Grandfather / advised me: / Learn a trade / I learned / to sit at desk / and condense / No layoff / from this / condensery. — Lorine Niedecker Copy Share Image
If we don't change, millions of American families are just one medical emergency, or one layoff, away from financial disaster and bankruptcy. — Jim Cooper Copy Share Image
But I don't want massive layoffs of anyone - public or private. We are planning on shrinking government through attrition and reform,… — Scott Walker Copy Share Image
If you have to conduct layoffs, which is always a regrettable thing, there's kind of three things that are very important. One… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
I watch too much cable, I admit. Day after day it gets frustrating. Yesterday I watched as someone called legislation to prevent… — Robert Gibbs Copy Share Image
Globalization has created this interlocking fragility. At no time in the history of the universe has the cancellation of a Christmas order… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
The company calls it 'downsizing' or 'rightsizing.' My own informal "Name the Layoff" contest produced some other euphemisms: Retroactive Hiring Freeze, Resume… — Dale Dauten Copy Share Image
I retired and came back in '97. Woo! I mean, come on! I don't know, man. A six-year layoff? That was crazy!… — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
I thought I was making fifty dollars a week [at MGM], but it turned out to be $35 because twelve weeks of… — Ava Gardner Copy Share Image
Utilities used deregulation to effect a series of mergers limiting competition. In order to accelerate profits, cost cutting ensued, involving the layoff… — Dennis Kucinich Copy Share Image
There's ups and downs with boxing, layoffs are part of the sport and they can either help or hurt a guy. — Floyd Mayweather, Jr Copy Share Image
So all of these companies that are going for the big growth, if it continues for any length of time, will outlast… — Yvon Chouinard Copy Share Image
Obviously it's one of my biggest wins, and especially after a long layoff, to come back out and win in my fifth… — Dustin Johnson Copy Share Image
The obvious liberal rejoinders come to mind: What about the child whose home is hit by a bomb? Did she have some… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
Coming back after the layoff, I wasn't really sure what to expect. — Jennifer Capriati Copy Share Image
I see young quarterbacks just coming into the league, and they're throwing screens and layoffs right away. As funny as this might… — Peyton Manning Copy Share Image
You need a clear, legitimate excuse for why you're behind [the bankruptcy], such as a layoff, divorce, or medical emergency. Be prepared… — Jean Chatzky Copy Share Image
I worked as a teacher in the public school system in New York City for several years, and I was a victim… — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
Pension reform can be hard to talk about. In the long run, reform now means fewer demands for layoffs and less draconian… — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
The Great Depression was going on, so that the station and the streets teemed with homeless people, just as they do today.… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
You cannot cheat with the law of conservation of violence: all violence is paid for, and for example, the structural violence exerted… — Pierre Bourdieu Copy Share Image
And let's not forget that internally, we are, like all dying empires, being hollowed out from the inside in terms of infrastructure.… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
A recession is very bad for publicly traded companies, but it's the best time for startups. When you have massive layoffs, there's… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
