Work & Money Sayings

239 sayings found from 239 authors

A man is born to work, to suffer and to fight; he who doesn't, must perish.

— Nikola Tesla Late 19th - early 20th century (approximate)
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We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles.

— Thomas Edison Late 19th - early 20th century (approximate)
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Radium is not to enrich any one. It is an element; it is for all people.

— Marie Curie Early 20th century (approximate)
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We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.

— Benjamin Franklin Unknown, likely 18th century
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I handed my passport to the immigration officer, and he looked at it and looked at me and said, 'What are you?'

— Grace Hopper 1986 (60 Minutes interview, August 24)
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Any man who has had the job I've had and didn't have a sense of humor wouldn't still be here.

— Harry Truman Unknown
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Let some people get rich first.

— Deng Xiaoping 1992 (during his 'Southern Tour')
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We have finished the job. What shall we do with the tools?

— Haile Selassie Undated
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We do not say that a man who takes no interest in public affairs is a man who minds his own business. We say he has no business being here at all.

— Pericles c. 431 BCE
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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.

— Socrates c. 399 BCE (approximate)
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Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

— Aristotle c. 350 BCE (approximate)
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Catch a man a fish, and you can sell it to him. Teach a man to fish, and you ruin a wonderful business opportunity.

— Karl Marx Undated, widely attributed
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In their hearts women think that it is men's business to earn money and theirs to spend it.

— Arthur Schopenhauer 1851
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When the rich plunder the poor of his rights, it becomes an example to the poor to plunder the rich of his property.

— Thomas Paine 1797
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Man does not by nature wish to earn more and more money.

— Max Weber 1904-1905
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Who dares to strike today, when having the security of a permanent job is itself becoming a privilege?

— Slavoj Zizek 2000s-2010s (approximate)
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The Democratic Party is beyond redemption at this point when it comes to seriously speaking to the needs of poor and working people…

— Cornel West 2023 (June 16, 2023, for related context)
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Never take investment advice from someone who has to work for a living.

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2010
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Work is a necessary evil to be avoided.

— Mark Twain Unspecified
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For he hadde yeve his lord, and that of grace, The pleyn felicitee of his richesse.

— Geoffrey Chaucer c. 1387-1400
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