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“I can't abide to see men throw away their tools i' that way, the minute the clock begins to strike, as if they took no pleasure i' their work, and was afraid o' doing a stroke too much.... I hate to see a man's arms drop down as if he was shot, before the clock's fairly struck, just as if he'd never a bit o' pride and delight in's work. The very grindstone 'ull go on turning a bit after you loose it.”

Ifs Men Way I Can Hate Bits Work Pleasure Too Much Minutes Pride Arms Goes On Shots Tools I Hate Delight Strikes Clock Strokes Grindstone

Book:Four Novels of George Eliot

Source: Four Novels of George Eliot

“Most thoughtful people would agree that morality in the absence of policing is somehow more truly moral than the kind of false morality that vanishes as soon as the police go on strike or the spy camera is switched off, whether the spy camera is a real one monitored in the police station or an imaginary one in heaven.”

People Kind Real Heaven Moral Goes On Morality Police Cameras Agree Strikes Absence Thoughtful Stations Imaginary Spy Real Ones

Book:The God Delusion

Source: The God Delusion

“'Participant' is the incontrovertible new concept given by quantum mechanics. It strikes down the 'observer' of classical theory, the man who stands safely behind the thick glass wall and watches what goes on without taking part. It can't be done, quantum mechanics says it...May the universe in some sense be 'brought into being' by the participation of those who participate?”

Men May Done Universe Given Behinds Watches He Man Theory Wall Goes On Concepts Unity Glasses Strikes Thick Quantum Participation Mechanic Observers Participants Quantum Mechanics

Author:John Archibald Wheeler

“I got a coat lined with hampster. You couldn't do that kind of thing in America. All the Boy Scouts would go on strike.”

Kind America Moral Boys Goes On Strikes Manners Coats Boy Scout

Author:Suzy Parker

“Up until 1986, the top marginal rate, the top statutory rate was 50 percent. Now it's 35 percent. And all the pressure is on to lower that even further. And this just doesn't make a great deal of sense. When people say, 'Oh, we can't raise taxes on the rich. They'll go on strike, they'll move to another country.' But within recent memory, it hasn't been that long ago that we had rates that were substantially higher. And these people did just fine. I just think that there's a disconnect between the facts of what taxes do and the sort of mythology of what they do.”

People Thinking Long Country Facts Moving Memories Deals Rich Fine Goes On Higher Taxes Percent Pressure Raises Rate Strikes Mythology Long Ago

Author:Bruce Bartlett

“If workers are more insecure, that's very 'healthy' for the society, because if workers are insecure, they won't ask for wages, they won't go on strike, they won't call for benefits; they'll serve the masters gladly and passively. And that's optimal for corporations' economic health.”

Ifs Asks Economic Masters Goes On Healthy Benefits Workers Strikes Corporations Wages Insecure Optimal

Author:Noam Chomsky

“Yes, we worship the idea of the "self-made man" - otherwise we'd go on strike against Bill Gates having all that money! We worship that idea.”

Men Made Ideas Self Goes On Worship Bills Strikes Gates Self Made Self Made Man

Author:James Hillman

“Firefighters don't go on strike.”

Goes On Strikes Firefighter

Author:Denis Leary

“Any professional league that goes on strike right now - that's just suicide.”

Goes On Right Now Suicide Strikes League

Author:Charles Barkley

“Voting to go on strike is not a decision working people take lightly and is always accompanied by a strong sense of injustice at work. The impact of losing a day's pay is significant, not least for those in the lowest paid jobs who are already on the tightest budgets.”

People Jobs Strong Decision Pay Goes On Losing Paid Impact Injustice Strikes Significant Budgets Voting Lowest

Author:Frances O'Grady