The value and rank of every art is in proportion to the mental labor employed in it, or the mental pleasure in producing it.
A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one; it comes as sincerely from the author's soul.
Labor is at its best when we are the party of ideas and action - ideas that empower the powerless and actions that build a better Australia for the long term.
You were only truly patriotic if you had a laborer for a grandfather and were glad of it.
Private sector labors unions continue to suffer losses in their membership while public sector and service unions grow.
I'm a big believer in the value of labor unions and with what collective effort gets people.
Labor can and will become its own employer through co-operative association.
The person who has the will to undergo all labor may win any goal.
The value of a currency is, ultimately, what someone will give you for it - whether in food, fuel, assets, or labor. And that's always and everywhere a subjective decision.
I don't labor over my drawings. I want to get freedom in the line.
A White House dinner is the American family assembled, from labor leaders to billionaires, actors, architects, academicians and athletes.
People see my photos and think I labor over my image and I'm this cool, brooding artist. But I'm just having fun with it.
Only with the tools of production in their own hands could the workers ever hope to control their own lives and receive the fruits of their labor.
Yet in this global economy, no jobs are safe. High-speed Internet connections and low-cost, skilled labor overseas are an explosive combination.
We all labor against our own cure, for death is the cure of all diseases.
I think the Mormon Tabernacle Choir is as great as it is because it's become it's a labor of love. They love what they do.
The ingredients of health and long life, are great temperance, open air, easy labor, and little care.
We have had actually a decline in government service overall, but the growth is in high-tech areas, specialty areas in the Labor Department and other departments.
To be a member of the Labor Party is to be an optimist - optimistic about the future of Australia, optimistic about the ability of government to make a difference.
Technology has eliminated the basement darkroom and the whole notion of photography as an intense labor of love for obsessives and replaced them with a sense of immediacy and instant gratification.
I got my start in lefty journalism as a labor reporter at 'In These Times', and it's in my blood.
