Unemployed Quotes

“The quality of a society and of its culture will depend on the status of its unemployed.”

“When you are unemployed, weekends are seven days long.”

“Production is carried on for profit, not for use. There is no provision that all those able and willing to work will always be in a position to find employment; an “army of unemployed” almost always exists. The worker is constantly in fear of losing his job. Since unemployed and poorly paid workers do not provide a profitable market, the production of consumers’ goods is restricted, and great hardship is the consequence. Technological progress frequently results in more unemployment rather than in an easing of the burden of work for all. The profit motive, in conjunction with competition among capitalists, is responsible for an instability in the accumulation and utilization of capital which leads to increasingly severe depressions. Unlimited competition leads to a huge waste of labor, and to that crippling of the social consciousness of individuals which I mentioned before.”

“Dying in the line of duty is heroic, but dying while unemployed is just stupid.”

“Be ashamed not of being single, or, unemployed. That comes standard.”

“One can earn a thousand credentials but remain unemployed.”

“The garden is an unemployed township-based man's cubicle.”

“To drive a woman away, tell her that you are unemployed. To bore her, tell her that you are single.”

“A day unemployed is like a bagel- even when it's bad, it's still pretty good...”