#reward

It might seem unfair to reward a person for having so much pleasure over the years, asking the maize plant to solve specific problems and then watching its responses. ↗

— Barbara McClintock

#having #might #much #over #person

We are born knowing nothing and with much striving we learn but a little; yet all the while we are bound by laws that hearken to no plea of ignorance, and measure out their rewards and punishments with calm indifference. ↗

— Paul Elmer More

#bound #calm #hearken #ignorance #indifference

The reward of labour is life. Is that not enough? ↗

— William Morris

#labour #life #reward

UNICEF has made the most rewarding thing that I have ever done in my life. ↗

— Nana Mouskouri

#ever #i #life #made #most

It seemed pathetic and terrible to me and it still does, that men and women work eight hours a day at jobs that bring them no joy, no reward save a few dollars. ↗

— Hortense Odlum

#day #does #dollars #eight #few

Our hope, and it's a sad hope, is that... well, I mean we need a tip. That's why we have such a big reward. We just hope that someone is holding her for her child and that we can, you know, get her back with a tip. ↗

— Scott Peterson

#big #child #get #her #holding

Man's unique reward, however, is that while animals survive by adjusting themselves to their background, man survives by adjusting his background to himself. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#background #himself #his #however #man

What we're going to do is redouble our efforts on financial regulatory reform, because that has in it sensible things like say on pay, so at least the shareholders are minding the store, sensible things like saying, for heaven's sakes, compensation should be focused on - on long term, so that you don't have rewards for short-term risk-taking. ↗

— Christina Romer

#compensation #efforts #financial #focused #going

The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more. ↗

— Jonas Salk

#more #opportunity #reward #well #well done

It is vital that Iraq and the United States together send the clearest possible signal that those who commit acts of violence against American military forces and American civilians will not be rewarded with amnesty. ↗

— Ike Skelton

#against #american #american military #amnesty #civilians