Professions

If one says that a sharp line of distinction is to be drawn between what we call professions and what we call business, he does not know history. ❋ Harry Emerson Fosdick (N/A)

Does this mean when we find minorities over-represented in professions we can reduce their numbers in order to reflect the ethnic proportions? ❋ Inspector Gadget (2010)

Some people work for years on the same project, or they do healing work (like massage or psychotherapy) that often has no real end to it, or they work in professions with no real feedback at all. ❋ Unknown (2009)

No what distiguishes police from other dangerous professions is that UNLIKE any other professions (outside of military combat), the people around you won't TRY to kill you. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Another apologist for child sex abuse who has received acceptance, affirmation, and recognition from the mental health professions is Dr. Theo Sandfort, who is currently an Associate Professor of Clinical Sociomedical ❋ Unknown (2009)

As freelancers, a lot of us work in professions that are “too hard to succeed in,” or “impossible to make a living at.” ❋ Unknown (2010)

Not because they were necessarily better teachers but because they were valuable enough to overcome society's bias towards women in professions other than teaching. ❋ Unknown (2009)

According to a 2009 Gallup Poll on honesty and ethics in professions, only 9% of Americans view members of Congress as very high or high in their ethical standards. ❋ Unknown (2010)

There are certain professions that are being turned over to women. ❋ Unknown (2010)

On another thread recently, someone chaffed me about how important state licensing of the professions is to the public welfare. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And when he is done with that, he will require all actors and musicians to turn over excess earnings to the government, because it wouldnt 'be ethical for them to earn such a high wage in professions that are subsidized by the government in the form of special permits issued to allow movies to be shot on public streats, or for music that is played over the public airwaves that benefit the artist. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Pathological narcissism; common psychological problem with women in professions requiring no knowledge of mathematics, especially in an academic setting. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The problem with “intellectual” professions is that there are very few expenses that can be deducted from your total earnings and if you work from home, only a teeny-tiny fraction of your household expenses can be factored in. ❋ Unknown (2008)

"It was the Viennese Jews prominent in professions and arts, in journalism and the rising mass media, in industry and high finance but especially in SDAP who were the targets of the hate campaigns which were a permanent fixture of the First Republic." ❋ Unknown (2007)

I say that guns should be tightly controlled, with ownership allowed only for members of certain professions, and temporary use allowed for all others -- checked in and out for recreational use. ❋ Ccfinlay (2007)

I know that certain professions lend themselves to selflessness -- community service, law enforcement, medicine, education. ❋ Unknown (2007)

One of the tragedies with the current paradigms in the helping professions is the disdain and depersonalisation from “care-givers” to that people who need personal attendant services or other forms of assistance. ❋ Dave Hingsburger (2007)

Basically in professions or with interests that you would least likely expect faeries to be in. ❋ Lyda222 (2007)

[dovid] was a professer of [math]. didnt know a lot of it but always [talked] about it. ❋ Meir Hashas (2015)

[I'm a] professive car [driver]. I'm a professive artist. I'm a professive [musician]. etc. ❋ Freddy Garcia (2007)

"he had professed his [love] for her" ❋ Vortex And Blitz (2020)

James: oi, I think [that woman's] career is the oldest profession there is. Random cunt: oi, love ill pay u a [tener] to blow me [xoxoxo] ❋ Fannyfucker123 (2017)

When the [economy] went bad, I was happy that I was in [a free] profession so I could get work by working [for myself]. ❋ BernardZ (2020)

[UFO] [videographer] is [the most] bullshit profession ever. ❋ Paul Andrews (2006)

bro- " hey it's [yo boy], professer finesser" [man-] " ye, i [smashed] her last night bro" ❋ GirlNextDoor177 (2018)

The euphemism [legal profession] is used by members of the illegal profession to distract the public from the [conflict of interest] that is inherent to their profession due to the fact that most legislators either have already been, or eventually will become, attorneys. Members of the illegal profession wouldn't need to distract us if they didn't get paid a week's wage for [an hour's] work. ❋ Downstrike (2005)

[GODDAMNIT]!!! Another fuckin' [Health Profession] Email!!! Damn you June A [Thompson]! DAMN YOU! ❋ R0y (2003)

Members of the legal profession wouldn't need to distract us if they didn't get paid a [week's] [wage] for [an hour's] work. ❋ Downstrike (2004)