Work Quotes
The daily grind, the creative struggle, and why what we do matters more than we think.
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"The quantity of labour determines the exchangeability of commodities."David Ricardo
"The cost of labour includes not only wages but the time spent in training."David Ricardo
"The value of labour is not determined by its scarcity alone but by its productiveness."David Ricardo
"The labourer who produces more value earns higher wages naturally."David Ricardo
"The division of labour is the source of human progress and prosperity."David Ricardo
"The rewards of labour depend on the efficiency with which it is employed."David Ricardo
"To create wealth, one must produce value greater than the cost of production."David Ricardo
"The cost of living directly affects the natural price of labour."David Ricardo
"I want to build things that last."Ryan Dahl
"The work you do defines who you are."Ryan Dahl
"Work should be fulfilling, not just profitable."Ryan Dahl
"Passion for your work transcends cultural boundaries. When you love what you do, it shows in everything you create."Fei-Fei Li
"Work-life balance is a myth. Work-life integration is what we should aim for."Fei-Fei Li
"Bandwidth is precious, so waste nothing and be intentional about what you transmit."Bob Kahn
"Perfectionism is the enemy of shipping."Brendan Eich
"Your code will be read far more times than it's written."Brendan Eich
"Performance matters, but so does developer happiness."Ryan Dahl
"Writing code is easy; maintaining it is the real challenge."Ryan Dahl
"The developer experience shapes how people build the future."Ryan Dahl
"The future of web development depends on tools that respect developer time."Ryan Dahl
"The key to making progress on any machine learning problem is to break it down into smaller, manageable pieces."Andrew Ng
"Work ethic in machine learning means checking your assumptions constantly."Andrew Ng
"Work becomes meaningful when it contributes to something greater than yourself."Andrew Ng
"The Internet is a work in progress, and we are all responsible for its continued improvement."Vint Cerf
"Labor, like all other things which are purchased and sold, has its natural price and its market price."David Ricardo
"The rent of land is determined by the excess of its produce above what is required to feed the laborers employed upon it."David Ricardo
"A man who possesses a capital of £1000 and no land can employ his capital to the greatest advantage only by renting land."David Ricardo
"The prosperity of a nation depends on the extent to which it can employ its population in productive labor."David Ricardo
"The labor of a man is his capital, and as such it is the source of all his well-being."David Ricardo
"The measure of a system is not its complexity, but its reliability."Bob Kahn