Labor Quotes

1710 Labor quotes by 1075 unique authors

In the world at large, people are rewarded or punished in ways that are often utterly random. In the garden, cause and effect, labor and… — Andrew Weil
The only hope of socialism resides in those who have already brought about in themselves, as far as is possible in the society of today,… — Simone Weil
Margaret Thatcher made tough decisions. She put people out of work and she stood up to labor unions and she did a lot of things… — Harvey Weinstein
An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision. — James Whistler
Ministers have received their wages, and some have their minds too much on their wages. They labor for wages, and lose sight of the sacredness… — Ellen G. White
A lot of joblessness in the black community doesn't seem to be reachable through fiscal and monetary policies. People have not been drawn into the… — William Julius Wilson
As music migrates into our iPods, CD collections require less and less room, residing in our heads rather than resounding off the walls. The protracted… — James Wolcott
To be born woman is to know - although they do not speak of it at school - women must labor to be beautiful. — William Butler Yeats
Although most Americans apparently loathe inflation, Yale economists have argued that a little inflation may be necessary to grease the wheels of the labor market… — Janet Yellen
If baking is any labor at all, it's a labor of love. A love that gets passed from generation to generation. — Regina Brett
In the priesthood we share the sacred duty to labor for the souls of men. We must do more than learn that this is our… — Henry B. Eyring
The financial benefits of prefabrication have never been as large as its advocates predicted, for although some labor costs can be reduced by machine manufacturing,… — Martin Filler
The hours Facebook users put into their profiles and lists and updates is the labor that Facebook then sells to the market researchers and advertisers… — Douglas Rushkoff
The true end users of Facebook are the marketers who want to reach and influence us. They are Facebook's paying customers; we are the product.… — Douglas Rushkoff
That beautiful mild woman for whose sake There's many a one shall find out all heartache On finding that her voice is sweet and low… — William Butler Yeats
I am at the moment writing a lengthy indictment against our century. When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make an… — John Kennedy Toole
Learning To believe you are magnificent. And gradually to discover that you are not magnificent. Enough labor for one human life. — Czeslaw Milosz
It is most certainly a good thing that the world knows only the beautiful opus but not its origins, not the conditions of its creation;… — Thomas Mann
My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it. — Abraham Lincoln
to one whose elastic and vigorous thoughts keep pace with the sun, the day is a perpetual morning. It matters not the labors and attitudes… — Henry David Thoreau
I have lived, Sir, a long time and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth -- that God governs… — Benjamin Franklin
Scratch any fortune and you'll find blood only a generation or two back...child labor in mines or mills...Slavery. Drugs. Stock swindles. Wasting nature with clear-cuts,… — Chuck Palahniuk
I am also very proud to be a liberal. Why is that so terrible these days? The liberals were liberatorsthey fought slavery, fought for women… — Barbra Streisand
God sells us all things at the price of labor. — Leonardo da Vinci
She wrote poetry constantly; that was her "work". She was a slow bleeder and she slaved over it for long, exhausting hours, and many a… — Millard Kaufman

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