“Everything is sold to skill and labor; and where nature furnishes the materials, they are still rude and unfinished, till industry, ever active and intelligent, refines them from their brute state, and fits them for human use and convenience.” HumansStillsStatesUseMaterialsIndustryFitSkillsLaborIntelligentActiveRudeConvenienceBrutesUnfinished Book:The philosophical works of David Hume Source: The philosophical works of David Hume
“The history of work has been, in part, the history of the worker's body. Production depended on what the body could accomplish with strength and skill. Techniques that improve output have been driven by a general desire to decrease the pain of labor as well as by employers' intentions to escape dependency upon that knowledge which only the sentient laboring body could provide.” WellsHas BeensBodyPainDesireWorkSkillsLaborIntentionWorkersProductionsAccomplishDrivenTechniqueEmployersDecreaseDependencyOutputAutomation Book:In the Age of the Smart Machine: The Future of Work and Power Source: In the Age of the Smart Machine: The Future of Work and Power
“Machines are beneficial to the degree that they eliminate the need for labor, harmful to the degree that they eliminate the need for skill.” NeedsScienceSkillsDegreesLaborMachinesBeneficial Author:W. H. Auden
“Smart businesses do not look at labor costs alone anymore. They do look at market access, transportation, telecommunications infrastructure and the education and skill level of the workforce, the development of capital and the regulatory market.” LooksLevelsDevelopmentCostSkillsSmartLaborAccessInfrastructureTransportationWorkforceTelecommunicationsSmart BusinessTransportation Infrastructure Author:Janet Napolitano
“Free enterprise empowers entrepreneurs who have ideas and imagination, investors who take risks, and workers who hone their skills and offer their labor.” IdeasImaginationBusinessRiskOffersSkillsLaborEntrepreneurWorkersEmpoweringEnterpriseInvestorsFree Enterprise Author:Paul Ryan
“A quality education has the power to transform societies in a single generation, provide children with the protection they need from the hazards of poverty, labor exploitation and disease, and given them the knowledge, skills, and confidence to reach their full potential.” NeedsChildrenGivenEducationQualityPovertyWiseGenerationsSkillsDiseaseLaborProtectionLovelyExploitationHazardsFull PotentialQuality Education Author:Audrey Hepburn
“How are we going to make our livings in a society becoming increasingly jobless because of hi-tech and outsourcing? Where will we get the imagination to recognize that for most of human history the concept of Jobs didn't even exist? Work, as distinguished from Labor, was done to produce needed goods and services, develop skills and artistry, and nurture cooperation.” HumansDoneJobsImaginationWorkSocietyProduceBecomingNeededSkillsConceptsLaborGoodsCooperationJoblessNurtureHuman HistoryDistinguishedArtistryGoods And ServicesOutsourcing Author:Grace Lee Boggs