Employed Quotes

344 quotes by 277 authors

Any humane and reasonable person must conclude that if the ends, however desireable, are uncertain and the means are horrible and certain, these means must… — Howard Zinn
Nothing is more essential to the establishment of manners in a State than that all persons employed in places of power and trust must be… — Samuel Adams
The better part of the man is soon ploughed into the soil for compost. By a seeming fate, commonly called necessity, they are employed, as… — Henry David Thoreau
Who shall enumerate the many ways in which that costly piece of fixed capital, a human being , may be employed! More of him is… — Albert Schweitzer
It may be that when we no longer know which way to go that we have come to our real journey. The mind that is… — Wendell Berry
When a bachelor of philosophy from the Antilles refuses to apply for certification as a teacher on the grounds of his color I say that… — Frantz Fanon
The evening ended with dancing. On its being proposed, Anne offered her services, as usual, and though her eyes would sometimes fill with tears as… — Jane Austen
I feel an almost overwhelming interest in the methods of daylight abduction employed by the modern youth. — Georgette Heyer
Once innocence--an all too-brief state of being, if such a one exists--encounters experience, it is transformed. If that transformation is understood, it becomes knowledge. And… — Ana Castillo
For although this was a very heroic war, with a parade of every sort of high moral principle, and with the most sonorous language employed… — James Branch Cabell
Peril, loneliness, an uncertain future, are not oppressive evils, so long as the frame is healthy and the faculties are employed; so long, especially, as… — Charlotte Bronte
Not one of the orthodox ministers dare preach what he thinks if he knows a majority of his congregation think otherwise. He knows that every… — Robert Green Ingersoll
The best Armour of Old Age is a well spent life preceding it; a Life employed in the Pursuit of useful Knowledge, in honourable Actions… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
For example, the supporters of tariffs treat it as self-evident that the creation of jobs is a desirable end, in and of itself, regardless of… — Milton Friedman
There are apparently few limitations either of time or space on where the psyche might journey and only the customs inspector employed by our own… — Tom Robbins
My wish simply is to live my life as fully as I can. In both our work and our leisure, I think, we should be… — Wendell Berry
on the day that the intlligence and talents of women are fully honored and employed, the human community and the planet itself will benefit in… — Anita Diament
She stared at him in that vapid, intoxicated way employed only by women under a vamp's control. Or the way I sometimes got when faced… — Kiersten White
They who love to inform themselves, are never idle. Though I have no business of consequence to take care of, I am nevertheless continually employed.… — Baron de Montesquieu
There are many reasons, of course, why someone might snap their fingers and grin. If you heard some pleasing music, for instance, you might snap… — Daniel Handler

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