Politics, as a practise, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.
There are very few professions in which people just sit down and think hard for five or six hours a day all by themselves. Of course it's why you want to become a writer — because you have the liberty to do that, but once you have the liberty you also have the obligation to do it.
Professions of humility are the very cream, the very essence of pride; the really humble person wishes to be, and not to appear so. Humility is timorous, and starts at her shadow; and so delicate that if she hears her name pronounced it endangers her existence.
Heroing is one of the shortest-lived professions there is.
Art and relligion are not professions: they are not occupations for which men can be paid. The artist and the saint do what they have to do, not to make a living, but in obedience to some mysterious necessity. They do not product to live - they live to produce.
Writing must certainly be one of the hardest professions - writing and painting.
Being creative isn't confined to a specific set of professions -- everyone can and should be innovative.
It would be bypassing the issue to say that the artist's business is to work with this and that material or manipulate the findings of perceptual psychology, and that the rest should be left to other professions.
For of all gainful professions, nothing is better, nothing more pleasing, nothing more delightful, nothing better becomes a well-bred man than # agriculture
All professions are. . . filled with demands.
Profound responsibilities come with teaching and coaching. You can do so much good–or harm. It’s why I believe that next to parenting, teaching and coaching are the two most important professions in the world.
As an actor, you get to live out many professions. I just want to continue to evolve. My one goal in this business is just longevity and respect, and that's something I'll always have to work toward.
Human nature is the same in all professions.
If architecture is going to nudge, cajole, and inspire a community to challenge the status quo into making responsible changes, it will take the subversive leadership of academics and practitioners who keep reminding students of the profession’s responsibilities.
While I reiterate the professions of my dependence upon Heaven. . . I will observe that. . . no man who is profligate in his morals. . . can possibly be a true Christian.
All men love peace in their armchairs after dinner; but they disbelieve the other nations's professions, rightly measuring its sincerity by their own.
As for Doing-good, that is one of the professions which are full.
Anytime you write about priests or cops, they're hot-button professions.
I had so many professions before. I didn't want to do this particularly. It just happened.
What is a woman? I assure you, I do not know. . . I do not believe that anybody can know until she has expressed herself in all the arts and professions open to human skill.
