Occupations Quotes
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Woman, no less than man, can qualify herself for the more onerous occupations of life.
— Victoria Woodhull
A great soul craves occupations and recognizes obligations more in harmony with the true nobility of human nature.
— Alfred Wesley Wishart
She had made these with scrap wire and tools from the craft supply depot, and called them Occupations of Uninhabited Space.
— Ursula K. Le Guin
I went through a lot of occupations. I was questioning my contribution to the world.
— Cory Michael Smith
[On writing:] The most egotistic of occupations, and the most gratifying while it lasts.
— Vita Sackville-West
Extremely dangerous drug-related occupations for which decoy served as a paid audition of sorts. A start weapons system was a wise investment. The
— Neal Stephenson
Alas, I have done nothing this day! What?! Have you not lived? It is not only the fundamental but the noblest of your occupations.
— James O'Donnell Bennett
seems that men are at their best between sixty and seventy, the reason being that in such occupations a wide experience of other men is essential.
— Bertrand Russell
In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations to society.
— Henry David Thoreau
The problem is that those of us who are lucky enough to do work that we love are sometimes cursed with too damn much of it.
— Terry Gross
Mountain climbing was one of Mother's favorite occupations, but she never succeeded in inculcating this passion in any of us.
— Katharine Graham
A good proportion of foreign nationals in jobs in the UK are in semi or low-skilled occupations.
— Iain Duncan Smith
There are worse occupations in this world than feeling a woman's pulse.
— Laurence Sterne
The least strained and most natural ways of the soul are the most beautiful; the best occupations are the least forced.
— Michel De Montaigne
In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.
— Voltaire
Of all hateful occupations, housekeeping is to my mind the most hateful.
— Hannah Whitall Smith
I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time we call suffering.
— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
Of course some days are easier than others, but my worst day is better than being in most humdrum occupations.
— Bernard Cornwell
One of the principal occupations of man is to divine woman.
— Jacques De Lacretelle
Research and writing are lonely occupations. It is easy to become discouraged in solitary confinement.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
less-intelligent psychopaths get caught and sent to prison while more-intelligent psychopaths tend to move into corporate or political occupations,
— Dean A. Haycock
Oh, let us love our occupations,
Bless the squire and his relations,
Live upon our daily rations,
And always know our proper stations. — Charles Dickens
Bless the squire and his relations,
Live upon our daily rations,
And always know our proper stations. — Charles Dickens
Equality of sexes does not mean equality of occupations.
— Mahatma Gandhi
New technology also creates new occupations and requires new expertise, which further undermines the value of long experience and seasoned judgment.
— Atul Gawande
Let thine occupations be few, saith the sage, if thou wouldst lead a tranquil life.
— Marcus Aurelius
Our housekeeping is mendicant, our arts, our occupations, our marriages, our religion we have not chosen but society has chosen for us.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Between the dark and the daylight, When the night is beginning to lower, Comes a pause in the day's occupations, That is known as the Children's Hour.
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Sitting and waiting is one of the most miserable occupations known to man - not that it usually is known to men; women do it much more often.
— Diana Gabaldon
When occupations come to us we must accept them; when things come to us we must understand them from the ground up.
— Lu Yen-hsun
Good hymns are an immense blessing to the Church. They train people for heaven, where praise is one of the principal occupations.
— J.C. Ryle
Now as to the behavior of the soldiers: occupations always corrupt the occupiers.
— Yaroslav Trofimov
Music is a pastime, a relaxation from more serious occupations.
— Alexander Borodin
The great subverter of Pyrrhonism or the excessive principles of scepticism is action, and employment, and the occupations of common life.
— David Hume
How unfortunate that sailing was one of the few occupations where a man could be praised for failing, so long as he did it bravely.
— Alexandra Bracken
To snatch the passing moment and examine it for signs of eternity is the noblest of occupations.
— Louis J. Halle
Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.
— Rumi