I like to call in sick to work at places where I’ve never held a job. Then when the manager tells me I don’t work there, I tell them I’d like to. But not today, as I’m sick. Jarod Kintz, This Book is Not for Sale
The people who are doing the work are the moving force behind the Macintosh. My job is to create a space for them, to clear out the rest of the organization and keep it at bay. Steve Jobs
I knew what my job was; it was to go out and meet the people and love them. Princess Diana
In our day certain economic fruits have become accepted as self-evident. A second Bill of Rights under which a new basis of security and prosperity can be established for all regardless of station or race or creed. Among these are the right to a useful and remunerated job. The right to earn enough to provide adequate food and clothing and recreation. F D Roosevelt, televised annex to State of the Union address
This is the most important thing about me – I’m a card-carrying reader. All I really want to do is sit and read or lie down and read or eat and read or shit and read. I’m a trained reader. I want a job where I get paid for reading books. And I don’t have to make reports on what I read or to apply what I read. Maxine Hong Kinston, Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book
What I don’t like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day. Phyllis Diller
You can take that mail and that franking machine and all that other rubbish I have to go about with and you can stuff em right up your ass. Quadrophenia 1979 starring Phil Daniels & Mark Wingett & Leslie Ash & Philip Davis & Sting & Toyah Willcox & Ray Winstone & Gary Shail & Michael Elphick et al, director Franc Roddam, Jimmy to boss
I do this for a living. Collateral 2004 starring Tom Cruise & Jamie Foxx & Jason Statham & Jada Pinkett Smith & Mark Ruffalo & Peter Berg & Bruce McGill & Irma P Hall & Barry Shabaka Henley & Richard T Jones et al, director Michael Mann
Hello, Camp Freddy? I want to see Bridger. I’ve got a job. Freddy, this job is bigger than anything Bridger has done until now. The Italian Job 1969 starring Michael Caine & Noel Coward & Benny Hill & Tony Beckley & Raf Vallone & Rossano Brazzi & Maggie Blye & Irene Handl & John le Mesurier & Fred Emney et al, director Peter Collinson
I’m looking for a job. Hell Drivers 1959 starring Herbert Lom & Patrick McGoohan & Stanley Baker & Peggy Cummins & William Hartnell & Sidney James & Wilfrid Lawson & Jill Ireland & Alfie Bass & Gordon Jackson & David McCallum & Sean Connery & Vera Day et al, director Cy Endfield, Baker
I got a big job for you, little man. Baby Face Nelson 1957 starring Mickey Rooney & Carolyn Jones & Cedric Hardwicke & Leo Gordon & John Hoyt & Jack Elam & Anthony Caruso & Ted de Corsia et al, director Don Siegel, gangsta to Nelson
So now let me tell you a few things about the job. The Hot Rock 1972 starring Robert Redford & George Segal & Rob Leibman & Paul Sand & Moses Gunn & Zero Mostel et al, director Peter Yates, Segal to Redford
I wanted the job; I wanted the dough. Sunset Boulevard: A Hollywood Story 1950 starring Gloria Swanson & Erich von Stronheim & William Holden & Nancy Olson & Fred Clark & Lloyd Gough & Jack Webb & Franklyn Farnum et al, director Billy Wilder, Joe
Calling it your job don’t make it right, boss. Cool Hand Luke 1967 starring Paul Newman & George Kennedy & Strother Martin & Jo van Fleet & Joy Harmon & Morgan Woodward & Luke Askew & Robert Donner & Clifton James et al, director Stuart Rosenberg, Lucas to guard
This job affords no stipend and no reward. Seven Samurai 1954 starring Tikashi Shimura & Isao Kimura & Yoshio Inaba & Daisuke Kato & Minoru Chiaki & Seiji Miyaguchi & Toshiro Mifune & Bokuzen Hidari & Kamatari Fujiwara & Keiko Tsushima & Yoshio Tsuchiya et al, director Akira Kurosawa
When I’m paid I always see the job through. The Good, The Bad & The Ugly [Il Buono, il Brutto, il Cattivo] 1966 starring Clint Eastwood & Lee van Cleef & Eli Wallach & Aldo Giuffre & Al Mulock & Antonio Casas & John Bartha & Claudio Scarchillio & Sandro Scarchilli & Antonio Molion Rojo, director Sergio Leone, Angel Eyes to Stevens
I’m looking for a certain man for a special job – his name is Sabata. Adios, Sabata 1971 starring Yul Brynner & Dean Reed & Ignazio Spalla & Gerard Herter & Pedro Sanchez & Sal Borgese & Franco Fantasia et al, director Gianfranco Parolini, geezer
You’ll soon find out this job’s nearly all legwork. The Ipcress File 1965 ***** starring Michael Caine & Guy Doleman & Nigel Green & Sue Lloyd & Gordon Jackson & Aubrey Richards & Frank Gatliff & Thomas Baptiste & Oliver MacGreevy & Freda Bamford & Pauline Winter et al, director Sidney J Furie, Jock to Palmer
