Subject: Work (Page 14)

Executive: An under-worked, over-paid person who is in over their head.

When a great many people are unable to find work, unemployment results.

(1872 – 1933) 30th U.S. president

The first mistake in public business is going into it.

(1706 – 1790) American statesman, author, scientist & inventor

Dentist: A person who runs a filling station.

Success means only doing what you do well, letting someone else do the rest.

Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell, and advertise.

(1919 – 1990) educator & writer

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

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

When properly administered, vacations do not diminish productivity: for every week you're away and get nothing done, there's another week when your boss is away and you get twice as much done.

Retirement means twice as much husband on half as much money.

Never mistake motion for action.

(1899 – 1961) author & journalist

I was in a restaurant that had a sign that said 'Restrooms For Customers Only'… I thought, it must suck to work there.

(1973 – ) American comedian

The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off.

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

Undertaker: The last guy to let you down.

Camping is nature's way of promoting the motel business.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

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

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

Should you trust a stockbroker who’s married to a travel agent?

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

Anyone can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at the moment.

(1889 – 1945) actor, author & humorist

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

Matt Thompson (1965 – ) American comedian

Farming looks easy when your plow is a pencil and you’re a thousand miles from a cornfield.

(1890 – 1969) 34th U.S. president, U.S. Army General

Days off.

(1900 – 1967) American film actor

Ability is what will get you to the top if the boss has no daughter.