What is hire?

Famous quotes containing the word hire:

    She was so propre and sweete and likerous,
    I dar wel sayn, if she hadde been a mous,
    And he a cat, he wolde hire hente anoon.
    Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

    If you are well off and can afford to spend ten or twenty-five dollars a day to hire some patient soul to listen to your troubles you can be readjusted to the crazy scheme of things and spare yourself the humiliation of becoming a Christian Scientist. You can have your ego trimmed or removed, as you wish, just like a wart or bunion.
    Henry Miller (1891–1980)

    You may raise enough money to tunnel a mountain, but you cannot raise money enough to hire a man who is minding his own business.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)