“It's one of the strangest attributes of this profession that when we writers get exhausted writing one thing, we relax by writing another.” WritingOne ThingProfessionRelaxAttributesExhausted Author:Dan Simmons
“When, in the autumn of 1947, I was fired from the first and only job I have ever held, I wanted one thing out of life: to become a writer.” FirstsWantedJobsOne ThingProfessionAutumn Book:My Generation: Collected Nonfiction Source: My Generation: Collected Nonfiction
“The crusade is never off my mind - the exercise I do, the food I eat, the thought I think - all this and how I can help make my profession better-respected. To me, this one thing - physical culture and nutrition - is the salvation of America.” ThinkingMindI CanHelpingAmericaCultureOne ThingExerciseSalvationProfessionNutritionCrusades Author:Jack LaLanne
“There is something about giving everything to your profession. In Italian, an obsession is not necessarily negative. Its the art of putting all your energy into one thing; its the art of transforming even what you eat for lunch into architecture.” GivingArtEnergyOne ThingNegativeProfessionArchitectureObsessionItalianLunchTransformingGiving Everything Author:Renzo Piano
“It never occurred to them that God may have provided the world with a vast array of very brainy medical types for the very reason of solving problems such as theirs. However, there is one thing that the medical profession cannot do and that is save people from being idiots.” PeopleWorldMayReasonProblemOne ThingTypeProfessionMedicalIdiotProblem SolvingMedical Profession Book:Between the Bridge and the River: A Novel Source: Between the Bridge and the River: A Novel