“Work is the greatest thing in the world, so we should always save some of it for tomorrow.” — Don Herold
“One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.” — Bertrand Russell
“In fifty years, he never worked a day. To him, nine to five was odds on a horse."
~ Archie Bunker
“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
“The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you’ve got it.” — Groucho Marx
“Time is an illusion. Lunchtime is doubly so.” – Douglas Adams
“We pretend to work because they pretend to pay us."
~ Anonymous
"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."
~ Douglas Adams
“A diamond is merely a lump of coal that did well under pressure.” — Henry Kissenger
“I am a friend of the workingman, and I would rather be his friend, than be one.” — Clarence Darrow.
“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
“The remaining work to finish in order to reach your goal increases as the deadline approaches."
~ Bove’s Theorem
“The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs… one step at a time.” — Joe Girard
“Nothing is so embarrassing as watching someone do something that you said couldn’t be done.” – Sam Ewing
“Leaders who don’t listen will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing to say.” – Andy Stanley
“Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done.” — Peter Drucker
“People are still willing to do an honest day’s work. The problem is they want a week’s pay for it.” – Joey Adams
“There’s something boring about people who have to go to an office for a living."
~ Karl Lagerfeld
“I’ve got all the money I’ll ever need, if I die by four o’clock.” — Henny Youngman
“Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance?” — Edgar Bergen
“If you think your boss is stupid, remember: you wouldn’t have a job if he was any smarter.” — John Gotti
“Doing nothing is very hard to do… you never know when you’re finished.” — Leslie Nielsen
“Lisa, if you don’t like your job you don’t strike. You just go in every day and do it really half-assed. That’s the American way."
~ Homer Simpson
"Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get."
~ Ray Kroc
“My boss told me to start every presentation with a joke. The first slide was my paycheck.” – Anonymous
“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” – Thomas Edison
"His insomnia was so bad, he couldn’t sleep during office hours."
~ Arthur Baer
“All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.” — Mark Twain
“People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day!” — Anonymous
“Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work.” – Earl Nightingale
“My keyboard must be broken, I keep hitting the escape key, but I’m still at work.” — Author Unknown
"Everybody makes mistakes. The trick is to make mistakes when no one is looking."
~ Anonymous
“When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: ‘Whose?'” — Don Marquis
“Why do people say they wish every day was Friday? If it was always Friday, we’d be here every freakin’ day.” — Ed Bernard
“I’m not retiring, I am graduating . . . retirement means that you’ll just go ahead and live on your laurels and surf all day in Oceanside. It ain’t going to happen.” – Junior Seau
“Early to bed and early to rise probably indicates unskilled labor.” – John Ciardi
“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
“Going to work for a large company is like getting on a train. Are you going sixty miles an hour or is the train going sixty miles an hour and you’re just sitting still?” — J. Paul Getty
“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.” – Scott Adams
“Education cost money. But then again so does ignorance.” – Sir Claus Moser
“The taxpayer—that’s someone who works for the federal government but doesn’t have to take the civil service examination.” — Ronald Reagan.
“The reward for good work is more work.” – Francesca Elisia
“Anyone who can walk to the welfare office can walk to work."
~ Al Capp
“Unemployment is capitalism’s way of getting you to plant a garden."
~ Orson Scott Card
“Pride, commitment and teamwork are words they use to get you to work for free.” – Anonymous
“Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I’m not there, I go to work.” – Robert Orben
"Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself."
~ Anonymous
“Like vinegar to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, so are the lazy to their employers.” – Proverb 10:26