Worker Quotes - page 3

It does not matter whether the worker wants responsibility or not, ...The enterprise must demand it of him. (Peter Drucker)
The fundamental reality for every worker, from sweeper to executive vice-president, is the eight hours or so that he spends on the job. In our society of organizations, it is the job through which the great majority has access to achievement, to fulfillment, and to community. View quote
Peter Drucker
The first step toward making the worker achieving is to make work productive. View quote
Peter Drucker
The fact that labour is external to the worker, i.e., it does not belong to his intrinsic nature; that in his work, therefore he does not affirm himself but denies himself, does not feel content but unhappy, does not develop freely his physical and mental energy but mortifies his body and his mind. The worker therefore only feels himself outside his work, and in his work feels outside himself. View quote
Karl Marx
A worker may be the hammer's master, but the hammer still prevails. A tool knows exactly how it is meant to be handled, while the user of the tool can only have an approximate idea. View quote
Milan Kundera
Because of their historical theory of the "alienation of labor” (that the worker must become less and less in control of the work of his hands) the Marxist parties never fought for the man-worthy job itself. View quote
Paul Goodman
I am a compulsive worker. But I'm also a compulsive relaxer. View quote
A. Scott Berg
It feels like the whole world has turned upside down. There aren't any more rules. Hey,' I say to Sam, because if the world's gone crazy, then I guess I can do whatever I want. "Guess what? I'm a worker. View quote
Holly Black
But I'm a fairly mechanical worker - I tend not to think about themes so much as plot. I want to get the feeling right. If it's moving through tunnels, I ask myself, what is it like to move through tunnels? View quote
Brian Selznick
The one conclusion I have reached is that whiskey is a great leveler. You might be a hotshot advertising executive or a lowly foundry worker, but if you cannot hold your drink, you are just a drunkard. View quote
Vikas Swarup
In terms of productivity - that is, how much a worker produces in an hour - there's little difference between the U.S., France, and Germany. But since more people work in America, and since they work so many more hours, Americans create more wealth. (James Surowiecki)
Photography suits the temper of this age - of active bodies and minds. It is a perfect medium for one whose mind is teeming with ideas, imagery, for a prolific worker who would be slowed down by painting or sculpting, for one who sees quickly and acts decisively, accurately. View quote
Edward Weston
The Recovery plan will put money in the pockets of the American worker, create and save millions of new jobs and invest in crucial areas such as health care, education, energy independence and a new infrastructure. View quote
Valerie Jarrett
I couldn't even go to the bathroom alone. My mother or a social worker always went with me. View quote
Natalie Wood
The ingenuity of the average worker is sufficient to outwit any system of controls devised by management. View quote
Douglas McGregor
I had been very close to Anne Bancroft when we worked together in The Miracle Worker. View quote
Patty Duke
Hitler did not have Mussolini's revolutionary socialist background... Nevertheless, he shared the socialist hatred and contempt for the 'bourgeoisie' and 'capitalism' and exploited for his purposes the powerful socialist traditions of Germany. The adjectives 'socialist' and 'worker' in the official name of Hitler's party ('The Nationalist-Socialist German Workers' Party') had not merely propagandistic value... On one occasion, in the midst of World War II, Hitler even declared that 'basically National Socialism and Marxism are the same. View quote
Richard Pipes
The sincerity of the art worker must permeate the song as naturally as the green leaves break through the dead branches in springtime. View quote
Alma Gluck
For the first week of the Sian events I was a first aid worker in the streets of Sian. View quote
Agnes Smedley
If you got up this morning and had fruits for breakfast, it was probably picked by the bent back of an immigrant worker. If you slept in a hotel or motel of the nation, you probably had your room done by an immigrant worker. View quote
Bob Menendez
I had a little insight into life that most kids probably didn't have. My mother was a schoolteacher, and my father was a social worker. Through his eyes I saw the underside of society. (Charles Kuralt)
I don't think I had a reputation as a hard worker, but inside I was always being eaten up by the pressures. View quote
Charles Kuralt
I am also a hard worker and people are sometimes surprised to see that as well. View quote
Christina Milian
I was a hard worker, and I always knew my lines. View quote
Diane Cilento
I will support legislation that benefits the American worker and prevents the outsourcing of American jobs. View quote
Ed Pastor