Employed Quotes
344 quotes by 286 authors
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The young bloods of the South; sons of planters, lawyers about towns, good billiard players and sportsmen, men who never did any work and never…
— William Tecumseh Sherman
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The nuclear bomb is the most useless weapon ever invented. It can be employed to no rational purpose. It is not even an effective defense…
— George F. Kennan
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There is always a piano in an hotel drawing-room, on which, of course, some one of the forlorn ladies is generally employed. I do not…
— Anthony Trollope
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When we are young, we are slavishly employed in procuring something whereby we may live comfortably when we grow old; and when we are old,…
— Alexander Pope
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If someone does offer you a job, say 'yes.' You can always quit later. Then at least you'll be one of the unemployed as opposed…
— Stephen Colbert
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It was a very good experience. It wasnt just to make a movie, it was my life. I was employed at The Lord of the…
— Liv Tyler
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It's almost like while you are working for the WWF everything is fine and good, but if you are no longer employed by them they…
— Jerry Lawler
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What made women's labour particularly attractive to the capitalists was not only its lower price but also the greater submissiveness of women. The capitalists speculate…
— Clara Zetkin
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A good character when established should not be rested in as an end, but only employed as a means of doing still further good.
— Francis Atterbury
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All forces are a deterrent to and would be employed in a general war. Most of our forces could be employed in a limited war,…
— Thomas S. Gates, Jr.
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It is slightly chilling to realize there are rational, functional people up there employed to spot, nurture, and exploit those down here among us who…
— Jon Ronson
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A mind always employed is always happy.
— Thomas Jefferson
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Careful observation will confirm that virtually all spontaneous parapsychological events occur through some form of sleight of mind. It is invariably something hovering just below…
— Peter J. Carroll
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So let's say you realize that you are never going to be a 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. person. You're not cut out for that…
— Cheryl Richardson
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Investing solely for 'income,' investing merely 'to keep capital employed,' and investing simply 'to hedge against inflation' are all entirely out of the question.
— Gerald M. Loeb
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Only those who constantly retool themselves stand a chance of staying employed in the years ahead.
— Tom Peters
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Lose no time; be always employed in something useful.
— Benjamin Franklin
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Any method which appears to offer advantages to a nation at war will be vigorously employed by that nation. There is but one logical course…
— George W. Merck
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I end with a word on the new symbols which I have employed. Most writers on logic strongly object to all symbols. ... I should…
— Augustus De Morgan
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The strategy we've adopted precludes our following standard diversification dogma. Many pundits would therefore say the strategy must be riskier than that employed by more…
— Warren Buffett
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