Industry
Farming, manufacturing and quarrying still dominate the village. Shepley is the home to one of the United Kingdom's largest bottled water companies, aptly named 'Shepley Spring' which can now be bought worldwide. The village also serves as a commuter belt for the cities of Manchester, Leeds and Sheffield.
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Famous quotes containing the word industry:
“Do not put off your work until tomorrow and the day after. For the sluggish worker does not fill his barn, nor the one who puts off his work; industry aids work, but the man who puts off work always wrestles with disaster.”
—Hesiod (c. 8th century B.C.)
“No delusion is greater than the notion that method and industry can make up for lack of mother-wit, either in science or in practical life.”
—Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895)
“Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgement; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.”
—Edmund Burke (1729–1797)