Funny Work Quotes

Bosses and employees won't be able to resist these hilarious work quotes.

Funny Work Quotes

“Find a job you like and you add five days to every week."
~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
“Time is an illusion. Lunchtime is doubly so.” – Douglas Adams
“I believe in hard work. But, it will take some time to make this believe into a real thing!"
~ Anonymous
"Show me a man who is a good loser and I’ll show you a man who is playing golf with his boss."
~ Jim Murray
“No man goes before his time—unless the boss leaves early.” — Groucho Marx
“Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work.” – Earl Nightingale
“The problem with doing nothing is that you never know when you’re finished.” – Groucho Marx
“As I have gotten older and wiser I discovered that there are six things that I really loved about my job. Pay day, lunch time, quitting time, vacation time, holidays, and of course retirement.” — Tom Goins
“Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done.” — Peter Drucker
“By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.” — Robert Frost
“After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF.” — Anonymous
“I am a friend of the workingman, and I would rather be his friend, than be one.” — Clarence Darrow.
“People are still willing to do an honest day’s work. The problem is they want a week’s pay for it.” – Joey Adams
“Getting paid to sleep… that’s my dream job.​” –Unknown
“When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: ‘Whose?'” — Don Marquis
“Work is a necessity for man. Man invented the alarm clock."
~ Pablo Picasso
"His insomnia was so bad, he couldn’t sleep during office hours."
~ Arthur Baer
“Leaders who don’t listen will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing to say.” – Andy Stanley
“If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in the dark with a mosquito.” – Betty Reese
“There’s no secret about success. Did you ever know a successful man who didn’t tell you about it?​” -​Kin Hubbard
“Like vinegar to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, so are the lazy to their employers.” – Proverb 10:26
“Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.” — George Carlin
“In fifty years, he never worked a day. To him, nine to five was odds on a horse."
~ Archie Bunker
“Oh, you hate your job? Why didn’t you say so? There’s a support group for that. It’s called EVERYBODY, and they meet at the bar."
~ Drew Carey
“It’s a funny feeling to work with people who you consider your colleagues and to realize that they actually are young enough to be your children."
~ Alan Alda
“I work for myself, which is fun. Except when I call in sick, I know I’m lying. – Rita Rudner
“It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“If A equals success, then the formula is A = X + Y + Z. Where X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut.”​ — Albert Einstein
“It is better to have one person working with you than three people working for you.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower
“People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.” – Ogden Nash
“People who never do any more than they get paid for, never get paid for any more than they do.” — Elbert Hubbard
“If hard work is the key to success, most people would rather pick the lock.” — Claude McDonald
“God put me on this Earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now, I am so far behind I will never die."
~ Bill Watterson
“If a man smiles all the time, he’s probably selling something that doesn’t work.” — Woody Allen
“Beat the 5 o’clock rush, leave work at noon.” — Anonymous
“Hear no evil, see no evil, and speak no evil—and you’ll never get a job working for a tabloid.” – Phil Pastoreta consultant.” – Scott Adams
“Work is against human nature. The proof is that it makes us tired. – Michel Tournier
"If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the next morning you will have a flat tire."
~ Cannon’s Law
Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember, the only taste of success some people get is to take a bite out of you.” – Zig Ziglar
“The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.” — Oscar Wilde
"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."
~ Douglas Adams
“One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I'll never know."
- Groucho Marx
“There’s something boring about people who have to go to an office for a living."
~ Karl Lagerfeld
“Doing nothing is very hard to do… you never know when you’re finished.” — Leslie Nielsen
“I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.” — Jerome K. Jerome
“My job is fun! I should change this line once in a while. My brain has started to realize that I am lying to it every morning."
~ Anonymous
“A lot of people quit looking for work as soon as they find a job.” — Zig Ziglar
"Hard work is damn near as overrated as monogamy."
~ Huey Long
“If you think your boss is stupid, remember: you wouldn’t have a job if he was any smarter.” — John Gotti
“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.” – Scott Adams