Profession Quotes

Politics I supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first. (Ronald Reagan)
Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary. View quote
Robert Louis Stevenson
The best augury of a man's success in his profession is that he thinks it the finest in the world. View quote
George Eliot
People of genius do not excel in any profession because they work in it, they work in it because they excel. View quote
William Hazlitt
The price one pays for pursuing any profession, or calling, is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side. View quote
James Baldwin
Meek wifehood is no part of my profession; I am your friend, but never your possession. View quote
Vera Brittain
The world judge of men by their ability in their profession, and we judge of ourselves by the same test: for it is on that on which our success in life depends. View quote
William Hazlitt
To be a poet is a condition, not a profession. View quote
Robert Frost
We have not lost faith, but we have transferred it from God to the medical profession. View quote
George Bernard Shaw
To be a poet is a condition rather than a profession. View quote
Robert Graves
It is clear that thought is not free if the profession of certain opinions makes it impossible to earn a living. (Bertrand Russell)
There are numerous bugbears in the profession of a politician. First, ordinary life suffers. Second, there are many temptations to ruin you and those around you. And I suppose third, and this is rarely discussed, people at the top generally have no friends. View quote
Boris Yeltsin
Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never advocated it, except as a means of peace. View quote
Ulysses S. Grant
I'll be damned if I am not getting tired of this. It seems to be the profession of a President simply to hear other people talk. View quote
William Howard Taft
The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business. View quote
John Steinbeck
Such is the prestige of the Nobel award and of this place where I stand that I am impelled, not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pride in my profession and in the great and good men who have practiced it through the ages. View quote
John Steinbeck
Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go so much further than people with vastly superior talent. View quote
Sophia Loren
Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children. View quote
Dan Quayle
What a beautiful art, but what a wretched profession. View quote
Georges Bizet
To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance. View quote
Eric Hoffer
Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book. (Ronald Reagan)
Stardom isn't a profession, it's an accident. View quote
Lauren Bacall
We mustn't complain too much of being comedians -- it's an honorable profession. If only we could be good ones the world might gain at least a sense of style. We have failed -- that's all. We are bad comedians, we aren't bad men. View quote
Graham Greene
Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness. View quote
Georges Simenon
I see myself more as an ambassador of the game. And I hope to bring chess to a higher level in the United States. Making bigger tournaments, more interesting events. Making it a respectable profession for young people to be able to pursue in the future. View quote
Maurice Ashley