professions

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__ own use in the world. It was only that somehow her crown had not yet appeared. She did hope it would hurry up.

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

My agent gets 10 percent of everything I get except the blinding headaches.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I hate being placed on committees. They are always having meetings at which half are absent and the rest late.

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.

Expert: An ordinary man away from home giving advice.

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

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

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

Managing is getting paid for home runs someone else hits.

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

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

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

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