Profession Quotes (218 quotes)

Picture of quotation author Ami Bera
„Patient autonomy is paramount to the oath that we take when we enter the profession of medicine. That is why I am appalled when the federal government gets between my patients and their right to the full range of medical information and complete access to health care.“
― Ami Bera ―
Picture of quotation author Amy Poehler
„It's not communism, it's shouldn't be that everybody gets a try no matter how good or bad they are. It's our profession and our art, so we should eventually strive to be working with the best people.“
― Amy Poehler ―
Picture of quotation author Louise Jameson
„They must have a feeling of do or die. It is such an overcrowded profession.“
― Louise Jameson ―
Picture of quotation author John Nelson Darby
„The Epistle is a correction of profession without life, and most valuable in this respect.“
Picture of quotation author John O. Brennan
„While the intelligence profession oftentimes demands secrecy, it is critically important that there be a full and open discourse on intelligence matters with the appropriate elected representatives of the American people.“
― John O. Brennan ―
Picture of quotation author Sarah Sutton
„There's lots of interesting jobs in the profession besides acting, and I like to try and keep an eye on and understand other people's jobs, rather than just my own.“
― Sarah Sutton ―
Picture of quotation author Randeep Hooda
„My mom often tells me to get married, but she gets it now that I don't want to. Like any other mom, she is worried, but she also understands the demands of my profession. I am blessed to have a family like this.“
― Randeep Hooda ―
Picture of quotation author James Blunt
„If you have good songs and a real desire to make music, the next thing to do, instead of approach record companies, is to get yourself a really good manager because then it allows you to focus on your profession of being a musician. Then they can focus on the darker art of the record label and the music industry.“
― James Blunt ―
Picture of quotation author Vera Farmiga
„There are some times when I think acting can be a noble profession. And when those rare roles come along, like 'Down to the Bone,' you have the opportunity to be of service.“
― Vera Farmiga ―
Picture of quotation author Ronald Reagan
„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 ―
Picture of quotation author William Howard Taft
„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.“
Picture of quotation author D. B. Weiss
„Writing can be a very isolating profession. By its very nature, you spend a lot of your time barricaded in your house or office, typing on your own.“
― D. B. Weiss ―
Picture of quotation author Michelle Pfeiffer
„Acting's an odd profession for a young person; it's so extreme. You work, and the conditions are tough and the process is so immersive, and then it stops, and then there's nothing. So you have to find ways of making you feel productive when you're not actually producing anything. For a young person, that's really challenging.“
Picture of quotation author William Hazlitt
„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.“
― William Hazlitt ―
Picture of quotation author Terry Pratchett
„It seems sensible to me that we should look to the medical profession, that over the centuries has helped us to live longer and healthier lives, to help us die peacefully among our loved ones in our own home without a long stay in God's waiting room.“
― Terry Pratchett ―
Picture of quotation author Michael Tilson Thomas
„Being a conductor is kind of a hybrid profession because most fundamentally, it is being someone who is a coach, a trainer, an editor, a director.“
Picture of quotation author Louis Gossett, Jr.
„I was always told that I'd have to do a movie with a white guy in order to get the money. That's the way it was. That made me feel that I should have chosen some other profession, so I could have gotten my just deserts.“
Picture of quotation author Rem Koolhaas
„Architecture is a rare collective profession: it's always exercised by groups. There is an essential modesty, which is a complete contradiction to the notion of a star.“
― Rem Koolhaas ―
Picture of quotation author Helen Mirren
„When I came into the acting profession, it was quite hierarchical. You didn't sit at the same table as the leading actor. Sir Laurence Olivier, Sir John Gielgud... these were very, very intimidating and powerful people.“
― Helen Mirren ―
Picture of quotation author Christian Louboutin
„I wanted to be a shoe designer, but I never thought it could be a profession. But what was the alternative? Doctor? Too dirty! Air-hostess? Maybe not! Then someone gave me a book on Roger Vivier, and, cheri, instantly I knew that was it!“

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