Subject: Work (Page 10)

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

(1964 – ) English comedian

Without drugs, I would have never got my job… selling drugs.


If a scientist were to cut his ear off, no one would take it as evidence of a heightened sensibility.

(1915 – 1987) Brazilian/British biologist

Everybodyworks for the sales department

Housekeeping ain't no joke.

(1832 – 1888) novelist

If all economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion.

(1922 – ) American economist

The speed of exit of a civil servant is directly proportional to the quality of his service.

All I’ve ever wanted was an honest week’s pay for an honest day’s work.

(1945 – ) comedian, actor, writer, playwright & musician

When I was a kid I used to play doctor with this little girl in my neighborhood and one time we got caught… luckily, it was a Wednesday and we were just playing golf.

comedian

See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

Men who do things without being told draw the most wages.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

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

It’s just a job; grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand… I beat people up.

(1942 – ) American boxing champion

Economist: One who takes a lot of unwarranted assumptions and reaches a foregone conclusion.

A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians.

(1940 – 1993) composer, guitarist, record producer & film director

The one who says it can’t be done shouldn’t interrupt the one doing it.

Putting an ex-fighter in the business world is like putting silk stockings on a pig.

boxing manager, trainer & cornerman

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy and Jill a rich widow.

(1899 – 1995) humorist

Historian: An editor of yesterday’s news.

Never mistake motion for action.

(1899 – 1961) author & journalist

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet