Quotes of: Professions Keyword

Money isn't a major motivating force in my life. Nor is my profession. There are other things that I care more about than being an actor.

Kevin Costner

Cinema is a territory. It exists outside of movies. It's a place I live in. It's a way of seeing things, of experiencing life. But making films, that's supposed to be a profession.

Leos Carax

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

I think it's the same to be an actress anywhere because the profession is about attitudes towards events - it is a process to try to understand life. I think this is the case for actors across the world.

Zhou Xun

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.

Jane Badler

We have indeed at the moment little cause for pride: as a profession we have made a mess of things.

Friedrich August von Hayek

The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act accordingly.

Corra Harris

The profession of the writer has its thorns about which the reader does not dream.

Henryk Sienkiewicz

I would not encourage everyone to take up this profession. Not everyone is suited for any particular field.

John Cameron

Acting has a strong sensual quality that I get such a... you say 'kick' in America? It's a fantastic profession in that way.

Erland Josephson

All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse.

John Quincy Adams

Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.

Jules Renard

Well, you know, if you get into the profession because you think you can make a lot of money, you can never become successful.

Martin Yan

I like to say magic is the world's second oldest profession, a mystical and often awe-inspiring spectacle that, throughout the ages, has blended superstition, trickery and religion.

Criss Angel

Nowhere has specialization penetrated so deeply into the building professions as North America.

Arthur Erickson

The mobile phone... is a tool for those whose professions require a fast response, such as doctors or plumbers.

Umberto Eco

True religion is not just in the creed you profess, but its also in the life you lead.

Love

All the world is competent to judge my pictures except those who are of my profession.

William Hogarth

Most men have professions, yet few act like professionals.

The Extremely Successful Salesman's Club

The burden for achieving disarmament cannot be borne by peace groups alone. Everybody, regardless of age, income, profession, gender or nationality, has a stake in this quest.

Ban Ki-moon

I kind of just lucked into and fell into the other profession. It was really just an outgrowth of the fact that when I was in art school, I had no money whatsoever.

Martin Mull