#ploy

So high do these plants stand in the favour of the Chinese gardener, that he will cultivate them extensively, even against the wishes of his employer; and, in many instances, rather leave his situation than give up the growth of his favourite flower. ↗

— Robert Fortune

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It's a great thing when you can show that you've been successful and that you've made a lot of money and that you've employed a lot of people. ↗

— Donald Trump

#employed #great #great thing #lot #made

Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts. ↗

— Voltaire

#conceal #employ #injustice #men #only

I belong to the generation of workers who, born in the villages and hamlets of rural Poland, had the opportunity to acquire education and find employment in industry, becoming in the course conscious of their rights and importance in society. ↗

— Lech Walesa

#becoming #belong #born #conscious #course

If they are really persuaded that the army is annually established by me, that I have the sole disposal of posts and honours, that I employ this power in the destruction of liberty and the diminution of commerce, let me awaken them from their delusion. ↗

— Robert Walpole

#army #awaken #commerce #delusion #destruction

I and haven't been unemployed for 20 years. I'm an exception to the rule. ↗

— Denzel Washington

#exception #haven #i #rule #unemployed

I still have my unemployment books and I remember when I worked for the sanitation department and the post office. ↗

— Denzel Washington

#department #i #i remember #office #post

My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty... it is worse executed by two persons, and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein. ↗

— George Washington

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It's necessary to be slightly underemployed if you are to do something significant. ↗

— James D. Watson

#significant #slightly #something #underemployed #you

Recently, I was asked if I was going to fire an employee who made a mistake that cost the company $600,000. No, I replied, I just spent $600,000 training him. Why would I want somebody to hire his experience? ↗

— Thomas John Watson, Sr.

#company #cost #employee #experience #fire