Subject: Work (Page 14)

If something's hard to do, then it's not worth doing!

cartoon character in The Simpsons (Dan Castellaneta)

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves into a position of power should on no account be allowed to do the job.

(1952 – 2001) English writer, dramatist, & musician

I dedicate this show to my dad who was a roofer… so dad, if you’re up there…

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

Authors want their names down in history; I want to keep the smoke coming out of the chimney.

(1918 – 2006) American writer

Food, love, career, and mothers, the four major guilt groups.

(1950 – ) American cartoonist Cathy

When you do not know what you are doing, do it neatly.

A guy gave me a job at an information booth – no questions asked.

(1966 – ) American stand-up comic

Here's a thought for sweat shop owners: air conditioning… problem solved.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

Nature abhors a vacuum… and so do I.

American cartoonist & greeting card illustrator

Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one’s living at it.

(1879 – 1955) German-born physicist

People come to this country from all over the world to pursue their dreams of driving a taxi or selling hot dogs or working in a sweatshop.

(1965 – 2010) American stand-up comedian & television personality

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

(1879 – 1974) film producer

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

(1946 – ) American stage & screen actress

Most people are so lazy, they don't even exercise good judgement!

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine

The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working when you get up in the morning, and doesn't stop until you get into office.

(1874 – 1963) American poet

Nothing motivates a man more than to see his boss putting in an honest day’s work.

Management: A class of semi-skilled corporate hirelings whose rise within the organization correlates directly with the amount of work they delegate to their more-talented underlings.

Dinosaurs with Jobs

I now know I’m psychic, because every time I go see a fortune teller, I know everything she says will be absolute bullshit ahead of time.

It is a statistical fact that the wicked work harder to reach hell than the righteous do to enter heaven.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

I’ve been temping at the job that laid me off, and that’s awkward because everybody knows I got canned, and they think I’ve come back to shoot them.

stand-up comedian & writer