Never call an accountant a credit to his profession; a good accountant is a debit to his profession. Votes: 6
Charles LyellI think teaching should be an exalted profession, not a picked-on profession. Votes: 4
Chuck SchumerWhat we make is more important than what we are, particularly if making is our profession. Votes: 4
Dorothy L. SayersDesigning is not a profession but an attitude... Thinking in relationships. Votes: 3
Laszlo Moholy-NagyNot writing is probably the most exhausting profession I've ever encountered. Votes: 3
Fran LebowitzLobbying is a legitimate profession... Many congressional spouses act as lobbyists. Votes: 3
Patricia SchroederProstitutes, more than any other profession, help keep American marriages together. Votes: 3
Brendan BehanI think teaching should be an exalted profession, not a picked-on profession. Votes: 3
Charles SchumerMathematics is a dangerous profession; an appreciable proportion of us go mad. Votes: 3
John Edensor LittlewoodMost doctors are prisoners of their education and shackled by their profession. Votes: 3
Richard DiazConjuring is a profession in which no one errs through excess of modesty. Votes: 3
Jean Eugene Robert-HoudinMedicine would be the ideal profession if it did not involve giving pain. Votes: 3
Samuel Hopkins AdamsThe courage of a soldier is heightened by his knowledge of his profession. Votes: 3
Publius Flavius Vegetius RenatusWhenever I ravel I seek the benefits of this great profession of chiropractic Votes: 3
Doc SeverinsenThe one profession where you can gain great eminence without ever being right. Votes: 3
George MeanyTeaching is not the oldest profession. But it is certainly among the loneliest. Votes: 3
Andy HargreavesIf cybernetics is the science of control, management is the profession of control Votes: 3
Anthony Stafford BeerNever has the theatrical profession been more overcrowded than at the present moment. Votes: 3
Alec-TweedieMy profession?consists of bringing truths nearer to the point where they explode. 396 Votes: 3
Hans Werner HenzePolitics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary. Votes: 3
Robert Louis StevensonArchitecture is not a profession for the faint-hearted, the weak-willed, or the short-lived. Votes: 3
Martin FillerEvery profession bears the responsibility to understand the circumstances that enable its existence. Votes: 3
Robert GutmanIt benefits all artists to help one another - it raises the whole profession. Votes: 3
T. Allen LawsonI'm incredibly lucky that my profession allows me to be where I choose, really. Votes: 3
Cate BlanchettThe brevity of human life gives a melancholy to the profession of the architect. Votes: 3
Ralph Waldo EmersonPolitics in America has become a Jewish profession, just like arts and the law... Votes: 3
Ira FormanPhysics is the only profession in which prophecy is not only accurate but routine. Votes: 3
Neil deGrasse TysonIf you look at Victorian England, being a soldier was considered a noble profession. Votes: 3
Jeff Lindsay[The] noblest of [Arabs] united the love of arms with the profession of merchandise. Votes: 3
Edward GibbonThe profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business. Votes: 3
John SteinbeckI was supposed to choose apractical profession, but this was simply unbearable to me. Votes: 3
Albert EinsteinTeaching is a function, not a profession. Anything with something to offer can teach. Votes: 3
John Taylor GattoThe thing about 'Soft Machine' and me was that I never considered another profession. Votes: 3
Kevin AyersEvery life is a profession of faith, and exercises an inevitable and silent influence. Votes: 3
Henri Frederic AmielMy wife was a licensed psychologist by profession and a college professor of psychology. Votes: 3
Marvin SappIt's all about finding your voice in whatever your profession... it helps your confidence. Votes: 3
Jack BlackIntelligence is called the world's second oldest profession for a reason. Everyone does it. Votes: 3
Fareed ZakariaTeaching, the most noble profession, should be rewarded based on merit alone, not seniority. Votes: 3
Mark KostabiBeing an economist is the least ethical profession, closer to charlatanism than any science. Votes: 3
Nassim Nicholas TalebThe world cannot always understand one's profession of faith, but it can understand service. Votes: 3
Ian MaclarenMedicine, the only profession that labors incessantly to destroy the reason for its existence. Votes: 3
James BryceYou spend so much time in your profession it ought to be something you love. Votes: 3
John H. JohnsonMy parents wanted me to have an honorable profession and not to be a jester. Votes: 3
