Socialism proposes no adequate substitute for the motive of enlightened selfishness that today is at the basis of all human labor and effort, enterprise and new activity.
To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given a chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy.
People see my photos and think I labor over my image and I'm this cool, brooding artist. But I'm just having fun with it.
Adam Smith pointed out that there were three things that make us more prosperous, in a general sort of way: freedom to pursue our own self-interest; specialization, which he called division of labor; and freedom of trade.
Labor Day is seen as a day of rest for many hardworking Americans.
Child slavery is a crime against humanity. Humanity itself is at stake here. A lot of work still remains, but I will see the end of child labor in my lifetime.
My dad was an immigrant kid and a Democrat and a Jew, and we didn't know any Republicans in our group. So I grew up Democratic. My dad was a labor lawyer - a very hardworking guy, a one-horse labor lawyer - and then I went to hippie college and lived in the bubble.
Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we had not the power of magnifying the advantages we expect from them.
An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.
A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.