"If capital and labor ever do get together it's good night for the rest of us."

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"Every job from the heart is, ultimately, of equal value. The nurse injects the syringe; the writer slides the pen; the farmer plows the dirt; the comedian draws the laughter. Monetary income is the perfect deceiver of a man's true worth."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

Labor, Work, Values, Equality, Society

"Large fortunes are all founded either on the occupation of land, or lending or the taxation of labor."

John Ruskin, English Writer

Labor, Land, Occupation, Taxation

"If you help load a cart you get a ride in it, as often as not. It gives him to think, how bad people are at loading carts. Men trying to walk straight ahead through a narrow gateway with a wide wooden chest. A simple rotation of the object solves a great many problems."

Hilary Mantel, British Novelist

Labor, Cooperation, Insight, Perspective, Efficiency

"Employment is the exploitation of the employer's courage, and, the employed's fear of failure."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Labor, Employment, Fear, Exploitation, Power

"Employment is slavery. Workers merely have a choice over where to serve their daily eight-hour sentence."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Labor, Work, Society, Slavery, Freedom

"One of the saddest things is the only thing a man can do for 8 hours a day day after day is work. You can't eat 8 hours a day nor drink for 8 hours a day nor make love for 8 hours."

William Faulkner, American Novelist

Labor, Work, Life, Limit, Truth

"There is no competition in work. Whoever loves to labour does so as grace of life."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Labor, Work, Grace, Life, Truth

"Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance."

Kurt Vonnegut, American Author

Labor, Creation, Responsibility, Neglect, Irony

"Jobs are a part of life. Maybe you've heard of the concept. It's called work? See, what happens is that you suffer through doing annoying and humiliating things until you get paid not enough money. Like those Japanese game shows, only without all the glory."

Jim Butcher, American Author

Labor, Work, Life, Struggle, Humor

"Less than 8 percent of private sector workers belonged to a union in 2004, and, overall, only 12.5 percent of American workers carry a union card - down from about one-third of workers in labor's heydays in the 1950s."

Linda Chavez, American Author

Labor, Workers

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"When a fellow says, "It ain't the money but the principle of the thing," it's the money."

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"Getting talked about is one of the penalties for being pretty, while being above suspicion is about the only compensation for being homely."

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"There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose."

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"A lot of Thanksgiving days have been ruined by not carving the turkey in the kitchen."

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"I'll say this for adversity: people seem to be able to stand it, and that's more than I can say for prosperity."

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"I don't look for much to come out of government ownership as long as we have Democrats and Republicans."

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"Every job from the heart is, ultimately, of equal value. The nurse injects the syringe; the writer slides the pen; the farmer plows the dirt; the comedian draws the laughter. Monetary income is the perfect deceiver of a man's true worth."

"Large fortunes are all founded either on the occupation of land, or lending or the taxation of labor."

"If you help load a cart you get a ride in it, as often as not. It gives him to think, how bad people are at loading carts. Men trying to walk straight ahead through a narrow gateway with a wide wooden chest. A simple rotation of the object solves a great many problems."

"Employment is the exploitation of the employer's courage, and, the employed's fear of failure."

"Employment is slavery. Workers merely have a choice over where to serve their daily eight-hour sentence."

"One of the saddest things is the only thing a man can do for 8 hours a day day after day is work. You can't eat 8 hours a day nor drink for 8 hours a day nor make love for 8 hours."

"There is no competition in work. Whoever loves to labour does so as grace of life."

"Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance."

"Jobs are a part of life. Maybe you've heard of the concept. It's called work? See, what happens is that you suffer through doing annoying and humiliating things until you get paid not enough money. Like those Japanese game shows, only without all the glory."

"Less than 8 percent of private sector workers belonged to a union in 2004, and, overall, only 12.5 percent of American workers carry a union card - down from about one-third of workers in labor's heydays in the 1950s."

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"Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune."

"Men are not punished for their for sins, but by them."

"We would all like to vote for the best man but he is never a candidate."

"When a fellow says, "It ain't the money but the principle of the thing," it's the money."

"Bargain... anything a customer thinks a store is losing money on."

"Getting talked about is one of the penalties for being pretty, while being above suspicion is about the only compensation for being homely."

"There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose."

"A lot of Thanksgiving days have been ruined by not carving the turkey in the kitchen."

"I'll say this for adversity: people seem to be able to stand it, and that's more than I can say for prosperity."

"I don't look for much to come out of government ownership as long as we have Democrats and Republicans."