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
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"The cost of labour includes not only wages but the time spent in training."
David Ricardo
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"The value of labour is not determined by its scarcity alone but by its productiveness."
David Ricardo
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"The labourer who produces more value earns higher wages naturally."
David Ricardo
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"The division of labour is the source of human progress and prosperity."
David Ricardo
D
"The rewards of labour depend on the efficiency with which it is employed."
David Ricardo
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"To create wealth, one must produce value greater than the cost of production."
David Ricardo
D
"The cost of living directly affects the natural price of labour."
David Ricardo
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"I want to build things that last."
Ryan Dahl
R
"The work you do defines who you are."
Ryan Dahl
R
"Work should be fulfilling, not just profitable."
Ryan Dahl
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"Passion for your work transcends cultural boundaries. When you love what you do, it shows in everything you create."
Fei-Fei Li
F
"Work-life balance is a myth. Work-life integration is what we should aim for."
Fei-Fei Li
B
"Bandwidth is precious, so waste nothing and be intentional about what you transmit."
Bob Kahn
B
"Perfectionism is the enemy of shipping."
Brendan Eich
B
"Your code will be read far more times than it's written."
Brendan Eich
R
"Performance matters, but so does developer happiness."
Ryan Dahl
R
"Writing code is easy; maintaining it is the real challenge."
Ryan Dahl
R
"The developer experience shapes how people build the future."
Ryan Dahl
R
"The future of web development depends on tools that respect developer time."
Ryan Dahl
A
"The key to making progress on any machine learning problem is to break it down into smaller, manageable pieces."
Andrew Ng
A
"Work ethic in machine learning means checking your assumptions constantly."
Andrew Ng
A
"Work becomes meaningful when it contributes to something greater than yourself."
Andrew Ng
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"The Internet is a work in progress, and we are all responsible for its continued improvement."
Vint Cerf
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"Labor, like all other things which are purchased and sold, has its natural price and its market price."
David Ricardo
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"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
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"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
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"The prosperity of a nation depends on the extent to which it can employ its population in productive labor."
David Ricardo
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"The labor of a man is his capital, and as such it is the source of all his well-being."
David Ricardo
B
"The measure of a system is not its complexity, but its reliability."
Bob Kahn