Philippe PetitThey must have a feeling of do or die. It is such an overcrowded profession. Votes: 3
Louise JamesonOld age is like learning a new profession. And not one of your own choosing. Votes: 3
Jacques BarzunOne of the advantages of my profession is I come into contact with many people. Votes: 3
Gerard DepardieuI'm learning to accept the lack of privacy as the real downer in my profession. Votes: 3
Halle BerryBeing a politician is a poor profession. Being a public servant is a noble one. Votes: 3
Herbert HooverThe profession of the writer has its thorns about which the reader does not dream. Votes: 3
Henryk SienkiewiczWriting is not a genteel profession; it's quite nasty and tough and kind of dirty. Votes: 3
Rosemary MahoneyWriting is not a genteel profession. It's quite nasty and tough and kind of dirty. Votes: 3
Rosemary MahoneyMagic is the only honest profession. A magician promises to deceive you and he does. Votes: 3
Karl GermainThe problem in the church today is not the profession of faith, but it's possession. Votes: 3
R. C. SproulPolitics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one. Votes: 3
Dwight D. EisenhowerNo wedding bells for me anymore. I've been happily married to my profession for years. Votes: 3
Shirley BasseyIt can be a miserable profession, acting, because you always want what you can't have. Votes: 3
Eddie RedmayneAllow your passion to become your purpose, and it will one day become your profession. Votes: 3
Gabrielle BernsteinI'm from a country where acting is taken very seriously; it's a very serious profession. Votes: 3
Malcolm McDowellFlying is the only active profession I would ever continue with enthusiasm after the War. Votes: 3
Wilfred OwenThe Epistle is a correction of profession without life, and most valuable in this respect. Votes: 3
John Nelson DarbyTeachers who don't pull their weight drag down the profession and their colleagues with it. Votes: 3
Andy HargreavesIt's a business you go into because your an egocentric. It's a very embarrassing profession. Votes: 3
Katharine HepburnThe medical profession is - and knows itself to be - endemically conservative and conformist. Votes: 3
Margaret HeffernanWhen asked what profession they like least, most people will give the obvious answer: clowns. Votes: 3
Brian SouthHe picked the wrong profession. Should've stayed a prostitute. He'd have made millions. - Cat Votes: 3
Jeaniene FrostMuch of the profession is empirically bankrupt because it is no longer taught economic history. Votes: 3
Charles P. KindlebergerConjuring is the only absolutely honest profession - the conjuror promises to deceive, and does. Votes: 3
Karl GermainIn the medical profession a horse and carriage are more necessary than any scientific knowledge. Votes: 3
Honore de BalzacMedicine, the only profession that labors incessantly to destroy the reason for its own existence. Votes: 3
James BryceI get bored pretty easily and I don't want to get locked down in one profession. Votes: 3
Adam LambergI am a showman by profession... and all the gilding shall make nothing else of me. Votes: 3
P. T. BarnumIt's a profession in which, the longer you stay, the closer you are to being fired. Votes: 3
Al McGuireA good man will honor him who lives up to his religious profession, whatever it be. Votes: 3
Samuel RichardsonThis isn't just a job. This is a service profession. We uphold the law, babe." Ranger Votes: 3
Janet EvanovichLaw is not a profession at all, but rather a business service station and repair shop. Votes: 3
Adlai E. StevensonAll the world is competent to judge my pictures except those who are of my profession. Votes: 3
William HogarthMeek wifehood is no part of my profession; I am your friend, but never your possession. Votes: 3
Vera BrittainMy mother always said I should have a back-up profession if the acting doesn't work out. Votes: 3
Gina BellmanI'm always really excited to try something new in my profession that I haven't done yet. Votes: 3
Lea ThompsonMeek wifehood is no part of my profession; / I am your friend, but never your possession. Votes: 3
Vera BrittainWriting is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money. Votes: 3
Jules RenardI love writing and do not know why it is considered such a difficult, agonizing profession. Votes: 3
Caroline B. CooneyIt will help erase the idea that politics is a second-rate profession and a dirty business. Votes: 3
Robert KennedyIf you want a bourgeois existence, you shouldn't be an actor. You're in the wrong profession. Votes: 3
Uta HagenSitcoms are usually given short shrift by the acting profession, but it's quite an amazing job. Votes: 3
