Subject: Work (Page 6)

Do they give pilots crash courses in flight school?

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

There are worse things in life than death… and if you've ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman, you know exactly what I mean.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.

(1902 – 1971) American humorist & poet

Job: A state of employment everyone wants but few look forward to on a Monday morning.

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

The three toughest jobs in the world are: President of the United States, mayor of New York, and head football coach at Notre Dame.

(1931 – 2012) American college football historian & television commentator

Sometimes I wish I could do at least one thing at a time.

(1933 – ) English author & cartoonist

Judge: Mr Smith, you must not direct the jury. What do you suppose I am on the bench for?

Smith: It is not for me, your honour, to attempt to fathom the inscrutable workings of Providence.

(1872 – 1930) British statesman, politician & lawyer

My boss told me to get my butt in gear… I told him I was shiftless.

(1966 – ) American stand-up comic

Judge: Mr. Smith, have you ever heard of a saying by Bacon – the great Bacon – that youth and discretion are ill-wed companions?

Smith: Indeed I have, your Honour; and has your Honour ever heard of a saying by Bacon – the great Bacon – that a much talking Judge is like an ill-tuned cymbal?

(1872 – 1930) British statesman, politician & lawyer

I used to work at a factory where they made hydrants; but you couldn't park anywhere near the place.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

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

… being a miner, as soon as you are too old and tired and sick and stupid to do the job properly, you have to go… well, the very opposite applies with judges.

(1937 – 1995) English satirist, writer & comedian

The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.

(1874 – 1963) American poet

A neurotic is a person who builds a castle in the air; a psychotic is the person who lives in it; a psychiatrist is the one who collects the rent.

(1915 – 2004) American playwright & author

I got a new job stitching shoes; it was so-so.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

Theatre director: a person engaged by the management to conceal the fact that the players cannot act.

(1877 – 1947) British diarist & critic

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

(1927 – ) American Talent & literary agency executive

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

An actor is the kind of guy who, if you ain't talking about him, ain't listening.

(1910 – 1984) American film producer & publicist

The only problem with having nothing to do is you can't stop and rest.

(1908 – 1980) businessman, humorist

Astronomer: Night watchman.