Daily bread Quote by Robert Peel

I am forced to get my living by the labour of my hand; and the sweat of my brow... for bitter bread, earned under…

— James Otis

“It is difficult, sometimes even impossible, to value what cannot be named or described, and so the task of naming and describing is an…

— Rebecca Solnit

“The flood of cheap manufactures, for which the people have no need,destroys their industries. They become dependent on this trade and the demand for…

— Barry Unsworth

Seek not proud riches, but such as thou mayest get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly.

— Francis Bacon

“The Business of the World is Trade and Death, and you must engage with that unpleasantness, as the price of your not-at-all-assur'd Moment of…

— Thomas Pynchon

“This is our life now: slaving away in thankless, monotonous jobs and spending half our salaries on fattening food.”

— Katrina Ramos Atienza

“When greed is enthroned, be it in a community or nation, ungodliness is celebrated at the altar of human pleasure.”

— Sunday Adelaja

“Marketing jingles from every angle lure patrons to turn our backs on our locally owned stores, restaurants, and farms. And nobody considers that unpatriotic.…

— Barbara Kingsolver

“People are cast in the underclass because they are seen as totally useless; as a nuisance pure and simple, something the rest of us…

— Zygmunt Bauman

“The bourgeoisie, wherever it has got the upper hand, has put an end to all feudal, patriarchal, idyllic relations. It has pitilessly torn asunder…

— Karl Marx

Riches, honors and pleasure are the sweets which destroy the mind's appetite for heavenly food; poverty, disgrace and pain are the bitters which restore…

— George Horne

“Consumers are not loyal to cheap commodities. They crave the unique, the remarkable, and the human.”

— Seth Godin