Lea ThompsonSales professional is a profession deals with people, it's a people business not a selling job. Votes: 3
Sivaprakash SidhuTo me, the coaching profession is one of the noblest and most far-reaching in building manhood. Votes: 3
Amos Alonzo StaggThe higher the standard of education in a profession, the less marked will be the charlatanism. Votes: 3
William OslerThe cool thing about my profession is that I can do it until the day I die. Votes: 3
Candace CameronI walk on the wire; it's my profession, and there are no two high wire walks alike. Votes: 3
Philippe PetitI do this profession. I'm an actor. And it is, for me, an opportunity to meet people. Votes: 3
Gerard DepardieuMy profession is about as far away from growing up in southern Illinois as you can get. Votes: 3
Laurie MetcalfIf I had wanted only to make lots of money, I would have chosen a different profession. Votes: 3
Peter StammEvery Man owes some of his time to the upbuilding of the profession to which he belongs. Votes: 3
Theodore RooseveltFor me photography has been a profession, an avocation. Now it has become a way of life. Votes: 3
Wynn BullockOur profession is very much like going to a cocktail party, you check out the guest list. Votes: 3
Robert StackBasically, I would be happy with any profession where I got to be creative and make things. Votes: 3
Christopher PaoliniWriting seems to be the only profession people imagine you can do by thinking about doing it. Votes: 3
Anna QuindlenMoney lending is a horrible profession. If we are to call it otherwise it is lawful plundering. Votes: 3
Periyar E.V. RamasamyTo my father, business was the highest calling, but to my mother, medicine was the top profession. Votes: 3
William Standish KnowlesPeople who call themselves actors and can't ever get work; they do need to get another profession. Votes: 3
EstelleEach generation of pilots hopes that they will leave their profession better off than they found it. Votes: 3
Chesley SullenbergerIt took me a few years to realize I might want to get into acting as a profession. Votes: 3
Bill FagerbakkeSport is the only profession I know of that when you retire you have to go to work. Votes: 3
Earl MonroeTo depend upon a profession is a less odious form of slavery than to depend upon a father. Votes: 3
Virginia WoolfIt is a great deal of difference to receive an honorary title or a title in his profession. Votes: 3
Leon AskinIt is a great good fortune, as Stendhal said, for one "to have his passion as a profession. Votes: 3
Maurice Merleau-PontyI guess I am a rapper. It's weird to be called that, or tell someone that's your profession. Votes: 3
Action BronsonThis profession has fed me creatively and allowed me to have a home life and a private life. Votes: 3
Julia BarrTo me, lawyering is the height of service - and being involved in this profession is a gift. Votes: 3
Sonia SotomayorIn the United States, politics is a profession, whereas in Europe it is a right and a duty . Votes: 3
Umberto EcoI just can't tell you what fun I've had being a member of the world's second oldest profession. Votes: 3
Christopher PlummerI do love writing but it is a lonely profession. You're lonely and optimistic at the same time. Votes: 3
Drew GoddardI'm not a politician by profession. I am a citizen who decided I had to be personally involved. Votes: 3
Ronald ReaganGolf is my real profession. Entertainment is just a sideline. I tell jokes to pay my greens fees. Votes: 3
Bob HopeAll a singer needs is voice and expression anything else you have is an asset to your profession. Votes: 3
Maxine PowellI would say only be an actress if you genuinely feel the calling, because it's a tough profession. Votes: 3
Naomie HarrisIm a shy person. I contradict my own profession, because Im an introvert in a very glamorous world. Votes: 3
Deepika PadukoneIt might seem paradoxical given my profession, but I'm not someone who likes to be in the limelight. Votes: 3
Audrey TautouBy profession I am a Soldier & take pride in that fact, but I am prouder to be a father. Votes: 3
Douglas MacArthurWriting on your own is, in a way, a very lonely profession. There's no one there to help you. Votes: 3
Lincoln ChildOne is a member of a country, a profession, a civilization, a religion. One is not just a man. Votes: 3
Antoine de Saint-ExuperyYou can't trust reason. We threw it out of the ad profession long ago and have never missed it. Votes: 3
Frederik PohlI never thought I would live long enough to see the legal profession change to the extent it has. Votes: 3
Constance Baker MotleyFrom that moment on I knew my profession in life was and has remained until today an actor's life. Votes: 3
