Age Quote by Nick Corcodilos

Remember, the word "discrimination" isn't always pejorative. When an employer discriminates because an older worker lacks certain kinds of skills that are important in…

— Nick Corcodilos

There is age discrimination, but I think there are two kinds. One is when the employer is discriminating for specific reasons and doing it…

— Nick Corcodilos

Discrimination due to age is one of the great tragedies of modern life. The desire to work and be useful is what makes life…

— Johnny Ball

I really think you cannot separate the money from the age. When employers discriminate over age, they're also discriminating over money. Older workers tend…

— Nick Corcodilos

Age discrimination is illegal. But when compared with discrimination against racial minorities and women, it is a second-class civil rights issue.

— Adam Cohen

Sure, some employers are are afraid of letting older workers go because they think they're going to get sued. And they probably will get…

— Nick Corcodilos

“Less mutable qualities, like age, may have worked against me too. My résumé revealed only that I was probably over forty. But even that…

— Barbara Ehrenreich

As a young woman working in journalism, I assumed harassment and discrimination came with the territory and that you just had to get on…

— Catherine Mayer

Age affects us all in the workplace. We all get a little less appealing as we get older, unfortunately.

— Sarah Lancashire

So if there is a government grant offered for anything, like starting a business or going to school, they cannot discriminate because of your…

— Matthew Lesko

Certainly, old age is often incompatible with certain roles and responsibilities.

— Luca Cordero di Montezemolo

One line I'd draw would be on raising the eligibility age for Social Security and Medicare. It sounds fair, since people are living longer.…

— Gail Collins