Work Quotes

"The natural tendency of profits is to fall, as capital accumulates and population increases."

"Labor productivity increases with the division of labor and the accumulation of capital."

"Capital is not only a current income, but an accumulated stock of the results of past labor."

"The natural price of labor is that price which is necessary to enable the laborers to subsist and perpetuate their race."

"The laboring classes are more interested in the rate of wages than in the price of any particular commodity."

"When the capital of a country increases, the wages of labor naturally rise."

"The farmer cultivates not for the purpose of producing food, but for the purpose of obtaining a profit."

"The real cost of production of any commodity is the quantity of labor necessary for its production."

"The standard of living of the working classes depends upon the rate of wages relative to the price of necessaries."

"Labor is the source of all wealth and the measure of all value."

"The rate of profit depends on the ratio of capital to output and the efficiency of production."

"The division of labor increases the productivity of labor and the accumulation of capital."

"The Web is an ongoing project for all of us."

"The most meaningful work connects to something larger than yourself."

"The supply of labour has been, and still is, the great question which politicians have to settle."

"A man should be ashamed to be idle if he has any means of supporting himself."

"The great question of political economy is how to distribute the fruits of labour among the members of society."

"The work that matters most is often the work nobody sees."

"The real work of technology is invisible infrastructure that enables everything else."

"Programming is about problem solving, not about the language you use."

"Work that lacks purpose is merely labor."

"Work-life balance is not optional."

"You can't manage what you don't measure."

"Career advice: become excellent at something that the world needs."

"The most important work often goes unnoticed and unpraise."

"The natural price of labour is that price which is necessary to enable the labourers, one with another, to subsist and perpetuate their race."

"Wages naturally rise and fall according to the demand for labour and the cost of living."

"It is the power of accumulating capital that is the basis of prosperity."

"The division of labour is limited by the extent of the market."

"Every improvement in the productive powers of labour tends to raise real wages."