"From the point of view of the employer, it is in any case simply an item of cost, to be reduced to a minimum if it cannot be eliminated altogether, say, by automation. From the point of view of the workman, it is a "disutility"; to work is to make a sacrifice of one's leisure and comfort, and wages are a kind of compensation for the sacrifice."

-- E. F. Schumacher

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“Religion is like a virus that affects the behaviour of its host in such a way as to propagate itself further.”
“I sometimes think we expect too much of Christmas Day. We try to crowd into it the long arrears of kindliness and humanity of the whole year. As for me, I like to take my Christmas a little at a time, all through the year.”

Source : Ray Stannard Baker (1910). “Adventures in Friendship”
“Most people outside of America won't get it. It's the Easter bunny. It's another lie and I don't understand why we had to invent this character.”
“I have found among my papers a sheet . . . in which I call architecture frozen music.”
“The thing we've learned from the last 20 years of counterterrorism is the significant value you get from removing leadership from the battlefield in degrading the organization.”

Source : Source: www.politico.com
“Gambling is being subsidized by the taxpayers”
“Israel welcomes the wind of change, and sees a window of opportunity. Democratic and science-based economies by nature desire peace. Israel does not want to be an island of affluence in an ocean of poverty. Improvements in our neighbours' lives mean improvements to the neighbourhood in which we live.”
“Building a baseball team is like building a house. You look for the best architects, the best builders - and then you let them do their jobs.”

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