Workers Quotes
1307 quotes by 922 authors
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I would have worked with the devil himself if he'd been for the six hour day and worker control of the hiring hall.
— Harry Bridges
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The totalitarian states can do great things, but there is one thing they cannot do: they cannot give the factory-worker a rifle and tell him…
— George Orwell
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Nervous exhaustion from mental overwork is most often due to neglect of this rule and the brain worker should limit his regular day's work to…
— Maurice Bigelow
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Winning takes character. Workers get the most out of themselves. When a body has limited talent, it must muster all its resources of character to…
— Pete Carril
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Our thoughts ought by instinct to fly upwards from animals, men and natural objects to their creator. If created things are so utterly lovely, how…
— Anthony of Padua
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Education - lifelong education for everyone - from toddlers to workers well advanced in their careers - is indeed an excellent investment for individuals and…
— Ben Bernanke
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I know [canned music] makes chickens lay more eggs and factory workers produce more. But how much more can they get out of you on…
— Victor Borge
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My share of the work of the world may be limited, but the fact that it is work makes it precious. Darwin could work only…
— John Harvey Kellogg
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Too long have the workers of the world waited for some Moses to lead them out of bondage. I would not lead you out if…
— Eugene V. Debs
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School performance, public health, crime rates, clinical depression, tax compliance, philanthropy, race relations, community development, census returns, teen suicide, economic productivity, campaign finance, even simple…
— Robert D. Putnam
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It is the lone worker who makes the first advance in a subject: the details may be worked out by a team, but the prime…
— Alexander Fleming
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People do not follow uncommitted leaders. Commitment can be displayed in a full range of matters to include the work hours you choose to maintain,…
— Stephen R. Gregg
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Should we not press it home upon our consciences that the sole object of our conversion was not the salvation of our own souls, but…
— Lottie Moon
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Not only in antiquity but in our own times also laws have been passed...to secure good conditions for workers; so it is right that the…
— Bernardino Ramazzini
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I have noticed bakers with swelled hands, and painful, too; in fact the hands of all such workers become much thickened by the constant pressure…
— Bernardino Ramazzini
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Why do we place such a disproportionate emphasis on sporting achievement? Why doesn't success in other fields receive similar attention... Maybe it's because in a…
— Mia Freedman
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Communication is the conduit of leadership from the Prime Minister down to the leading hand of a small group of council workers fixing the roads.…
— Peter Cosgrove
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We believe that part of the answer lies in pricing energy on the basis of its full costs to society. One reason we use energy…
— Richard M. Nixon
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If ants are such busy workers, how come they find time to go to all the picnics?
— Marie Dressler
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The Reichswirtschaftsministerium ('Reich Ministry of Economic Affairs') tells the shop managers what and how to produce, at what prices and from whom to buy, at…
— Ludwig von Mises
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