Quotes About Employment

It's very difficult to be continuously charitable in a capitalistic society. You've also got to make sure that you can pay everyone who works for you.

We have a society that wants somebody to come out of college with a degree that will make them a slave for whatever discipline they're in.

In our society, it is psychological murder to deprive a man of a job...you are in substance saying to that man "You have no right to exist.

Because of technological breakthroughs, the society will need fewer and fewer unskilled laborers.

Every man is a consumer and ought to be a producer.

Knowledge isn't power until it is applied.

For most Americans, economic growth is a spectator sport.

Selecting the right person for the right job is the largest part of coaching.

There's no unemployment insurance if you don't have a job in wrestling. You really have to be committed, to have a love and a passion for the sport, a belief in yourself that you can do it.

The full truth is that trade does create some (hopefully better-paying) jobs, but it also destroys other (lower-paying) jobs. But that's a complex, even equivocal, message.

Democracy is, among other things, the ability to say 'no' to the boss. But a man cannot say 'no' to the boss, unless he is sure of being able to eat when the boss's favour has been withdrawn.

Ah, if only one had work of one's own, proper work, decent work—not forced upon one by the griping of one's belly!

Like ageism and sexism, lookism was everywhere, resulting in the good-looking getting the best jobs, winning all the plaudits, being let off the most parking tickets by soft-hearted traffic wardens; being generally favoured.

And having a servant was not a sign of wealth or privilege—even a modest establishment would have a maid, as this was an important way of providing employment that would otherwise not exist.

And then," continued the clerk, "they send those students out at the end of their course and say, 'Go off and use those big words and long sentences to get all the good, high-paying jobs. And once you're in those jobs, always remember to use long sentences to protect your position. If you use long sentences, nobody will dare remove you. That is an important rule that we have worked out.' That is what they say, Mma—I have heard it on very good authority.

I have the luxury, I suppose, of being self-employed. But I know what it's like to apply for jobs.

of the large numbers of people who applied for jobs, and she wondered how employers managed to select from such a wide field. Was everyone interviewed? And even if that happened, how did one distinguish one applicant from another when they all probably had roughly the same qualifications?

That investment had held its value, as had the other major asset in the aunt's estate that now passed to Nicola—a small pie factory in Glasgow. This factory, formerly trading under the name Pies for Protestants Ltd but now called Inclusive Pies, employed no more than three people.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, male nurses ride the "glass escalator"; although they are in the minority, they receive higher wages and faster promotions than women in the same jobs.

Yes; I am a supercargo; pen, ink, and paper are my tools, and without my tools I am fit for nothing.

Why does a steward steal? He steals because he's not sure he'll always remain with his master and wants to make his future secure.

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.

So we really need jobs now. We have to take jobs away from other countries because other countries are taking our jobs. There is practically not a country that does business with the United States that isn't making - let's call it a very big profit. I mean China is going to make $300 billion on us at least this year.

Men choose high-paying fields like engineering, chemistry, and mining more often than women do. Women choose lower-paying fields like education and social work more often than men do. This accounts for most of the difference.