Subject: Work (Page 12)

It's on the other side.

Dentist: A collector of old magazines.

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


You know you're getting old when work is a lot less fun and fun is a lot more work.

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director

I was a trampoline salesman… off and on.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

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

Quit spitting on the handle and get to hoeing.

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

There's no business like show business… but there are several businesses like accounting.

(1947 – ) comedian & television host

No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of a political economist.

(1826 – 1877) English economist & journalist

The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

Experimental psychologist: A scientist who pulls habits out of rats.

(1904 – 1974) American author & radio producer

People become progressively less competent for jobs they once were well equipped to handle.

Anyone having supervisory responsibility for the completion of a task will invariably protest that more resources are needed.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.

The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat.

(1939 – ) comedian, actress, writer & producer

Reporter: A writer who guesses his way to the truth and dispels it with a tempest of words.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

If I told you I’ve worked hard to get where I’m at, I’d be lying, because I have no idea where I am right now.

(1982 – ) American author

People come to this country from all over the world to pursue their dreams of driving a taxi or selling hot dogs or working in a sweatshop.

(1965 – 2010) American stand-up comedian & television personality

Dinosaurs with Jobs