Labour Quotes

622 Labour quotes by 397 unique authors

And so it was settled. Sam Gamgee married Rose Cotton in the spring of 1420 (which was also famous for its weddings), and they came… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Ne reprenez, dame, si j'ai aime , Si j'ai senti mille torches ardentes, Mille travaux, mille douleurs mordantes, Si, en pleurant, j'ai mon temps consume… — Louise Labe
There is continual spring, and harvest there Continual, both meeting at one time: For both the boughs do laughing blossoms bear, And with fresh colours… — Edmund Spenser
No occupation is more worthy of an intelligent and enlightened mind, than the study of Nature and natural objects; and whether we labour to investigate… — Joseph Paxton
We all labour against our own cure, for death is the cure of all diseases. — Thomas Browne
The progress of freedom depends more upon the maintenance of peace, the spread of commerce, and the diffusion of education, than upon the labours of… — Richard Cobden
To create a little flower is the labour of ages. — William Blake
Routine shortens and variety lengthens time, and it is therefore in the power of men to do something to regulate its pace. A life with… — William Edward Hartpole Lecky
I am much afraid that the schools will prove the very gates of hell, unless they diligently labour in explaining the Holy Scriptures, and engraving… — Martin Luther
It would be as unthinkable to try to construct the Labour Party without Marx as it would to be to establish university faculties of astronomy,anthropology… — Tony Benn
I did not enter the Labour Party 47 years ago to have our manifesto written by Dr Mori, Dr Gallup and Mr Harris — Tony Benn
I opposed the Suez war, I opposed the Falklands war. I opposed the Libyan bombing and I opposed the Gulf war and I never believed… — Tony Benn
I think the truth is that the Labour Party isn't believed any more because people suspect it will say anything to get votes. The rebuilding… — Tony Benn
Labour markets are about people. And people have a right to be treated with dignity and respect. — Juan Somavia
O that the gods would bring to a miserable end such fictitious, crazy, deformed labours, with which the minds of the studious are blinded! — William Gilbert
Whenever we dig down into the achievements of a creative artist, we invariably trace them to the beginning of all beginnings: labour. — Galina Ulanova
Accurate and minute measurement seems to the non-scientific imagination, a less lofty and dignified work than looking for something new. But nearly all the grandest… — Lord Kelvin
Wouldst thou enjoy a long Life, a healthy Body, and a vigorous Mind, and be acquainted also with the wonderful Works of God? labour in… — Benjamin Franklin
My parents were interested in history and the world. My father read Graham Greene and Georges Simenon and was a strong trade unionist and Labour… — Robert Harris
India does not encourage - India has forbidden - child labour. We are a rule-based and rule-governed country. — Unknown Author
Any working composer or painter or sculptor will tell you that inspiration comes at the eighth hour of labour rather than as a bolt out… — John Williams
WTO is not the forum for labour standards. Next, the U.S. will argue the time zone difference is an unfair competitive advantage enjoyed by India… — Jairam Ramesh
I have lived and worked in Britain all my life. Not even in the dark days of penal Labour taxation in the Seventies did I… — Andrew Lloyd Webber
My dad was a labour lawyer, and the ideas that I grew up with - bad management, bad capitalism, robber barons - when I applied… — David Mamet
Americans generally associate boats with leisure. Vastly less prosperous, Egyptians associate them with nothing but labour. Rowing a boat is something a fisherman is forced… — Rosemary Mahoney

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