“Any system that values profit over human life is a very dangerous one indeed.” — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
Some people see writing as a white-collar career, but I've always approached it as a blue-collar writer. — Joe R. Lansdale Copy Share Image
If blue collar jobs are leaving and white collar jobs are outsourced what color collar jobs are left? — Bob Edwards Copy Share Image
The irony is that, coming from a white-collar British background, I tend to play blue-collar Americans! — Damian Lewis Copy Share Image
White-collar crime has been marketed - billions of dollars have been put in to have us be bored by it. — Adam McKay Copy Share Image
The flaw in our character is our insistence on separating blue-collar jobs from white-collar jobs, and encouraging one form of education over… — Mike Rowe Copy Share Image
I've met them down in the Cost and Accounting Department, clean-shaven and in white collars. They can't see a damn thing ridiculous… — Jean Shepherd Copy Share Image
The idea that because the school day is shorter or the school year is shorter than the sort of white collar workday… — Dana Goldstein Copy Share Image
“You may look around, and see two groups here. White collar, blue collar. But I don’t see it that way. You know… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I am told that today rather more than 60 per cent of the men who go to the universities go on a… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“Although he too was heading to work, Shahid was glad he wasn't dragging himself off to some office job. Shahid's view: anybody… — John Lanchester Copy Share Image
The typical socialist... a prim little man with a white-collar job, usually a secret teetotaler and often with vegetarian leanings. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
You should be watching 'White Collar' because it's a fun, intelligent procedural infused with a lot of great character writing by Jeff… — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
Much of what is euphemistically known as the middle class, merely because it dresses up to go to work, is now reduced… — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
A lot of white-collar work requires less of the routine, rule-based, what we might call algorithmic set of capabilities, and more of… — Daniel H. Pink Copy Share Image
“How'd you like a temporary job in our shipping room?" Mr. Shanahan asked, his eyes suddenly watchful. For an instant Mr. Newman… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Any system that values profit over human life is a very dangerous one indeed. Simply put, it lacks values, and such a… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
“While lower-skill occupations will no doubt continue to be affected, a great many college-educated, white-collar workers are going to discover that their… — Martin Ford Copy Share Image
“Society must show that blue-collar crime never pays. Insidious white-collar crime pays very well, and nothing is declared. It's the same reason… — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
“The sixth chapter of Mark describes Jesus as “just a carpenter.” I suppose he could have come in a flashier way, and… — Shannan Martin Copy Share Image
My father used to always say to me that, you know, if a guy goes out to steal a loaf of bread… — Jesse Ventura Copy Share Image
It is my belief that exciting things happen when a variety of overlapping activities designed for all people-the old and the young,… — Richard Rogers Copy Share Image
“I guess I'm a "single aristocrat" (dokushin kizoku). This is a category of people in their thirties who have a decent income,… — Patrick W. Galbraith Copy Share Image
Experts kill me. Economic experts, that is. Corporations, foundations, publications and governments pay them by the bucketful, and they fill buckets with… — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
“Then, in the 1980's, came the paroxysm of downsizing, and the very nature of the corporation was thrown into doubt. In what… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
“Today, white-collar job insecurity is no longer a function of the business cycle--rising as the stock market falls and declining again when… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
“She could not have created this moment, these lovely faces, these candles flickering, the flash of the silverware, the fragrances of the… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
In my Inaugural I laid down the simple proposition that nobody is going to starve in this country. It seems to me… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Nah. I’m a consultant, of course. Everyone’s favorite nondescript yet well-paid white-collar job. — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
While the DOJ and the SEC must be vigilant in investigating and prosecuting white-collar misconduct, we must also ensure that we are… — William Barr Copy Share Image
Labor-rich manufacturing doesn't exist anymore. Manufacturing jobs are white-collar, Silicon Valley programmers or highly-skilled technicians. They are not going to employ lots… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
“Most people recognize that many blue-collar jobs pay more than white-collar jobs. Few act on that recognition.” — Venkatesh G. Rao Copy Share Image
If we would change the basis and align what is taught in school with what is needed with business... that's where I… — Ginni Rometty Copy Share Image
For every role, I brought certain elements of the character. Even on 'White Collar' over six years, I tried to keep the… — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
“If anyone can testify credibly to the decline of the American dream, it is the white-collar unemployed—the people who “played by the… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
I spent 10 years as a marketing manager. I've found my experience in the financial world invaluable background for writing about white-collar crimes. — Sara Paretsky Copy Share Image
Maybe I could survive in one of those resort prisons where they house white-collar criminals. I've always wanted to get better at… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
