Civilization is the commercialization of survival.

“He knows how to market himself well. Nowadays, that's all that seems to count. He's rebellious in a way that appeals to people with…

— Jess C. Scott

“In a patriarchal society, one of the most important functions of the institution of the family is to make feel like a somebody whenever…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“When you are unemployed, weekends are seven days long.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“The employed are punished by having to do what they do not love. The self-employed are punished by the opposite.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Employment was invented to make education seem useful.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“12% of dreams create jobs. 88% of jobs destroy dreams.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Poor people do not go on holiday; they go home.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Not every single broke and unemployed person needs a job; some need customers.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“For their holidays: the rich go see the world; the poor go see their parents.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Not every poor or unemployed person who has one wears a political party’s t-shirt to reveal their political affiliation; some use it merely to…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“With homework, school prepares students for overtime. With reports, it prepares them for payday.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“For their holidays: the rich’s kids travel the world; the poor’s kids roam around their grandparents’ yard.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Employees go to school for 12 – 18 years merely to impress prospect employers in a 12 – 18 minutes interview.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I think that for the most part, when I started doing comedy, it had become very commercialized.

— Larry David

It was bad enough not having a boyfriend for New Year's Eve. Now I had to cope with Valentine datelessness, feeling consummate social pressure…

— Anonymous