Quote#Wisdom
I dare say that most of you gentlemen know that a good many pig-iron…
Quote byFrederick Winslow Taylor · 1856–1915
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Testimony of Frederick W. Taylor... 1912, p. 111..
English (original)
I dare say that most of you gentlemen know that a good many pig-iron handlers can never learn to shovel right; the ordinary pig-iron handler is not the type of man well suited to shoveling. He is to stupid; there is too much mental strain, too much knack required of a shoveled for the pig-iron handler to take kindly to shoveling.
— Frederick Winslow Taylor
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