Employed Quotes

The value of moments, when cast up, is immense, if well employed; if thrown away, their loss is irrecoverable.

The jihad was therefore employed as an instrument for both the universalization of religion and the establishment of an imperial world state.

A certain amount of contempt for the material employed to express an idea is indispensable to the purest realization of this idea.

Eloquence is an engine invented to manage and wield at will the fierce democracy, and, like medicine to the sick, is only employed in the paroxysms of a disordered state.

Habits are formed, not at one stroke, but gradually and insensibly; so that, unless vigilant care be employed, a great change may come over the character without our being conscious of any.

We waste the power in impatience which, if, otherwise employed, might remedy the evil.

Job security is a myth...it is also risky for self-employed people in my opinion. If they get sick, injured, or die, their income is directly impacted.

Italy is divided between us and them, rich and poor, north and south, young and old, employed and unemployed.

The bicycle is a great good. But it can turn nasty, if ill employed.

Lawful and settled authority is very seldom resisted when it is well employed.

The Romans rightly employed the same word (virtus) to designate courage, which is, in a physical sense, what the other is in a moral; the highest virtue of all being victory over ourselves.

All forces are a deterrent to and would be employed in a general war. Most of our forces could be employed in a limited war, if required

Sexual harassment at work... is it a problem for the self-employed?

A peculiarity of capital is that it cannot be employed productively without benefiting the community in which it is used.

Common sense is a phrase employed to denote that degree of intelligence, sagacity, and prudence which is common to all men.

I don't like to have anybody tell me to be in a place at certain times. That's kind of the advantage of stand up. You're self-employed.

When I put something into motion, the creativity starts to make other people want to jump in, and then a lot of people get employed. I'm just like a shark, in that way. If I stop swimming, I'll die.

The devil never tempted a man whom he found judiciously employed.

When it comes to deciding to use the Bomb, a personality that is calm, clear and measured would seem to inspire more confidence that caution would be employed.

Any humane and reasonable person must conclude that if the ends, however desireable, are uncertain and the means are horrible and certain, these means must not be employed.

Our leisure is the time the Devil seizes upon to make us work for him; and the only way we can avoid conscription into his ranks is to keep all our leisure moments profitably employed.

For only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never be employed.

I'm up and down and round about, Yet all the world can't find me out; Though hundreds have employed their leisure, They never yet could find my measure.

If ridicule were employed to laugh men out of vice and folly, it might be of some use.

Female spies typically represented one of two extremes: the seductress who employed her wiles to manipulate men, and the cross-dresser who blended in by impersonating them.

Unemployed writers have muses. Employed writers just sweat.

It is better to be idle than employed in ill.

I am content and happy with my situation and like the flexibility that comes with being self-employed. And it's nice to know that I can contribute something to society

Happy the man who sees a God employed in all the good and ills that checker life.

Conscience is the reason employed about questions of right and wrong.

When men are employed they are best contented.

Time well employed is Satan's deadliest foe; it leaves no opening for the lurking fiend.

Logic is an excellent weapon when employed correctly.

There is only one vice, which may be found in life with as strong features, and as high a colouring as needs be employed by any satyrist or comic poet; and that is AVARICE.

It's a great thing when you can show that you've been successful and that you've made a lot of money and that you've employed a lot of people.

A man's wits are better employed in bearing up under the misfortunes that lie upon him at present than in foreseeing those that may come upon him hereafter.

Some show their kindness to the poor by employing them in their kitchens. Would they not be kinder if they employed themselves there?

All knowledge attains its ethical value and its human significance only by the human sense with which it is employed. Only a good man can be a great physician.

I like being employed, you know. That's my favorite kind of acting.

Everybody was willing to give me a job. But I wanted to do something different. I saw myself as an independent person, self-employed.

All jobs are created in direct proportion to the amount of capital employed.

I'm glad to be an actor to be employed by people who are now 12, probably. I look forward to that.

When we are young, we are slavishly employed in procuring something whereby we may live comfortably when we grow old; and when we are old, we perceive it is too late to live as we proposed.

Very good cooks who are employed as 'chefs' rarely refer to themselves as 'chefs.' They refer to themselves as 'cooks.'

CANNON, n. An instrument employed in the rectification of national boundaries.

Compared with the employed, the jobless are less likely to vote, volunteer, see friends and talk to family. Even on weekends, the jobless spend more time alone than those with jobs.

I think we should all hope for a Russia that is successful, where its people are employed and the economy is growing and they are having good relationships with their neighbors.

For many Americans, including many who are employed, going to the doctor when they fall ill or become injured may not be an option because of the absence of health insurance.

Your job as an actor is to stay employed.

One of the most empowering things about being a self-employed actor is also one of the hardest things; I get to set my own goals.