Professions Quotes

Each and every one of us was created to carry out justice, judgment, truth and equity on the earth. It could be in different spheres of life, in various professions or in diverse gifting. But the mandate is clear, his nature must be reflected on the earth. If he is a God of justice, people must see his justice on earth. If he is a God of sound judgment, that sound mind must be revealed in people who identify themselves with him on daily basis. If God is truth, that truth must reign supreme on the earth even as he reigns over the universe. If fairness, impartiality, equity, are his essence, that should become dominant in any society

~ Sunday Adelaja

Once more September marveled that even the Dodo knew what she wanted to be when she was grown. She simply could not think what she herself might do. September expected that destinies, which is how she thought of professions, simply landed upon one like a crown, and ever after no one questioned or fretted over it, being sure of one’s own use in the world. It was only that somehow her crown had not yet appeared. She did hope it would hurry up.

~ Catherynne M. Valente

And I envied her that she had chosen her work herself and was doing what she wanted to do. I don't suppose I had any idea what I 'wanted' and so I was chosen, not choosing. There's glory and honor in being chosen. But not much room for free will.

~ Elizabeth Wein

Each and every one of us was created to carry out justice, judgment, truth and equity on the earth. It could be in different spheres of life, in various professions or in diverse gifting

~ Sunday Adelaja

After all, choosing a profession is extremely challenging – it is likely thehardest thing one has to do in the period of reaching maturity.

~ Eraldo Banovac

Don't be too enthusiastic when choosing a profession – think of earningfor life too.

~ Eraldo Banovac

Too bad all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair.

~ George Burns

Every morning I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there I go to work.

~ Robert Orben

Managing is getting paid for home runs someone else hits.

~ Casey Stengel

Most of the men sitting in first class on an airplane have really boring jobs.

~ Rita Rudner

My brother-in-law had to give up his last job because of illness. His boss became sick of him.

~ Henny Youngman

Vice president: That's the title given to a corporate manager instead of a raise.

~ James Humes

One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is very important.

~ Bertrand Russell

It's amazing how important your job is when you want the day off - and how unimportant it is when you want a raise.

~ Robert Orben

Experience is the one thing you have plenty of when you're too old to get the job.

~ Anonymous

Downsizing means you're about to become the guest of honor at a going-away party.

~ Anonymous

Professional life is like a fire hydrant. You spend all of your time putting out fires and standing your ground against the big dogs.

~ Anonymous

People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.

~ Ogden Nash

I left journalism because I met too many interesting people at an uninteresting salary.

~ Anonymous

The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid stable business.

~ John Steinbeck

I'm a writer. I write checks. They're not very good.

~ Wendy Liebman

It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous.

~ Robert Benchley

I was sorry to have my name mentioned as one of the great authors because they have a sad habit of dying off. Chaucer is dead Spenser is dead so is Milton so is Shakespeare and I'm not feeling so well myself.

~ Mark Twain

Ask a writer what he thinks about critics and the answer you get is similar to what you get when you ask a lamppost how he feels about dogs.

~ Bert Sugar

America has not always been kind to its artists and scholars. Somehow the scientists always seem to get the penthouse while the arts and humanities get the basement.

~ Lyndon Johnson

A specialist is a person who knows very much about very little and continues to learn more and more about less and less until eventually he knows practically everything about almost nothing at all.

~ Anonymous

Expert: An ordinary man away from home giving advice.

~ Anonymous

Few great men could pass personnel.

~ Paul Goodman

She used to be a schoolteacher but she has no class now.

~ Fred Allen

A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know.

~ H. L. Mencken

An actor's a guy who if you ain't talking about him ain't listening.

~ Marlon Brando

The celebrity is a person who is known for his well-knownness.

~ Daniel Boorstin

By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be a boss and work twelve hours a day.

~ Robert Frost

A secretary must think like a man act like a lady look like a girl - and work like a dog.

~ Anonymous

I once worked as a salesman and was very independent. I took orders from no one.

~ Gerald Barzan

I'm a concert pianist. That's a pretentious way of saying I'm unemployed at the moment.

~ Oscar Levant

If law school is so hard to get through how come there are so many lawyers?

~ Calvin Trillin

When asked to contribute ten dollars to a lawyer's funeral I said: Here's fifty. Bury five of them.

~ Melvin Helitzer

Before I started working here I drank smoked and used bad language. Thanks to this job I now have good reason.

~ Anonymous

I don't like the fact that doctors are referred to as practicing.

~ Janet Schwartz