Occupation Quotes

• It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Life, Happiness, Work

  Thomas Jefferson, Jerry Holmes (2002). “Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts”, p.100, Rowman & Littlefield

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• The very first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.

  William Osler

  Inspirational, Success, Congratulations

  Sir William Osler, Mark E. Silverman, T. J. Murray, Charles S. Bryan, American College of Physicians--American Society of Internal Medicine (2003). “The Quotable Osler”, p.76, ACP Press

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• Bin Laden was, though, a product of a monumental miscalculation by western security agencies. Throughout the 80s he was armed by the CIA and funded by the Saudis to wage jihad against the Russian occupation of Afghanistan. Al-Qaida, literally "the database", was originally the computer file of the thousands of mujahideen who were recruited and trained with help from the CIA to defeat the Russians.

  Robin Cook

  Agency, Als, Mujahideen

  "The struggle against terrorism cannot be won by military means" by Robin Cook, www.theguardian.com. July 8, 2005.

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• In the meantime, what is lost is any sense that the Palestinian resistance to Israeli colonial rule is waged from a situation of occupation or expulsion, that there is a military order that controls the boundaries of what would be a sovereign Palestinian state, that the land on which that state is now thinkable has been radically diminished by an ongoing practice of land confiscation and appropriation.

  Judith Butler

  Military, Order, Land

  Interview with Cihan Aksan and Jon Bailes, www.counterpunch.org. October 11, 2013.

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• Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.

  Confucius

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• Occupation is the necessary basis of all enjoyment.

  Leigh Hunt

  Busy, Enjoyment, Bases

  Leigh Hunt (1859). “A book for a corner: or, Selections in prose and verse from authors the best suited to that mode of enjoyment ...”, p.12

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• If you make listening and observation your occupation you will gain much more than you can by talk.

  Robert Baden-Powell

  Inspirational, Listening, Marketing

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• A human being must have occupation if he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world.

  Dorothy L. Sayers

  Nuisance, World, Humans

  "Are Women Human?" by Dorothy L. Sayers, 1938.

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• Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.

  William Cowper

  Wisdom, Relaxation, Mind

  William Cowper, James Montgomery (1825). “Poems of William Cowper ... With an introductory essay by James Montgomery ... Second edition”, p.240

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• We are the only people on Earth asked to guarantee the security of our occupier...while Israel is the only country that calls for defense from its victims.

  Hanan Ashrawi

  Country, War, Israel

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• Blessed is the man who has some congenial work, some occupation in which he can put his heart, and which affords a complete outlet to all the forces there are in him.

  John Burroughs

  Fun, Work, Blessed

  John Burroughs (1913). “The Writings of John Burroughs”

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• Only amateurs say that they write for their own amusement. Writing is not an amusing occupation. It is a combination of ditch-digging, mountain-climbing, treadmill and childbirth. Writing may be interesting, absorbing, exhilarating, racking, relieving. But amusing? Never!

  Edna Ferber

  Writing, Climbing, Interesting

  Edna Ferber (1939). “A Peculiar Treasure”

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• Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Inspirational, Happiness, Happy

  Thomas Jefferson (2004). “Light and Liberty: Reflections on the Pursuit of Happiness”, p.10, Modern Library

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• Occupation is the scythe of time.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Time, Scythes

  Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon's life in camp and cabinet, from the French of M. de Bourienne, Segur, Las Cases, &c. &c. &c”, Рипол Классик

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

  Robert Frost

  Funny, Motivational, Hilarious

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• Our trip to Moscow opens new prospects for peace in the Middle East. Our people want simple things: to be free and to have sovereignty. All this is impossible without an end to the occupation.

  Khaled Mashal

  Simple, People, Want

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• LIFE: My favorite occupation.

  Dirk Benedict

  My Favorite

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• Resistance will continue as long as the occupation and aggression continues. There is no recognition of Israel, no matter what the cost is.

  Khaled Mashal

  Israel, Long, Cost

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• The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.

  H. L. Mencken

  Believe, Religion, Belief

  Prejudices (1926).

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• Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.

  Madame de Stael

  Peace, Truth, War

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• A businessman is the only man who is forever apologizing for his occupation.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Sorry, Apology, Men

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• Beware of a misfit occupation. . . . Consider carefully your natural bent, whether for business or a profession.

  Marshall Field

  Misfits, Natural, Bent

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• We want to have peace in the region, but peace will not be achieved before the removal of the occupation.

  Khaled Mashal

  Want, Removal, Regions

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• There is no way forward without ending the occupation.

  Jean Parker

  Way Forward, Way

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• Literature is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none

  Jules Renard

  Success, Writing, People

  Jules Renard, Louise Bogan, Elizabeth Roget (2008). “The Journal of Jules Renard”, p.286, Tin House Books

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