Subject: Work » Occupations

Strip Teaser: One who makes a bare living.

Body Definitions Occupations

Executive: A man who talks to visitors so the other employees can get their work done.

Definitions Occupations Work

I wish I had put ballet shoes on him and not boxing gloves.

Boxing Occupations Sports

Sailors ought never to go to church; they ought to go to hell, where it is much more comfortable.

(1866 – 1946) English author
Occupations Work

Forever poised between a cliche and an indiscretion.

(1894 – 1986) British prime minister
Government Occupations Work

Anybody who has any doubt about the ingenuity or the resourcefulness of a plumber never got a bill from one.

(1894 – 1980) American labor organizer
Occupations Work

Critic: One who boasts of being “hard to please” because nobody tries to please him. 

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Definitions Occupations Work

The profession of a prostitute is the only career in which the maximum income is paid to the newest apprentice.

(1829 – 1912) British preacher who founded The Salvation Army
Occupations Work

Hardening and Tempering Engineers’ Tools

Book Titles Occupations Work

First rate mathematicians choose first rate people, but second rate mathematicians choose third rate people.

(1906 – 1998) French mathematician
Occupations Science/Weather Work

A professional is one who does a good job even when he doesn't feel like it.

Murphy’s Laws Occupations Work

Me carrying a briefcase is like a hotdog wearing earrings.

(1934 – 2010) American baseball manager
Occupations People Self Work

Critic: One quick-on-the-flaw.

Definitions Occupations

Bus Driver: A person who tells people where to get off.

Activities Definitions Driving Occupations

This isn’t exactly a stable business; it’s like trying to stand up in a canoe with your pants down.

(1925 – 2011) American actor
Acting Entertainment Occupations Work

Ninety-nine per cent of the work of the professional bodyguard consisted of one activity: frowning.

(1949 – ) English novelist
Occupations Work

Should you trust a stockbroker who’s married to a travel agent?

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer
Occupations Work

Doorman: A genius who can open the door of your car with one hand, help you in with the other, and still have one left for the tip.

Definitions Occupations

She was a good cook, as cooks go; and as cooks go, she went.

(1870 – 1916) British writer
Cooking Food/Drink Occupations Work

Executive: A person who can take two hours for lunch without anybody missing him.

Definitions Occupations

Interior Decorator: A man who does things to your house he wouldn’t dream of doing to his own.

Definitions Occupations