Funny Work Quotes

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

Funny Work Quotes

“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’ve got all the money I’ll ever need, if I die by four o’clock.” — Henny Youngman
“It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“You can’t have a million dollar dream with a minimum wage worth ethic.” — Zig Ziglar
“It is better to have one person working with you than three people working for you.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower
“What I don’t like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day.” – Phyllis Diller
“The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.” — Oscar Wilde
"Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself."
~ Anonymous
“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
“A baseball game is twice as much fun if you’re seeing it on the company’s time.” — William C. Feather
“I am a friend of the workingman, and I would rather be his friend, than be one.” — Clarence Darrow.
"The world is divided into people who do things–and people who get the credit."
~ Dwight Morrow
“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 hate when I lose things at work, like pens, papers, sanity and dreams.” – Anonymous
“Time is an illusion. Lunchtime is doubly so.” – Douglas Adams
“A lot of people quit looking for work as soon as they find a job.” — Zig Ziglar
“It’s a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a day is work. He can’t eat for eight hours; he can’t drink for eight hours; he can’t make love for eight hours. The only thing a man can do for eight hours is work.” — William Faulkner
“Pride, commitment and teamwork are words they use to get you to work for free.” – Anonymous
“I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.” — Jerome K. Jerome
“In fifty years, he never worked a day. To him, nine to five was odds on a horse."
~ Archie Bunker
“Like vinegar to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, so are the lazy to their employers.” – Proverb 10:26
“No man goes before his time—unless the boss leaves early.” — Groucho Marx
“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” – Thomas Edison
“Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there.” — Will Rogers
“We pretend to work because they pretend to pay us."
~ Anonymous
“People who never do any more than they get paid for, never get paid for any more than they do.” — Elbert Hubbard
"An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a very narrow field."
~ Niels Bohr
“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well neither does bathing. That’s why we recommend it daily.” – Zig Ziglar
“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
“Doing nothing is very hard to do… you never know when you’re finished.” — Leslie Nielsen
“The reward for good work is more work.” – Francesca Elisia
“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
“The remaining work to finish in order to reach your goal increases as the deadline approaches."
~ Bove’s Theorem
“By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.” — Robert Frost
“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
“A diamond is merely a lump of coal that did well under pressure.” — Henry Kissenger
“There’s something boring about people who have to go to an office for a living."
~ Karl Lagerfeld
“Leaders who don’t listen will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing to say.” – Andy Stanley
“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.” — Dennis Miller
“One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I'll never know."
- Groucho Marx
“I believe in hard work. But, it will take some time to make this believe into a real thing!"
~ Anonymous
“Education cost money. But then again so does ignorance.” – Sir Claus Moser
“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
"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
“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
“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
“Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work.” – Earl Nightingale
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
“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
"Everybody makes mistakes. The trick is to make mistakes when no one is looking."
~ Anonymous