Value Quotes

The circulation of capital realizes value, while living labour creates value.

Karl Marx
- Value
Our situation is more psychological than people will admit. Black kids kill Black kids for the same reason cops do. They see no value.

David Banner
- Black
- Reason
- Kill

I think there is a danger with young people of being dependent in the sense that they don't acquire any identity or self-image of themselves as thinkers. They just go and look it up or they just chat with someone. In other words, relying on something rather than saying: 'Okay, I've got the information, how do I create value from it?'

Edward de Bono
- People
- Up
- Words
Capitalism is a wonderful economic engine, but it assigns little value to long-term projects or societal problems.

George M. Whitesides
- Long
- Value
The value set by her people on the freedom and sanctity of the individual, on justice and fair play, on mercy and tenderness towards the weak, and their dislike of lawless violence and their capacity to tolerate, forget and forgive have been, for all England's past mistakes and faults, a very real factor in human evolution.

Arthur Bryant
- People
- Real
- Past
Jobs, as such, are a relatively new concept. People may have always worked, but until the advent of the corporation in the early Renaissance, most people just worked for themselves. They made shoes, plucked chickens, or created value in some way for other people, who then traded or paid for those goods and services.

Douglas Rushkoff
- People
- May
- Shoes
Radio had been very good to me as a car dealer. It's flexible, and it's fast - you can get on the air in an hour and change your message - and compared to other types of media, it's very good value.

Jim Pattison
- Good
- Car
- Air
The annual produce of the land and labour of any nation can be increased in its value by no other means, but by increasing either the number of its productive labourers, or the productive powers of those labourers who had before been employed.

Adam Smith
- Value