Best Dirty Work Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

Source: Vocation of a Gadfly

“According to Johnny Carson, I was the guy who Marlon sent out to do all the dirty work.”

“If you cannot avoid a quarrel with a blackguard, let your lawyer manage it, rather than yourself. No man sweeps his own chimney, but employs a chimney-sweeper, who has no objection to dirty work, because it is his trade.”

Ifs Men Trade Lawyer Manage Dirty Quarrels Objections Chimneys Sweepers Dirty Work

Book:L.P.

Source: L.P.

“Which of us?is to do the hard and dirty work for the restand for what pay? Who is to do the pleasant and clean work, and for what pay?”

Hard Pay Clean Dirty Pleasant Dirty Work

Author:John Ruskin

“And besides; the problem of land, at its worst, is a bye one; distribute the earth as you will, the principal question remains inexorable, Who is to dig it? Which of us, in brief word, is to do the hard and dirty work for the rest, and for what pay?”

Hard Problem Earth Pay Land Worst Remains Dirty Principal Bye Inexorable Dirty Work

Book:Sesame and Lilies, etc

Source: Sesame and Lilies, etc

“I am tired of the warmakers making war with our children. I am tired of our tired troops being sent over to do the dirty work for mob bosses who are going to squeeze the life out of Iraq and not leave until every asset and every natural resource has been raped from the country. I am tired of seeing Iraqis burying their loved ones and hearing the reverberating screams of mothers all over our country who are being destroyed for the benefit of a very few.”

“The dirty work at political conventions is almost always done in the grim hours between midnight and dawn. Hangmen and politicians work best when the human spirit is at its lowest ebb.”

Humans Done Government Political Spirit Hours Politician Dirty Dawn Conventions Lowest Midnight Human Spirit Grim Hangman Dirty Work

Book:Poor Russell's almanac

Source: Poor Russell's almanac

“The one consistent policy running through this [Clinton] administration is the love it has lavished on Marxists -- food aid for North Korea, diplomatic recognition of the Hanoi regime, chronic kowtowing to Beijing and now doing Castro's dirty work. How can the Clinton gang -- which carried the Viet Cong flag during anti-war demonstrations and decorated their dorm rooms with pictures of Che Guevara -- not feel contempt for people who insist, with every fiber of their being, that communism is mankind's mortal enemy?”

“Sign at a Kentucky appliance store: Don't kill your wife. Let our washing machine do the dirty work.”

God Wife Machines Stupidity Stores Dirty Washing Kentucky Appliances Washing Machines Dirty Work

Author:Dave Barry

“Politics is still the man's game. The women are allowed to do the chores, the dirty work, and now and then--but only occasionally--one is present at some secret conference or other. But it's not the rule. They can go out and get the vote, if they can and will; they can collect money, they can be grateful for being permitted to work. But that is all.”

Ifs Men Stills Games Politics Secret Vote Grateful Dirty Now And Then Be Grateful Conferences Chores Dirty Work

Author:Mary Roberts Rinehart

“I am not a man who looks for solutions in God or politics. If somebody else wants to do the dirty work and create a better world for us and he can do it, I will accept it.”

Ifs Men World Want Looks Can Do Accepting Solutions Dirty Dirty Work

Author:Charles Bukowski

“Buddhism is a heresy on Hinduism. It was Hinduism that did the dirty work for Buddhism, by the time Buddha came along priest-craft was an ancient tradition in India.”

Buddhism Tradition India Ancient Crafts Dirty Priests Hinduism Heresy Dirty Work

Author:Terence McKenna

“Note to self... Sex with blow-up doll is not as good as advertised.”

Self Sex Notes Blow Dolls Note To Self Dirty Work

Author:Norm MacDonald

“I think the Sierra Club is the environmental group that has the best chance of really accomplishing things. It's well known, and it actually gets down to doing the dirty work of protecting the environment.”

Thinking Wells Chance Known Environment Groups Environmental Clubs Dirty Well Known Sierra Dirty Work

Author:Tom Scholz

“The recording process [ for 'Dirty Work'] took longer than anticipated, because we kept going on tour in between the recording process to make sure that we were still pleasing all the fans across the world.”

World Stills Process Fans Dirty Dirty Work

Author:Jack Barakat

“Even in the civil rights movement, there were so many unbelievable women. They never, ever received the credit that they should have received. They did all of the, and I cannot say it, they did all of the dirty work. Hard work.”