It was the job we were chosen for. Goldeneye 1995 starring Pierce Brosnan & Sean Bean & Judi Dench & Robbie Coltrane & Izabella Scorupco & Famke Janssen & Joe Don Baker & Gottfried John & Desmond Llewelyn et al, director Martin Campbell, James to Alec
We’d better get a job. But what jobs are there in a backwards reality for a dead hologram and an android with a head shaped like a novelty condom? Red Dwarf s3e1: Backwards, Rimmer to Kryten, BBC 1989
This job will be your last job … You’re going on a fucking trip. The Mexican 2001 starring Brad Pitt & Julia Roberts & James Gandolfini & Gene Hackman & Bob Balaban & J K Simmons & Sherman Augustus & Michael Cerveris & David Krumholtz et al, director Gore Verbinski, boss
I am about to enter the job market [reads newspaper]. Right, let’s see. Situations vacant. Mr and Mrs Pitt are looking for a baby-minder to take Pitt the Younger to Parliament ... Blackadder III: Sense & Senility, Blackadder to Baldrick, BBC 1987
I’ve been thinking of bettering myself. I applied for the job of village idiot of Kensington. I got down to the last two but I failed the final interview. I turned up. Blackadder III: Duel & Duality, Baldrick to Blackadder
A recession is when your neighbour loses his job. A depression is when you lose yours. And recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his. Ronald Reagan
’Cause Jesus had a proper job. He was a carpenter, Jesus, wasn’t he? Yeah, and you can tell he was a craftsman, can’t you, ’cause he disappeared off the face of the Earth for three days without a rational explanation. Al Murray: The Pub Landlord: My Gaff, My Rules, London’s Playhouse Theatre
The new face of poverty: hard working families struggling to make ends meet. And how millions of families are missing out on Britain’s economic recovery. Tonight: The Rise of the Working Poor, ITV 2014
There are 1.4 million minimum-wage jobs in Britain. ibid.
Jobs and what we can do to save them; as we face many more months of restrictions, is the government doing enough to help? And is the answer to retrain? … Nearly 700,000 jobs have been lost since March. With the furlough scheme ending next month there are fears we could reach similar jobless levels to the early 1980s. Tonight: Can We Save Our Jobs? ITV 2020
Side hustles: how to make extra cash. Just how hard is it to make more money? What it takes to earn a living online. Tonight: Side Hustles: How to Earn More Money? ITV 2022
Help! We need a builder. The problems that skills shortages are causing. The lives being ruined. So is there a solution? … We are facing a severe shortages of skilled tradesmen. Tonight: We Need a Builder: Britain’s Skills Shortage, ITV 2024
There’s very little difference between men’s and women’s agreement that women should be working in any job they are qualified for. Islam – What A Billion Muslims Really Think, 2009
Our civilisation being what it is, you’ve got to spent eight hours out of every twenty-four as a mixture between an imbecile and a sewing machine. It’s very disagreeable, I know. It’s humiliating and disgusting. But there you are. You’ve got to do it, otherwise the whole fabric of our world will fall to bits and we’ll starve. Do the job then, idiotically and mechanically; and spend your leisure hours in being a real complete man or woman. Aldous Huxley, Point Counter Point
Can’t get a job, can ya? ... A social misfit, that’s what I am. The History of Mr Polly by H G Wells 1949 starring John Mills & Betty Ann Davies & Megs Jenkins & Finlay Currie & Gladys Henson & Diana Churchill & Shelagh Fraser & Edward Chapman & Dandy Nichols & Sally Ann Howers & Juliet Mills et al, director Anthony Pelissier, Polly to self
Jobs? There are no jobs. John Q 2002 starring Denzel Washington & Robert Duvall & James Woods & Daniel E Smith & Anne Heche & Ray Liotta & Shawn Hatosy & Heath Wahlquist & David Thornton & Laura Harring & Troy Beyer & Kevin Connolly & Troy Winbush et al, director Nick Cassavetes, pal
Never mind, Mr Handy dear, I’m sure you will get staffed. Carry on Regardless 1961 starring Sid James & Kenneth Connor & Charles Hawtrey & Joan Sims & Kenneth Williams & Bill Owen & Liz Fraser & Terence Longdon & Hattie Jacques & Terence Alexander & Stanley Unwin et al, director Gerald Thomas, assistant to James
I don’t need a babysitter. But I do need a man. ibid. female client
Whenever there is a hard job to be done I assign it to a lazy man – he is sure to find an easy way of doing it. Author Unknown, attributions & variations inc Walter Crysler, possibly Frank B Gilbreth
It’s a done deal. I basically have the job already. There’s nothing she can do to stop it now. I already sold my condo. The Office US s3e24&25: The Job, Michael, NBC 2006