Wage
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Whatever your wages are, save a little. Live within your means. The heads of stores, farms, banks...insurance companies, mills and factories are not seeking capital; they are seeking brains and business habits. The man who saves...has given the surest indication of the qualities which every employer is seeking for.
'From Oakland: How to Succeed in Life,' The Pittsburgh Bulletin (1903)
Bonuses, as well as salaries, reward the finding and sharing of ideas even more than their origination.
Interview in The Winning Streak Mark II (1997)
It is not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It is the customer who pays the wages.
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