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Next Page »Catharine Beecher: Working Women
on Tuesday, August 6, 2019Catharine Beecher Money Quote saying women are taken advantage of by business owners when they pay little and profit greatly from the work. Catharine Beecher said:
“Work of all kinds is got from poor women, at prices that will not keep soul and body together, and then the articles thus made are sold for prices that give monstrous prices to the capitalist, who thus grows rich on the hard labor of our sex” — Catharine Beecher
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Drew Carey: Hollywood Money Guilt
on Thursday, May 23, 2019Drew Carey Money Quote saying rich celebrities are often guilty for being wealthy because they are famous, rather than how hard they work to earn it. Drew Carey said:
“Hollywood people are filled with guilt: white guilt, liberal guilt, money guilt. They feel bad that they’re so rich, they feel they don’t work that much for all that money – and they don’t, for the amount of money they make” — Drew Carey
Birthday May 23
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Naomi Campbell: Apartheid Refusal
on Wednesday, May 22, 2019Naomi Campbell Money Quote saying there is no way that companies that support hateful policies can be supported in any way by those with a conscience. Naomi Campbell said:
“I’ve been offered jobs by companies that supported apartheid many times in the 25 years of my modeling career, but I have never taken one of them. I have to refuse that money, because I’m not going to work against my people. They’ve suffered enough” — Naomi Campbell
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Armand Hammer: Well Paid Worker
on Tuesday, May 21, 2019Armand Hammer Money Quote saying the better someone is paid, the more likely they are to be industrious and valuable and conversely, poorly paid workers are worth less to the business. Armand Hammer said:
“People will always work harder if they’re getting well paid and if they’re afraid of losing a job which they know will be hard to equal. As is well known, if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys” — Armand Hammer
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Imogen Cunningham: Poor Work
on Friday, April 12, 2019Photographer Imogen Cunningham Money Quote saying those without means to survive must work, while the wealthy have no incentive toward gainful employment. Imogen Cunningham said:
“I was poor. When you’re poor you work, and when you’re rich you expect somebody to hand it to you. So I think being reasonably poor is very good for people” — Imogen Cunningham
Born April 12, 1883 – Died 23, 1976
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Walter Annenberg: Interest Slaving
on Wednesday, March 13, 2019Walter Annenberg Money Quote saying people who love their work may appear to be struggling with it, but actually enjoy their money-making activities. Walter Annenberg said:
“Some people find an interest in making money, and though they appear to be slaving, many actually enjoy every minute of their work” — Walter Annenberg
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William Morris: All Desirable Work
on Friday, February 22, 2019William Morris Money Quote saying that regardless of the actual value of work, it is presumed to be gainful employment and the act of work by itself is seen as valuable, even if it is pointless. William Morris said:
“It is assumed by most people nowadays that all work is useful, and by most well-to-do people that all work is desirable. Most people, well-to-do or not, believe that, even when a man is doing work which appears to be useless, he is earning his livelihood by it – he is ’employed'” — William Morris
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Frances Perkins: Law Compensate
on Wednesday, February 6, 2019Frances Perkins Money Quote saying she was driven by desire to see fair labor laws protecting children and poorly paid women as Roosevelt’s Secretary of Labor. Frances Perkins said:
“From the time I was in college I was horrified at the work that many women and children had to do in factories. There were absolutely no effective laws that regulated the number of hours they were permitted to work. There were no provisions which guarded their health nor adequately looked after their compensation in case of injury” — Frances Perkins
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