Happy Labor Day (U.S./Canadian Holiday)

[SteveMR200]

What does a man get for all the toil and anxious
striving with which he labors under the sun? All
his days his work is pain and grief; even at night
his mind does not rest. This too is meaningless.
--The Bible, Ecclesiastes 2:22-23 NIV

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ecclesiastes%202:22-23&version=NIV

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Steve

[SteveMR200]

Post by SteveMR200
What does a man get for all the toil and anxious
striving with which he labors under the sun? All
his days his work is pain and grief; even at night
his mind does not rest. This too is meaningless.
--The Bible, Ecclesiastes 2:22-23 NIV

The sleep of a laborer is sweet, whether he eats
little or much, but the abundance of a rich man
permits him no sleep.
--The Bible, Ecclesiastes 5:12 NIV

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ecclesiastes%205:12&version=NIV

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Steve

[SteveMR200]

Post by SteveMR200
What does a man get for all the toil and anxious
striving with which he labors under the sun? All
his days his work is pain and grief; even at night
his mind does not rest. This too is meaningless.
--The Bible, Ecclesiastes 2:22-23 NIV

Let us be grateful to Adam, our benefactor.
He cut us out of the blessing of idleness
and won for us the curse of labor.
--Mark Twain (1835-1910)
_Pudd'nhead Wilson_ [1894]

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Steve

[SteveMR200]

Post by SteveMR200

Post by SteveMR200
What does a man get for all the toil and anxious
striving with which he labors under the sun? All
his days his work is pain and grief; even at night
his mind does not rest. This too is meaningless.
--The Bible, Ecclesiastes 2:22-23 NIV

Let us be grateful to Adam, our benefactor.
He cut us out of the blessing of idleness
and won for us the curse of labor.
--Mark Twain (1835-1910)
_Pudd'nhead Wilson_ [1894]

Ah, why should life all labor be?
--Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)
_The Lotos-Eaters_ [1832], Stanza 4

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Steve

[David C Kifer]

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Post by SteveMR200
What does a man get for all the toil and anxious
striving with which he labors under the sun? All
his days his work is pain and grief; even at night
his mind does not rest. This too is meaningless.
--The Bible, Ecclesiastes 2:22-23 NIV

Let us be grateful to Adam, our benefactor.
He cut us out of the blessing of idleness
and won for us the curse of labor.
--Mark Twain (1835-1910)
_Pudd'nhead Wilson_ [1894]

Ah, why should life all labor be?
--Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)
_The Lotos-Eaters_ [1832], Stanza 4

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast
thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
--Genesis 3:19 KJV

[SteveMR200]

Post by David C Kifer
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou
for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
--Genesis 3:19 KJV

All the heavy elements that make up the rocks under
our feet, the carbon and iron that pulse through our
veins--all of these things were created by suns that
had reached the ends of their lives and erupted into
supernovae. We are all dust of the stars.
--Carl Sagan (1934-1996)
(Speech at Carnegie Hall, May 1984)

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Steve

[David Harmon]

On Tue, 08 Oct 2013 04:50:00 -0700 in alt.quotations, SteveMR200

Post by SteveMR200
All the heavy elements that make up the rocks under
our feet, the carbon and iron that pulse through our
veins--all of these things were created by suns that
had reached the ends of their lives and erupted into
supernovae. We are all dust of the stars.
--Carl Sagan (1934-1996)
(Speech at Carnegie Hall, May 1984)

"Dear Lord," the preacher began with arms extended and a rapturous
look on his upturned face, "without you we are but dust..."

He would have continued, but at that moment one very obedient little
girl (who was listening carefully) leaned over to her mother and
asked quite audibly in her little girl voice, "Mommy, WHAT is butt
dust?"
-- http://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/05/Nov/dust.html

[SteveMR200]

Post by David Harmon
On Tue, 08 Oct 2013 04:50:00 -0700 in alt.quotations, SteveMR200

Post by SteveMR200
All the heavy elements that make up the rocks under
our feet, the carbon and iron that pulse through our
veins--all of these things were created by suns that
had reached the ends of their lives and erupted into
supernovae. We are all dust of the stars.
--Carl Sagan (1934-1996)
(Speech at Carnegie Hall, May 1984)

"Dear Lord," the preacher began with arms extended and a rapturous
look on his upturned face, "without you we are but dust..."
He would have continued, but at that moment one very obedient little
girl (who was listening carefully) leaned over to her mother and
asked quite audibly in her little girl voice, "Mommy, WHAT is butt
dust?"
-- http://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/05/Nov/dust.html

The old man who the children trust,
Unable to control his lust;
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust,
The Church can't stop him, someone must.
--"Detective David 'Rooster' Fisk" (Al Pacino)
(In the film _Righteous Kill_ [2008],
written by Russell Gewirtz)
00:50:00

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Steve

[SteveMR200]

Post by David C Kifer
dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
--Genesis 3:19 KJV

All her bright golden hair
Tarnished with rust,
She that was young and fair
Fallen to dust.
--Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
_Requiescat_ [1881], Stanza 1

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Steve

[SteveMR200]

Post by David C Kifer
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return
unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art,
and unto dust shalt thou return.
--Genesis 3:19 KJV

May you rest in peace, Dave.

Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord . . .
that they may rest from their labors.
--Revelation 14:13 KJV
http://biblehub.com/revelation/14-13.htm

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Steve

[SteveMR200]

Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from
one kind of labor by taking up another.
--Anatole France (1844-1924)
_The Crime Of Sylvestre Bonnard_ [1881]

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Steve

[SteveMR200]

Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden,
and I will give you rest.
--Jesus, Matthew 11:28 NKJV
https://www.biblehub.com/matthew/11-28.htm

--
Steve

[SteveMR200]

Post by SteveMR200
Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden,
and I will give you rest.
--Jesus, Matthew 11:28 NKJV
https://www.biblehub.com/matthew/11-28.htm

I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are
very wise and very beautiful; but I never read in
either of them: "Come unto me all ye that labor
and are heavy laden."
--Saint Augustine (354-430)

--
Steve

[SteveMR200]

Post by SteveMR200
Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden,
and I will give you rest.
--Jesus, Matthew 11:28 NKJV
https://www.biblehub.com/matthew/11-28.htm

There is nothing better for a person than to
enjoy their work, because that is their lot.
--Ecclesiastes 3:22 NIV
https://www.biblehub.com/ecclesiastes/3-22.htm

--
Steve

[SteveMR200]

Post by SteveMR200
What does a man get for all the toil and anxious
striving with which he labors under the sun? All
his days his work is pain and grief; even at night
his mind does not rest. This too is meaningless.
--The Bible, Ecclesiastes 2:22-23 NIV
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ecclesiastes%202:22-23&version=NIV

Work is effort applied toward some end. The most
satisfying work involves directing our efforts
towards achieving ends that we ourselves endorse as
worthy expressions of our talent and character.
--William J. Bennett (1943- )
_The Book of Virtues: A Treasury of Great
Moral Stories_ [1993], "Work"

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Steve

[Bob Gnome]

Post by SteveMR200
Work is effort applied toward some end. The most
satisfying work involves directing our efforts
towards achieving ends that we ourselves endorse as
worthy expressions of our talent and character.
--William J. Bennett (1943- )
_The Book of Virtues: A Treasury of Great
Moral Stories_ [1993], "Work"
Steve

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I've been meaning to mention that I appreciate what is seemingly,
your Labor of Love - that is, your quotes. Although, come to think
of it, you didn't write them, somebody else made that happen. So
forget it. :)

ObQ:

Join the union, girls, and together say
'Equal Pay for Equal Work.'
--Susan B. Anthony (1820--1906)
"The Revolution" (woman suffrage newspaper) [18 March 1869]

*

A union shop steward is addressing a union meeting:

"Men, we have agreed on a new deal with the
management. We will no longer work four days a
week."

"Hooray!", goes the crowd.

"We will finish work at 4 PM, not 5 PM."

"Hooray!", goes the crowd, again.

"We will start work at 10 AM, not 9 AM."

"Hooray!"

"We have a 150% pay rise."

"Hooray!"

"We will only work on Wednesdays."

Silence...then a voice from the back
asks, "Every Wednesday?"

k

[SteveMR200]

Post by Bob Gnome

Post by SteveMR200
Work is effort applied toward some end. The most
satisfying work involves directing our efforts
towards achieving ends that we ourselves endorse as
worthy expressions of our talent and character.
--William J. Bennett (1943- )
_The Book of Virtues: A Treasury of Great
Moral Stories_ [1993], "Work"
Steve

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I've been meaning to mention that I appreciate what is seemingly,
your Labor of Love - that is, your quotes. Although, come to think
of it, you didn't write them, somebody else made that happen. So
forget it. :)
k

Although A.Q. posters normally don't personally write
the quotes they post here, many of them do transcribe
(or cut & paste) them from other sources (books, web
sites, movies, etc.) for the benefit of AQ readers.

