“As a rule, from what I've observed, the American Captain of Industry doesn't do anything out of business hours. When he has put the cat out and locked up the office for the night, he just relapses into a state of coma from which he emerges only to start being a Captain of Industry again.” StatesNightHoursIndustryOfficeCapitalismCatLockedCaptainsTry AgainLocked UpComaRelapseCaptains Of Industry Book:Enter Jeeves: 15 Early Stories Source: Enter Jeeves: 15 Early Stories
“My problem with the wedding industry started when I studied in college and liked to have the television on in the background, and 'A Wedding Story' on TLC always came on, and I'd get irritated that the story of two people making a lifelong commitment to each other could be encapsulated in a half-hour show about the party they throw.” PeopleTwoStoriesShowsProblemHoursPartyHalfTelevisionCollegeIndustryCommitmentBackgroundsLifelongIrritatedHalf Hours Author:Jessica Valenti
“U.S. labor leaders will realize that automation can multiply man's wealth far more rapidly than it is multiplying at present and that automation will leave all men free to search and research... Realizing the direct competition with foreign industry on a straight labor basis will mean swiftly decreasing wages per hour and longer hours and decreasing buying power of the public.” MenMeanPoliticsRealizingHoursWealthLeaderEconomyIndustryResearchLaborDirectBasesCompetitionLiberalismBuyingWagesAutomationMultiplyingBuying Power Author:R. Buckminster Fuller
“Wind has the potential to produce many, many more jobs per kilowatt hour than coal. But the coal industry has tremendous political clout on Capitol Hill because of its alliance with the railroads... and with coal-burning utilities...” JobsPoliticalHoursProduceWindIndustryBurningHillsCoalUtilityAlliancesRailroadsCapitolCloutCapitol Hill Author:Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“Hollywood industry people are very spoiled. I don't think they can adjust to the insane, no-money, super-hard working tradition of Japanese filmmaking. I don't think any American can go through that. They don't want to work more than twelve hours and they want Saturday and Sunday off.” PeopleThinkingWantHardHoursHard WorkIndustryTraditionHollywoodInsaneSundayTwelveFilmmakingSaturdayNo MoneySpoiledSaturday And Sunday Author:Ryuhei Kitamura
“I think that people should find a niche that will work. I have friends growing up who sat around playing video games for hours after school, and now they work for the video game industry. People need to find a niche so it doesn't feel like a job anymore. When I'm working on the "Lights Out" brand, it's fun. It's not work.” PeopleThinkingNeedsFeelsShouldLightSchoolJobsGamesFunHoursGrowing UpGrowingIndustryVideoBrandsSatNicheAfter SchoolPlaying Video GamesFriends Growing Up Author:Shawne Merriman
“In the film industry you work very long hours, and making a film is a very intense process.” LongFilmProcessHoursIndustryIntenseFilm IndustryLong Hours Author:Emma Watson