found most of it was a matter of research, which I was great at - that's what I did to death - and then basically persuading people that you're right, and they're wrong... I found that the easiest of all the professions to impersonate.