Work is important; it's what we do for living. But at times, it can be mundane, stressful or boring. Undeniably, work has its own share of fun and a bit of something to sulk about. A great collection of some thoughtful and funny work quotes has been put together in this article. See what people from different backgrounds have to say about work.
Tip: Pick any quote that suits you for the day, and pin or stick it somewhere on your workstation.
It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.
~
Muhammad Ali
Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance?
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Edgar Bergen
Anyone who can walk to the welfare office can walk to work.
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Al Capp
A lot of fellows nowadays have a B.A., M.D., or Ph.D. Unfortunately, they don't have a J.O.B.
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Fats Domino
Find a job you like and you add five days to every week.
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H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
I've got all the money I'll ever need, if I die by four o'clock.
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Henny Youngman
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.
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Drew Carey
When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'
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Don Marquis
Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there.
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Will Rogers
The only thing that ever sat its way to success was a hen.
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Sarah Brown
A baseball game is twice as much fun if you're seeing it on the company's time.
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William C. Feather
If hard work is the key to success, most people would rather pick the lock.
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Claude McDonald
What I don't like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day.
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Phyllis Diller
Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.
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Erma Bombeck
The remaining work to finish in order to reach your goal increases as the deadline approaches.
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Bove's Theorem
Unemployment is capitalism's way of getting you to plant a garden.
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Orson Scott Card
In fifty years, he never worked a day. To him, nine to five was odds on a horse.
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Archie Bunker
I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.
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Jerome K. Jerome
We pretend to work because they pretend to pay us.
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Anonymous
The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office.
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George Bernard Shaw
There's something boring about people who have to go to an office for a living.
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Karl Lagerfeld
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.
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Anonymous
Beat the 5 o'clock rush, leave work at noon.
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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.
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Robert Orben
I believe in hard work. But, it will take some time to make this believe into a real thing!
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Anonymous
Some More Quotes about Work
The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.
~ Robert Frost
The easiest job in the world has to be coroner. Surgery on dead people. What's the worst thing that could happen? If everything went wrong, maybe you'd get a pulse.
~ Denise Miller
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
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
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
The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.
~ Ronald Reagan
Son, if you really want something in this life, you have to work for it. Now quiet! They're about to announce the lottery numbers.
~ Homer Simpson
I'm not a bad guy! I work hard, and I love my kids. So why should I spend half my Sunday hearing about how I'm going to Hell?
~ Homer Simpson
I think Smithers picked me because of my motivational skills. Everyone says they have to work a lot harder when I'm around.
~ Homer Simpson
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
Work is a necessity for man. Man invented the alarm clock.
~ Pablo Picasso
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
Leaving you with one last funny quote about work, "If you think your boss is stupid, remember: you wouldn't have a job if he was any smarter." ~ John Gotti