Should Hard Rights Movement Hard Work Should Have Credit Civil Rights Dirty Unbelievable Civil Rights Movement Dirty Work

Author:John Lewis

“I think I should be active politically. Because I look upon myself as a politician. That's not a dirty work you know. Some people think that there are something wrong with politicians. Of course, something wrong with some politicians.”

People Thinking Knows Should Looks Courses Politician Active Dirty Naughty Dirty Work

Author:Aung San Suu Kyi

“Most men I know rely on women to do all the literal dirty work.”

Knows Men Dirty Rely Literal Dirty Work

Author:Elizabeth Banks

“I don't pay to have my dirty work done for me. I do it myself.”

Done Pay Dirty Naughty Work Done Dirty Work

Author:Ted Nugent

“I don't know" means "NO!" "I don't know" means "I'm too cowardly to tell you the truth because I can't deal with confrontation." "I don't know" means please do the dirty work for me because I don't want to hurt your feelings even more then I already have.”

Knows Want Mean I Can Feelings Hurt Deals Please Dirty Confrontation Because I Can Cowardly Dirty Work

Book:It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken: The Smart Girl's Break-Up Buddy

Source: It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken: The Smart Girl's Break-Up Buddy

“The division is based on knowledge, based on qualifications - but as I learned from the factionless, a system that relies on a group of uneducated people to do its dirty work without giving them a way to rise is hardly fair.”

People Way Giving Groups Fairs Dirty Rely Division Qualifications Uneducated Dirty Work

Author:Veronica Roth

“Note to self: no matter how bad life gets, there's always beer.”

Self Matter Notes Beer Note To Self Bad Life Dirty Work

Author:Norm MacDonald

“Even today I am willing to volunteer to do the dirty work for Israel, to have everyone hate us, to pull the rug from underneath the feet of the Diaspora Jews, so that they will be forced to run to us crying. Even if it means blowing up one or two synagogues here and there, I don’t care.”

Ifs Mean Two Care Running Today Hate Feet Cry Willing Jew Israel Don't Care I Don't Care Dirty Volunteer Here And There Diaspora Synagogue Blowing Up Dirty Work

Author:Ariel Sharon

“I don't mind if after the job is done you put me in front of a Nuremberg Trial and then jail me for life. Hang me if you want, as a war criminal. What you don't understand is that the dirty work of Zionism is not finished yet, far from it.”

Ifs Want Mind War Done Jobs Fronts Finished Criminals Trials Dirty Jail Zionism Nuremberg Dirty Work Nuremberg Trials

Author:Ariel Sharon

“Even today I am willing to volunteer to do the dirty work for Israel, to kill as many Arabs as necessary, to deport them, to expel and burn them, to have everyone hate us.”

Today Hate Willing Israel Dirty Volunteer Nuremberg Dirty Work

Author:Ariel Sharon

“If it is wrong for you to take money from someone else who earned it, to take their money by force for your own needs, then it is certainly just as wrong for you to demand that the government step forward and do this dirty work for you.”

Ifs Needs Government Literature Force Steps Demand Dirty Steps Forward Dirty Work

Book:The Terrible Truth about Liberals

Source: The Terrible Truth about Liberals

“I've learned how to be open and bold about my faith, but in terms of my influence, I just try to lead in a godly way. What that means for me is to serve them, whether it's just doing the dirty work, like cleaning up sweat on the floor, or deferring to other people, or carrying equipment bags.”

People Way Trying Mean Term Influence Dirty I've Learned Bags Sweat Equipment Godly Cleaning Lead In Cleaning Up Dirty Work

Author:Jeremy Lin

“War is society's dirty work, usually done by kids cleaning up failures perpetrated by adults.”

War Done Kids Adults Dirty Cleaning Cleaning Up Dirty Work Matterhorn

Book:What It Is Like To Go To War

Source: What It Is Like To Go To War

“The love that makes community is the willingness to do someone else's dirty work.”

Community Dirty Willingness Dirty Work

Book:Becoming the Answer to Our Prayers: Prayer for Ordinary Radicals

Source: Becoming the Answer to Our Prayers: Prayer for Ordinary Radicals

“Hey, I'm like the Wayne Gretsky of the entertainment biz - I have other people do my dirty work while I skate around and get to be a nice guy. What can I say? I'm a coward.”

People Guy Nice Entertainment Hey Dirty Coward Wayne Skates Nice Guy Dirty Work

Author:Paul Feig

“I like doing things where I can get dirty, work with my hands, and use power tools. Last weekend, I did some grouting.”

I Can Use Hands Lasts Tools Dirty Weekend Dirty Work Power Tools

Author:Nathan Fillion