Quote#Speech
Salary, (I said, quite offended) what do I care for salary? I do not…
Quote byAndrew Carnegie · 1835–1919
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie, 1920, Chapter VII.
English (original)
Salary, (I said, quite offended) what do I care for salary? I do not want the salary; I want the position. It is glory enough to go back to the Pittsburgh Division in your former place. You can make my salary just what you please and you need not give me any more than what I am getting now... Oh, please don't speak to me of money!
— Andrew Carnegie
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