Witty Work Quotations

Work

“I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.”
Jerome K. Jerome, humour writer (1859-1927)

“One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important”
Bertrand Russell

“Make lots of money. Enjoy the work. Operate within the law. Choose any two of three.”
Jack Dee, Comedian

“I don’t make mistakes. I make prophesies which immediately turn out to be wrong”
Murray Walker, the voice of Formula One

“Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance?”
Edgar Bergen

“The world is divided into people who do things--and people who get the credit.”
Dwight Morrow

“Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is the probable reason why so few engage in it.”
Henry Ford

“I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early.”
Charles Lamb

“Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work.”
John G. Pollard

“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