Subject: Work (Page 12)

Politicians are wonderful people as long as they stay away from things they don't understand, such as working for a living.

(1947 – ) author, humorist & satirist

Anything worth doing is worth doing for money.

I was in a restaurant that had a sign that said 'Restrooms For Customers Only'… I thought, it must suck to work there.

(1973 – ) American comedian

Manicurist: A girl who makes money hand over fist.

History repeats itself; historians repeat each other.

(1889 – 1944) English historian

Everyone who does not work has a scheme that does.

The volume of paper expands to fill the available briefcases.

(1938 – ) U.S. governor (California) & politician

Much work, much food; little work, little food; no work, burial at sea.

An executive will always return to work from lunch early if no one takes him.

When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'

(1878 – 1937) humorist, journalist & author

Once a man wants to hold a public office, he is absolutely no good for honest work.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator

I started my career in kindergarten playing a tube of toothpaste in a hygiene play.

(1945 – ) American actor, director, comedian, producer & author

What do you give a florist who is sick?

(1928 – 2003) English entertainer

The number of people in any working group tends to increase regardless of the amount of work to be done.

The relationionship of an agent to a publisher is that of a knife to a throat.

(1927 – ) American Talent & literary agency executive

One thing about being a cabbie is that you don’t have to worry about being fired from a good job.

(1935 – ) American actor

An editor is someone who separates the wheat from the chaff and then prints the chaff.

(1900 – 1965) diplomat & Democratic politician

Retired is being tired twice, I've thought, first tired of working, then tired of not.

(1906 – 1989) American poet & author

Stress is your body's way of saying you haven't worked enough unpaid overtime.

(1957 – ) cartoonist (Dilbert)

How do you know if you've got a good mechanic? … by the size of his boat.

(1937 – 2014) American co-host of radio show “Car Talk”

I think that’s what they call professional courtesy.

(1897 – 1953) American writer & producer