The dog commends himself to our favor by affording play to our propensity for mastery
Thorstein VeblenLabor wants pride and joy in doing good work, a sense of making or doing something beautiful or useful - to be treated with dignity and respect as brother and sister.
Thorstein VeblenWith the exception of the instinct of self-preservation, the propensity for emulation is probably the strongest and most alert and persistent of the economic motives proper.
Thorstein VeblenIt is always sound business to take any obtainable net gain, at any cost, and at any risk to the rest of the community.
Thorstein Veblen