#worker

My father was brought up in an orphanage in the Catskills. He was a factory worker. And because his family wasn't there for him, family was everything. We could disagree inside the house, but outside the house it was us against the world. So when I became a drag actor, he looked sideways but said okay. ↗

— Harvey Fierstein

#against #became #because #brought #could

I would venture to guess that if I was a construction worker... who requested a transfer to another department for the betterment of his family, I would be commended for it. But because it's sports, there's just so much passion added to it. ↗

— Derek Fisher

#another #because #betterment #commended #construction

The CIO put up half a million dollars for Roosevelt's 1936 campaign and provided him with an immense group of active labor workers who played a large part in the sweeping victory he won at the polls. ↗

— John T. Flynn

#campaign #dollars #group #half #him

I think it is important for software to avoiding imposing a cognitive style on workers and their work. ↗

— Edward Tufte

#cognitive #i #i think #important #imposing

I belong to the generation of workers who, born in the villages and hamlets of rural Poland, had the opportunity to acquire education and find employment in industry, becoming in the course conscious of their rights and importance in society. ↗

— Lech Walesa

#becoming #belong #born #conscious #course

The sole and basic source of our strength is the solidarity of workers, peasants and the intelligentsia, the solidarity of the nation, the solidarity of people who seek to live in dignity, truth, and in harmony with their conscience. ↗

— Lech Walesa

#conscience #dignity #harmony #intelligentsia #live

This conviction brought me, in the summer of 1978, to the Free Trade Unions - formed by a group of courageous and dedicated people who came out in the defense of the workers' rights and dignity. ↗

— Lech Walesa

#came #conviction #courageous #dedicated #defense

As we become purer channels for God's light, we develop an appetite for the sweetness that is possible in this world. A miracle worker is not geared toward fighting the world that is, but toward creating the world that could be. ↗

— Marianne Williamson

#become #channels #could #creating #develop

During these continued tough economic times, writing a sensible, fair budget that provides real opportunities for Washington families, workers and businesses is always a challenge. ↗

— Jeanne Kohl-Welles

#budget #businesses #challenge #continued #during

Even though worker capacity and motivation are destroyed when leaders choose power over productivity, it appears that bosses would rather be in control than have the organization work well. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#bosses #capacity #choose #control #destroyed