funny quotes on work

Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character. ~Calvin Coolidge



I usually lump organized religion, organized labor, and organized crime together. The Mafia gets points for having the best restaurants. ~Dave Beard



You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job. ~Laurence J. Peter



If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world, but I am sure we would be getting reports from Hell before breakfast. ~William Tecumseh Sherman



Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong. ~Richard Armour



I love spring anywhere, but if I could choose I would always greet it in a garden. ~Ruth Stout



Children are a great comfort in your old age - and they help you reach it faster, too. ~Lionel Kauffman



He who is born a fool is never cured. ~Proverb



Natives who beat drums to drive off evil spirits are objects of scorn to smart Americans who blow horns to break up traffic jams. ~Mary Ellen Kelly



If minutes were kept of a family gathering, they would show that "Members not Present" and "Subjects Discussed" were one and the same. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com



Nationalism is a silly cock crowing on his own dunghill. ~Richard Aldington



I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches. ~Alice Roosevelt Longworth



A hard man is good to find. ~Mae West



Real elation is when you feel you could touch a star without standing on tiptoe. ~Doug Larson



True remorse is never just a regret over consequence; it is a regret over motive. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960



A family is a patchwork of love. ~Author Unknown



The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco. ~Mark Twain, attributed



What is right is often forgotten by what is convenient. ~Bodie Thoene, Warsaw Requiem



Mine is the night, with all her stars. ~Edward Young



Confidence and hope do more good than physic. ~Galen