Subject: Work » Occupations (Page 5)

The pay is good and I can walk to work.

(1917 – 1963) 35th U.S. president

Cosmologists are often in error, but never in doubt.

(1908 – 1968) Soviet physicist

Astronomer: Night watchman.

I've seldom seen a horny player walk into a bar and not let out exactly what he did for a living.

(1947 – ) professional baseball player

Four hundred bucks an hour for being sort of nice to sad people.

(1964 – ) American stand-up comedian, actor & voice actor

What do you give a florist who is sick?

(1928 – 2003) English entertainer

Diplomat: A headwaiter who is allowed to sit down occasionally. 

(1921 – 2004) English actor & author

Overall, I’d say my career as a photographer has been a bit of a blur.

(1964 – ) English comedian

A critic is someone who never actually goes to the battle, yet who afterwards comes out shooting the wounded.

(1946 – ) American stage & screen actress

Auditor: A person who goes in after the war is lost to bayonet the wounded.

Men in high levels of government seldom surf.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

Ambassador: An honest man sent abroad to lie for the good of his country.

(1568 – 1639) English author, diplomat & politician

Hardening and Tempering Engineers’ Tools

The only reason people work for airlines is because the Nazi party is no longer hiring.

(1983 – ) American comedian

Dentist: A collector of old magazines.

Here I am paying big money to you writers and what for? … all you do is change the words.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

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

There would never be any public agreement among doctors if they did not agree to agree on the main point of the doctor being always on the right.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

Historians: People who won’t let bygones be bygones.

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

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

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