#profess

I am like the Jack Nicholson of the Kings - every single game. If there was a game tonight I wouldn't be here. I used to play hockey. That was my original thing. My first thing, I wanted to play professional hockey. ↗

— Rob Zombie

#every #first #first thing #game #here

I recently went to a new doctor and noticed he was located in something called the Professional Building. I felt better right away. ↗

— George Carlin

#better #building #called #doctor #felt

My mother was a professional sick person; she took a lot of pain pills. There are many people like that. It's just how they are used to getting attention. I always remember she's the daughter of alcoholics who'd leave her alone at Christmas time. ↗

— Jim Carrey

#alone #always #attention #christmas #christmas time

We didn't even think about it, you know? I used to collect laser discs, and you'd have some college professor analyzing It's a Wonderful Life or Citizen Kane, and now it is pretty funny - the idea of commentary for a silly kid's movie, you know? ↗

— Dana Carvey

#analyzing #citizen #citizen kane #collect #college

In the 1920s, Wall Street was a world that was really dominated by professional speculators and stock pools. These people had a monopoly over information. ↗

— Ron Chernow

#had #information #monopoly #over #people

In the academic world, most of the work that is done is clerical. A lot of the work done by professors is routine. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#clerical #done #lot #most #professors

I trust it will not be giving away professional secrets to say that many readers would be surprised, perhaps shocked, at the questions which some newspaper editors will put to a defenseless woman under the guise of flattery. ↗

— Kate Chopin

#defenseless #editors #flattery #giving #guise

I've always been incredibly proud of both of my parents and proud of the work I had done privately as a person, professionally and academically. ↗

— Chelsea Clinton

#always #been #both #done #had

We’re all pros already. 1) We show up every day 2) We show up no matter what 3) We stay on the job all day 4) We are committed over the long haul 5) The stakes for us are high and real 6) We accept remuneration for our labor 7) We do not overidentify with our jobs 8 ) We master the technique of our jobs 9) We have a sense of humor about our jobs 10) We receive praise or blame in the real world ↗

— Steven Pressfield

#professional #work #writing #art

A career must be husbanded. Care must be taken. Everyday must bring some small bit of progress. How would an artist with any self-worth act? Act that way. ↗

— Julia Cameron

#profession #art