#labor

In regards to the price of commodities, the rise of wages operates as simple interest does, the rise of profit operates like compound interest. Our merchants and masters complain much of the bad effects of high wages in raising the price and lessening the sale of goods. They say nothing concerning the bad effects of high profits. They are silent with regard to the pernicious effects of their own gains. They complain only of those of other people. ↗

— Adam Smith

#class-warfare #economics #labor #money #profit

Since stepping down as laboratory director in 1999, I have devoted an increasing fraction of my time to international issues. I am involved with energy, environment, and sustainability issues, particularly as they involve new energy sources free of greenhouse gases. ↗

— Burton Richter

#devoted #director #down #energy #energy sources

I believe everything creative is somewhat collaborative. ↗

— Ron White

#collaborative #creative #everything #i #i believe

The end of labor is to gain leisure. ↗

— Aristotle

#gain #labor #leisure

Yet, so far from laboring to know the forbidden tree of worldly pleasures and its various fruits, man gives himself up to a careless and thoughtless state of life, and yields to the lust of the flesh, not considering that this lust is really the forbidden tree. ↗

— Johann Arndt

#considering #far #flesh #forbidden #fruits

The lash may force men to physical labor, it cannot force them to spiritual creativity. ↗

— Sholem Asch

#creativity #force #labor #lash #may

There are as many jobs for younger Americans as there are for other Americans of every age group in political campaigns. Campaigns are very labor intensive and volunteer dependent. ↗

— Marc Racicot

#age group #campaigns #dependent #every #group

TV journalism is a much more collaborative, horizontal business than print reporting. It has to be, because of the logistics. Anchors are wholly dependent on producers to do all the hustling. ↗

— Tina Brown

#because #business #collaborative #dependent #horizontal

David Mamet was great to work with. He was everything that I thought he would be as a director. He's incredibly articulate, an easy collaborator. Extraordinarily knowledgeable about film and writing. ↗

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

#articulate #collaborator #david #director #easy

We want to shut down the day laborer site. This day laborer site undermines and violates federal immigration law, and it can't go forward. ↗

— Tom Fitton

#down #federal #forward #go #immigration