Subject: Work » Occupations (Page 7)

Accountant: Someone hired to explain that you didn’t make the money you did.

Easiest job in the world of course: Australian psychiatrist, “Gday Gday how you doing… no worries… next.”

(1964 – ) English comedian

Some accountants are comedians, but comedians are never accountants.

(1929 – 2001) English barrister

A lot of fellows nowadays have a B.A., M.D., or Ph.D. – unfortunately, they don’t have a J.O.B.

(1928 – ) American R&B and rock & roll singer-songwriter

Accountant: Someone who solves a problem you didn't know you had in a way you don't understand.

Bus Driver: A person who tells people where to get off.

History repeats itself; historians repeat each other.

(1889 – 1944) English historian

Too bad the only people who know how to run the country are busy driving cabs and cutting hair.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

Acting: A good training for political life; the only problem is the speeches are harder to learn.

(1911 – 2004) 40th U.S. president & actor

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

(1902 – 1971) American humorist & poet

Clergyman: A man who undertakes the management of our spiritual affairs as a method of bettering his temporal ones.

Tailor: An occupation that suits everyone.

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

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

The Lord taught me to love everybody, but the last ones I learned to love were the sportswriters.

(1922 – ) American baseball player & manager

Acting is pretending, and the most difficult part is pretending you’re eating regularly.

We’re all endowed with God-given talents… mine happens to be hitting people in the head.

American boxing champion

Acting is a form of confusion.

(1903 – 1968) movie actress

It takes longer to learn to be a good golfer than it does to become a brain surgeon. On the other hand, you don't get to ride around on a cart, drink beer, eat hot dogs and stare at the cart girl's tits all day if you are performing brain surgery.

Auctioneer: The man who proclaims with a hammer that he has picked a pocket with his tongue.

Chiropodist: A man who makes money hand over foot.