Leon AskinOur words and our works are evidence that our profession of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is true. Votes: 3
Alistair BeggI came home after a year and although my profession was only hairdressing, I knew I could change it. Votes: 3
Vidal SassoonTo me designing has never been a job or profession. It's a way of life, like a priest or rabbi. Votes: 3
Ed BenguiatThe best augury of a man's success in his profession is that he thinks it the finest in the world. Votes: 3
George EliotWe have indeed at the moment little cause for pride: as a profession we have made a mess of things. Votes: 3
Friedrich August von HayekThe training of children is a profession, where we must know how to waste time in order to save it. Votes: 3
Jean-Jacques RousseauHistory will die if not irritated. The only service I can do to my profession is to serve as a flea. Votes: 3
Henry AdamsSitcoms are usually given short shrift by the acting profession, but it's quite an amazing job. Votes: 4 Lea Thompson
You get one life. And if you make the mistake of choosing a profession that doesn't enrich anybody but you, you wont even live that one Votes: 3 Umair Haque
If you didn't join for the girls, choose another profession. Votes: 1 Tom Conti
The mobile phone... is a tool for those whose professions require a fast response, such as doctors or plumbers. Votes: 1 Umberto Eco
The profession of the writer has its thorns about which the reader does not dream. Votes: 1 Henryk Sienkiewicz
I suspect there isn't an actor alive who was able to truthfully answer his family's questions after his first day's activity in his future profession. Votes: 3 Simone Signoret
We don't have enough people going into those fields and there is a high burnout rate in some health care professions, so it is very important that we get more people into the pipeline right now. Votes: 5 Dave Obey
To the best of my knowledge, every acute inpatient ward offers some inpatient group therapy experience. Indeed, the evidence supporting the efficacy of group therapy, and the prevailing sentiment of the mental health profession, are sufficiently strong that it would be difficult to defend the adequacy of the inpatient unit that attempted to operate without a small group program. Votes: 3 Irvin D. Yalom
If you love helping people, and you love trying to bring comfort and peace to their life at a very, very difficult time, you're going to have to look pretty hard to find a profession that gives you more opportunities than the funeral business. Votes: 2 Steve Southerland
I never thought I would live long enough to see the legal profession change to the extent it has. Votes: 3 Constance Baker Motley
Of course, the medical profession doesn't like D.I.Y. anything. Votes: 3 Eric Topol
Medicine, the only profession that labors incessantly to destroy the reason for its existence. Votes: 1 James Bryce
I feel impelled to speak today in a language that in a sense is new-one which I, who have spent so much of my life in the military profession, would have preferred never to use. That new language is the language of atomic warfare. Votes: 3 Dwight D. Eisenhower
Filming this drama made me realise how noble the nursing profession really is -- from the selfless dedication to the care and love for patients. Let me take this opportunity to pay tribute to all the great nurses out there! Votes: 3 Rebecca Lim
I think I started out just loving the attention. But that's changed into a real love and passion for my profession. Acting has never lost that challenge and excitement for me. Votes: 1 Jane Badler
I think I started out just loving the attention. But that's changed into a real love and passion for my profession. Acting has never lost that challenge and excitement for me. Votes: 1 Jane Badler
Business ethics has always had problems that are distinct from those of other professions, such as medicine, law, engineering, dentistry, or nursing. Votes: 1 Peter Singer
I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession. Votes: 1 John Wooden
The government should now launch an initiative to encourage people to join the social work profession. Votes: 3 Andy Sawford
Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as a good teacher, that will be the biggest honour for me. Votes: 2 A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
I think there is a sort of box-ticking mentality. Not just in the teaching profession. You hear about it in medicine and nursing. It's a lawyer-driven insistence on meeting prescribed standards rather than just being a good doctor. Votes: 1 Richard Dawkins