“The hippies had in mind something that they wanted, and were calling it freedom, but in the final analysis freedom is a purely negative goal. It just says something is bad. Hippies weren't really offering any alternatives other than colorful short-term ones, and some of these were looking more and more like pure degeneracy. Degeneracy can be fun but it's hard to keep up as a serious lifetime occupation.” MindHardWantedFunGoalTermSeriousCallingPureNegativeLifetimeFinalsAlternativesAnalysisOccupationOfferingShort TermHippieColorful Author:Robert M. Pirsig
“I don't think I made a conscious decision as a career choice. From my school days I had decided, persuaded by my parents, to prepare myself for the law. Then the Japanese occupation came and we went through three and a half years of what I would call the university of life, it was hard, it was harsh.” ThinkingYearsMadeHardSchoolLawChoicesThreeParentDecisionHalfCareersConsciousDecidedUniversityOccupationHarshHalf A YearSchool DaysCareers Choices Author:Lee Kuan Yew
“Nowadays young people have great choice of occupations, hobbies, etc, so chess is experiencing difficulties because of the high competition. Now it's hard to make living in chess, so our profession does attract young people.” PeopleDoeHardYoungChoicesDifficultyCompetitionProfessionChessEtcOccupationHobbies Author:Boris Spassky
“Research is a lifelong occupation so it's hard to factor it in, but I reckon most books take 5 months from start to finish.” BookHardMonthsResearchFactorsOccupationLifelong Author:Bernard Cornwell