Quotes about Avocations

Dusty Baker

I have a lot of interests.

Pablo Casals

I don't have hobbies. I have passions.

Ulysses S. Grant

I have come among you, not as an enemy, but as your fellow citizen. Not to maltreat or annoy you, but to respect and enforce the rights of all loyal citizens. An enemy in rebellion against our common government has taken possession of and planted its guns on the soil of Kentucky and fired upon you… I am here to defend you against this enemy, to assist the authority and sovereignty of your government. I have nothing to do with opinions, and shall deal only with armed rebellion and its aiders and abettors. You can pursue your normal avocations without fear. The strong arm of the Government is here to protect its friends, and punish its enemies. Whenever it is manifest that you are able to defend yourselves and maintain the authority of the Government and protect the rights of loyal citizens, I shall withdraw the forces under my command.

Grant was a new Brigadier General and occupied Paducah

Stephen King

In polite society, we call our obsessions hobbies.

Samuel Alito

I’m reminded of an experience I had ... in a museum in Berlin. One of the exhibits was a rustic wooden cross. A ... woman, and a young boy were looking at this exhibit. And the young boy turns to the woman, presumably his mother, and said: “Who is that man?” That memory has stuck in my mind as a harbinger of what may lie ahead for our culture. And the problem that looms is not just indifference to religion, it’s not just ignorance about religion. There’s also growing hostility to religion... .

A dominant view among legal academics is that religion doesn’t merit special protection... . A liberal society, they say, should be value-neutral, and therefore it should treat religion just like any other passionate personal attachment—say, rooting for a favorite sports team, pursuing a hobby, or following a popular artist or group. Now, I think we would all agree that in a free society, people should be free to pursue those avocations. But do they really merit the same protection as the exercise of religion?

Alito speaking at the University of Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Summit in Rome, July 21, 2022.

Willie Cauley-Stein

A lot of the quote-unquote interests that I have are not really interests.

Naveen Tewari

For most people, hobbies are not something we can take up full-time.

Ross Butler

I have a lot of random hobbies.

Avocations Quotes