John Ruskin

It is impossible, as impossible as to raise the dead, to restore anything that has ever been great or beautiful in architecture. That which I have insisted upon as the life of the whole, that spirit which is given only by the hand and eye of the workman, can never be recalled.

English Writer

W. E. B. Du Bois

Before the Civil War, the Negro was certainly as efficient a workman as the raw immigrant from Ireland or Germany. But, whereas the Irishmen found economic opportunity wide and daily growing wider, the Negro found public opinion determined to 'keep him in his place.

American Writer

Frederick W. Taylor

Hardly a competent workman can be found who does not devote a considerable amount of time to studying just how slowly he can work and still convince his employer that he is going at a good pace.

American Scientist

Saint Francis de Sales

We must never undervalue any person. The workman loves not that his work should be despised in his presence. Now God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.

Swiss Clergyman

Charles Spurgeon

Nothing reflects so much honor on a workman as a trial of his work and its endurance of it. So it is with God. It honors Him when His saints preserve their integrity.

British Clergyman

Plato

All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman; and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is the poor peasant as the mighty prince.

Greek Philosopher

Jean de la Bruyere

When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and manly thoughts, seek for no other test of its excellence. It is good, and made by a good workman.

French Philosopher

Peter Latham

Common sense is in medicine the master workman.

English Athlete

Charles Wesley

God buries His workmen but carries on His work.

English Clergyman

Jean de La Fontaine

French Poet

The term 'workman' refers specifically to a male worker, although in modern usage, gender-neutral terms are preferred.

Gender Specific

The word emphasizes physical or manual labor, often associated with construction or industrial fields.

Manual Labor

Can suggest the worker has particular skills or craftsmanship, especially in a trade.

Skill Implication

Used in sports to describe a player who is solid and reliable, without being a standout star.

Sports Context

Implies a positive view of the player, suggesting reliability and effort.

Positive Connotation

Indicates the player is not attention-seeking; their style of play is fundamental and not showy.

Not Flashy

 This is the typical organization chart. I'm assuming many of you have seen a similar chart as well, in your own corporations, or others. It's a top-down structure that normally starts with the CEO at the very top, and where you can drill down all the way to the individual workmen on the bottom.

A Visual History of...

 going across, these magenta squiggles, the workmen being reduced to decorative elements, just a nice, kind of, breakup of the urban place. And, you know, that no longer exists. You've captured it for a moment, and finding this little still life's like listening to little songs or

Rob Forbes: Ways of...

 it wasn’t totally inconceivable for Peruggia to be locked inside the museum. And, lucky for him, when a workman encountered him in the stairwell, he simply helped Peruggia open the door and let him walk out into the morning. The theft made international headlines.

Why is the Mona Lisa so...

 Now it's called Champion. It was meant to keep athletes warm. Of course, though, it was such a functional, comfortable garment that it was very rapidly adopted by workmen everywhere. And then, around the 1980s, it also gets adopted

The 3,000-year history...

 violence people who are buried until our symmetry are the workmen who died during the construction of building the fairness in we are able now for the first time to understand the delight of the welcome and open temperament the

Builders of the Pyramids...

 It would have been a harsh environment. This dust would have been everywhere. And yet the workmen, the craftsmen, the masons, they were all willing participants, loyal to pharaoh. It would have taken thousands of people decades

How Pharaohs Projected...

 In Archimedes's day, no one had attempted anything like this. It was like asking, "Can a mountain fly?" King Hieron had a lot riding on that question. Hundreds of workmen were to labor for years on constructing the Syracusia

The real story behind...

 It was hiding behind leftover patches of linoleum on the worn-out floor my mother was having removed. The workman was busy when the garden caught my attention. My eyes became glued to the patterns of embroidered roses

What gardening taught me...

 Today, we understand this as decompression sickness, but at the time, it appeared to be an unexplainable pain or dizziness that killed several workmen. In 1872, it nearly claimed the life of the chief engineer.

One of the most epic...

 It's always exciting. Sometimes there is even between the workmen a bit of a competition.