When white-collar people get jobs, they sell not only their time and energy, but their personalities as well. They sell by the week, or month, their smiles and their kindly gestures, and they must practice that prompt repression of resentment and aggression.


White Collar: The American Middle Classes (ed. Oxford University Press, 2002) - ISBN: 9780199756353

C. Wright Mills Quotes

When white-collar people get jobs, they sell not only their time and energy, but their personalities as well. They sell by the week, or month, their...

When white-collar people get jobs, they sell not only their time and energy, but their personalities as well. They sell by the week, or month, their...

When white-collar people get jobs, they sell not only their time and energy, but their personalities as well. They sell by the week, or month, their...

When white-collar people get jobs, they sell not only their time and energy, but their personalities as well. They sell by the week, or month, their...