Subject: Work (Page 18)

Manicurist: A girl who makes money hand over fist.

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

(1935 – ) American actor

I don’t want to live on in my work, I want to live on in my apartment.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

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

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

The lagging activity in a project will invariably be found in the area where the highest overtime rates lie waiting.

Consultant: A jobless person who shows executives how to work.

(1950 – ) American author, satirist, webmaster & copywriter

You moon the wrong person at an office party and suddenly you're not 'professional' any more.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

I think that’s what they call professional courtesy.

(1897 – 1953) American writer & producer

I wanted to have a career in sports when I was young, but I had to give it up. I'm only six feet tall, so I couldn't play basketball. I'm only 190 pounds, so I couldn't play football. And I have 20-20 vision, so I couldn't be a referee.

(1950 – ) comedian & television host

I'm not an actor, and I enclose met press cuttings to prove it.

(1915 – 1999) American stage, film & television actor

Losing my virginity was a career move.

(1958 – ) American singer, actress & entrepreneur

Hard work is damn near as overrated as monogamy.

(1893 – 1935) U.S. governor & senator (Louisiana)

A professional is a man who can do his job when he doesn’t feel like it; an amateur is a man who can’t do his job when he does feel like it.

(1877 – 1947) British diarist & critic

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

A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense of humus.

(1899 – 1985) US author & humorist

Love can be sordid only if you work at it.

(1952 – ) cartoonist

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

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

Here's a six-foot-ten guy in sneakers and the lady's asking me, 'Profession?'


There's a pizza place near where I live that sells only slices… in the back you can see a guy tossing a triangle in the air.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

If you don’t have a bad back by the time you’re 60, then you haven’t done anything in your life.

baseball manager

Actuary: Someone who cannot stand the excitement of chartered accountancy.