Subject: Work (Page 2)

It’s amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

(1884 – 1972) 33rd U.S. president

The golden rule of work is that the bosses jokes are always funny.

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

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

In the morning be first up, and in the evening last to go to bed, for they that sleep catch no fish.

History repeats itself; historians repeat each other.

(1889 – 1944) English historian

Cabinet Maker: Counter fitter.

If you enjoy shaming people, I suggest dentistry as a profession.

Canadian-American comedian & writer

The one who does the least work will get the most credit.

99% of lawyers give the rest a bad name.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

He worked like hell in the country so he could live in the city, where he worked like hell so he could live in the country.

(1878 – 1937) humorist, journalist & author

Most jobs resemble a sled dog team: no one gets a change of scenery, except the lead dog.

Anybody who has any doubt about the ingenuity or the resourcefulness of a plumber never got a bill from one.

(1894 – 1980) American labor organizer

Critics? … I love every bone in their heads.

(1888 – 1953) American playwright

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

(1946 – ) American stage & screen actress

So the rule is, if you screw up just one too many job interviews, you become a stand-up comedian.

(1970 – ) American comedian & television game show host

When I told my friends I was going to be a comedian, they laughed at me.

Matt Thompson (1965 – ) American comedian

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

A censor has the peculiar faculty of banning just what we want to hear, see,

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

The day I worry about cleaning my house is the day Sears comes out with a riding vacuum cleaner.

(1952 – ) comedian, actress & writer

I think housework is far more tiring and frightening than hunting is… and yet after hunting we had eggs for tea and were made to rest for hours, but after housework people expect one to go on just as if nothing special had happened.

(1904 – 1973) English novelist & biographer