“Who is going to pay a day's wage to slide down a damn tongue?" -- The Chief, Swamplandia”
“It is not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It is the customer who pays the wages.”
“We try to pay a man what he is worth and we are not inclined to keep a man who is not worth more than the minimum wage.”
“Pay the hired worker his wages before his sweat dries”
“You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.”
“I used to work at McDonald's making minimum wage. You know what that means when someone pays you minimum wage? You know what your boss was trying to say? "Hey if I could pay you less, I would, but it's against the law.”