What made women's labour particularly attractive to the capitalists was not only its lower price but also the greater submissiveness of women.
Date of birth: 1857-07-05
Date of death: 1933-06-20
Quotes number: 19
Nationality: German
Profession: Politician
One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothin' can beat teamwork.
I didn't decide to be a photographer; I just happened to fall into it.
My job, I think, is the hardest job out of all the judges because I am the only one that is a performer.
The conventional definition of management is getting work done through people, but real management is developing people through work.
My best work is often almost unconscious and occurs ahead of my ability to understand it.
Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities; artistic creation can never be anything but the production of an individual mind.
All I do, really, is go to work and try to be professional, be on time and be prepared.
Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either lead into freedom or constitute a proof for its existence.
The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.
I have always argued that change becomes stressful and overwhelming only when you've lost any sense of the constancy of your life. You need firm ground to stand on. From there, you can deal with that change.