The more we do, the more we can do.
Industry Quotes
The policy of some nations has given extraordinary encouragement to the industry of the country ; that of others to the industry of towns. Scarce any nation has dealt equally and impartially with every sort of industry. Since the down-fall of the Roman empire, the policy of Europe has been more favourable to arts, manufactures, […]
Frankly, I’d like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry.
A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them a fortune.
At the end of World War II we had 40 percent of our workforce in manufacturing. And now we’re down to 10 percent. We’ve got 10 percent of the country working and producing, and we’ve got the other 90 percent talking and eating. That’s all they’re doing.
The day of large profits is probably past. There may be room for further intensive but not extensive, development of industry in the present area of civilization.
Avarice, the spur of industry.
A parent who teaches children industry provides them with a fortune.
Though the discoveries or acquisitions of man are not always adequate to the expectations of his pride, they are at least sufficient to animate his industry.
Among the productions of mechanic art many are of a form so different from that of their first materials, and many consist of parts so numerous and so nicely adapted to each other, that it is not possible to view them without amazement. But when we enter the shops of artificers, observe the various tools […]
