Most of us continue to work for wages in a highly unequal social system that denies us meaningful work and a decent return for our labor. That simple fact defines a set of common interests of immense democratic potential.
—Charles Bergquist
All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.
—Aristotle
Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for—in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it.
—Ellen Goodman
The secrets of success are a good wife and a steady job. My wife told me.
—Howard Nemerov
What I don't like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day.
—Phyllis Diller
When a poor man knocks at your door and says, "I'm hungry," and your first thought is Why can't you get a job?, you've invaded his privacy. Why would you need to know why he can't get a job? He didn't come to discuss his inabilities or bad habits; he came to discuss his hunger. If you want to do something about it, feed him.
—Rabbi Manis Friedman
No man ever listened himself out of a job.
—Calvin Coolidge