Quotes of: Labor Keyword

The division of labor among nations is that some specialize in winning and others in losing.

Eduardo Galeano

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

John Ruskin

For about a year, I just didn't know what to do. I did laboring jobs, working in the docks, construction sites.

Daniel Day-Lewis

Life has a purpose and that is to be happy, and happiness is the fruits of our love and labor.

Debasish Mridha

The fruits of your labors may be reaped two generations from now. Trust, even when you don't see the results.

Henri Nouwen

The man of science, the artist, the philosopher are attached to their nations as much as the day-laborer and the merchant.

Julien Benda

The only distribution of wealth which is the product of labor, which will be honest, will come through a more equal distribution of the productive capacity of men.

Leland Stanford

The working class owes all honor and respect to the first men who planted the standard of labor solidarity on the hostile frontier of unorganized industry.

Ralph Chaplin

Population is a strong driver of the economy as well as the quality of the labor force.

Ali Babacan

I'm not looking for a battle with anybody, neither the council nor our labor partners.

Antonio Villaraigosa

I've always had a very positive relationship with the municipal labor unions - a respectful relationship.

Bill de Blasio

Nil Sine Magno Labore ("Nothing without great effort") --Motto of Brooklyn College

Tony-Paul de Vissage

May we soon enjoy the fruits of our labor in a peaceful and united Germany.

Walter Ulbricht

Although women do two-thirds of the world's labor, they own less than one percent of the world's assets.

Isabel Allende

Fair treatment in the work force is no longer exclusively a labor issue, nor is it a women's issue - it is a fundamental economic issue.

Madeleine M. Kunin

The word "travel" comes from the Old French word "travail" (or "travailler"), which means "to work, to labor; a suffering or painful effort, an arduous journey, a tormenting experience." ("Travel," thus, is "a painful and laborious journey"). Whereas...

Europa: Limited Time Edition

All varieties of the producers' policy are advocated on the ground of their alleged ability to raise the party members' standard of living. Protectionism and economic self-sufficiency, labor union pressure and compulsion, labor legislation, minimum w...

Human Action: A Treatise on Economics

Choice: that was the thing. Other people claimed that you can't choose who you love--it just happens!--but Grace and Roman knew that was a bunch of happy horseshit. Of course you chose who you loved. If you didn't choose, you ended up with what was l...

The Toughest Indian in the World

I was pregnable once,” Merill thought to contribute. She remembered how troublesome it made getting around, having a ripe belly. Couldn’t roll properly, couldn’t hop properly, couldn’t romp or flop properly. There were the cravings for roaste...

Where Madness Roosts

I do not understand a man who does not want to know all that he can know. Why would anyone choose ignorance? If he chooses ignorance because he is lay, then he is a fool, for the ignorant are put to hard labor digging and hauling stones for masters w...

Kate Horsley

Republicans approve of the American farmer, but they are willing to help him go broke. They stand four-square for the American home--but not for housing. They are strong for labor--but they are stronger for restricting labor's rights. They favor mini...

Harry S. Truman