Since expressions of appreciation are rare here,
AQ posters take whatever they can get. Thanks,
Bob Gnome (I guess!) :)

ObQuotes:
A great thought is a great boon, for which God is to
be first thanked, then he who is the first to utter
it, and then, in a lesser but still a considerable
degree, the man who is the first to quote it to us.
--Christian Nestell Bovee (1820-1904)
(In Marion Parker's
_Thoughts Of The Great: A Scrapbook of Quotations_ [1960])

It is more pleasant to do good to the grateful, but
it is more honorable to do good to the ungrateful,
for then we have God to be our paymaster.
--Matthew Henry (1662-1714)
_Commentary On The Whole Bible_ [1981], "Acts 20:35"

--
Steve

[SteveMR200]

Post by Bob Gnome
"Men, we have agreed on a new deal with the
management. We will no longer work four days a
week."
"Hooray!", goes the crowd.
"We will finish work at 4 PM, not 5 PM."
"Hooray!", goes the crowd, again.
"We will start work at 10 AM, not 9 AM."
"Hooray!"
"We have a 150% pay rise."
"Hooray!"
"We will only work on Wednesdays."
Silence...then a voice from the back
asks, "Every Wednesday?"
k

We all belong t' th' union when it comes t' wantin'
more money and less work.
--Kin Hubbard (1868-1930)
(In Laurence J. Peter's _Peter's Quotations:
Ideas For Our Time_ [1977], "Labor"

--
Steve

[SteveMR200]

Post by SteveMR200

"Men, we have agreed on a new deal with the management.
We will no longer work four days a week."
"Hooray!", goes the crowd.
"We will finish work at 4 PM, not 5 PM."
"Hooray!", goes the crowd, again.
"We will start work at 10 AM, not 9 AM."
"Hooray!"
"We have a 150% pay rise."
"Hooray!"
"We will only work on Wednesdays."
Silence...then a voice from the back
asks, "Every Wednesday?"
k

We all belong t' th' union when it comes t' wantin'
more money and less work.
--Kin Hubbard (1868-1930)
Ideas For Our Time_ [1977], "Labor"

Unionism seldom, if ever, uses such power as it has
to insure better work; almost always it devotes a
large part of that power to safeguarding bad work.
--Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956)
_Prejudices, Third Series_ [1922], Chapter 4

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Steve

[SteveMR200]

Post by Bob Gnome

Post by SteveMR200
Work is effort applied toward some end. The most
satisfying work involves directing our efforts
towards achieving ends that we ourselves endorse as
worthy expressions of our talent and character.
--William J. Bennett (1943- )
_The Book of Virtues: A Treasury of Great
Moral Stories_ [1993], "Work"

I've been meaning to mention that I appreciate what is seemingly,
your Labor of Love - that is, your quotes. Although, come to think
of it, you didn't write them, somebody else made that happen. So
forget it. :)

When I'm not thanked at all, I'm thanked enough;
I've done my duty, and I've done no more.
--Henry Fielding (1707-1754)
_Tom Thumb_ [1730]; Act I, Scene III

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Steve

[SteveMR200]

He always did the right thing: he was even born on Labor Day.
--Eric Berne (1910-1970)
_Sex In Human Loving_ [1971]; Part 3, "Short Sayings"

--
Steve

[SteveMR200]

Consider that I laboured not for myself only,
but for all them that seek learning.
--The Bible, Ecclesiasticus 33:17 KJV

http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/book.php?book=Ecclesiasticus&chapter=33&verse=

--
Steve

[SteveMR200]

Blessed are the horny hands of toil!
--James Russell Lowell (1819-1891)
_A Glance Behind The Curtain_ [1843]

--
Steve

[David C Kifer]

Post by SteveMR200
Blessed are the horny hands of toil!
--James Russell Lowell (1819-1891)
_A Glance Behind The Curtain_ [1843]

"If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat."
--2 Thess. 3:10

[SteveMR200]

Post by SteveMR200
He always did the right thing: he was even born on Labor Day.
--Eric Berne (1910-1970)
_Sex In Human Loving_ [1971]; Part 3, "Short Sayings"

Pig: (To Female #1)
You're doing a great job.

Pig: (To Female #2)
Just breathe.

Pig: (To Female #3)
Deep, slow breaths.

Pig: (To Female #4)
Just a little bit more

Pig: (To Female #5)
Visualize your cervix opening.

Goat:
Do you want to explain Labor Day to [Pig] or should I?

Rat:
And ruin all this fun? No chance.

--Stephan Pastis (1968- )
_Pearls Before Swine_ [September 4, 2016], (comic strip)

Click here to view the comic strip:
http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2016/09/04

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Steve