Plumber Quotes

My mom was a waitress, and my dad was a plumber who worked for the City of San Clemente fixing mains breaks, so not too glamorous.

I was glad that I could be used as a focal point to possibly bandy around some ideas, and maybe people would open their eyes to Obama‘s socialist ideology. However, there were so many important issues to be discussed other than the ‘Joe the Plumber, Joe the Plumber.’

Kevin Sullivan? He’s Anthony Hopkins. The Prince of Darkness. The devil himself. Against the ‘American Dream‘ Dusty Rhodes, the chubby plumber’s son from Austin, Texas. My God, those billboards go up, and you‘re going to want to go see it.

My father was a plumber and I’m from the northeastern part of Pennsylvania, and I promise you, I’ve been to Birmingham and Montgomery and when the plane lands, it’s really reminiscent, topography wise, to northeastern Pennsylvania and I feel that same vibe.

If I waited for inspiration every time I sat down to write a song I probably would be a plumber today.

My mother‘s dad dropped out of the eighth grade to work. He had to. By the time he was 30, he was a master electrician, plumber, carpenter, mason, mechanic. That guy was, to me, a magician. Anything that was broken, he could fix. Anybody anywhere in our community knew that if there was a problem, Carl was there to fix it.

I recommend my students not to be professional unless they really have to be. I tell them, ‘If you love music, sell Hoovers or be a plumber. Do something useful with your life.’

You don’t need a college degree to be a good carpenter, welder, plumber, auto mechanic, member of the armed forces, or firefighter.

I realize that I put my body through a lot, but I’ve always thought at the same time if I was a plumber or any kind of worker in that industry, which a lot of people that I grew up with are, I would imagine that their bodies feel the same, their backs are wrecked.

A plumber is an adventurer who traces leaky pipes to their source.

It is always a disappointment to turn from forthright consideration of some subject – whether from the Left or the Right, a poet or a plumber – to the Beltway version, in which the only aspects of the issue that matter are the effects it will have on the fortunes of the two parties and the various men in power.

One night in 1974, I made the comment, ‘Here I am, this fat kid, the son of a plumber. I don’t look like a body builder; fist fight in a parking lot, it doesn’t matter. I’m getting ready to sell out this building. I’m going to sell out Madison Square Garden one day. This is the American Dream. I’m living it.’

A guy digging ditches or a plumber wiping joints – it solves problems, you know? You have to dig this hole so wide, so long, so deep. You dig it, and that’s it.

If you are a plumber, you can work on a shed, or you can work on a mansion. It’s just scale.

There are far too many people in university in Britain. If you want to make money, be a plumber.

The life of the professional writer – like that of any freelance, whether she be a plumber or a podiatrist – is predicated on willpower. Without it there simply wouldn’t be any remuneration, period.

Every actor is somewhat mad, or else he’d be a plumber or a bookkeeper or a salesman.

One thing my fans might not know about me is that when I graduated from college I went to work for a plumbing company, and so I was pretty much a full time plumber.

With chefs, the problem is we have to be very confident because people are looking at us for that. So pretty soon, you think you’re a plumber, you think you’re an electrician, you think you’re an accountant.

Screenwriting is still a challenge for me. It’s more technical than creative. You have to be a very good journeyman plumber and put the proper parts together. Then, if you can still inject a little bit of something worthwhile, you have done as much as can be expected.

When you tell them you’re a writer, they say, ‘What have you written?’ And then you’ve got to tell them what you’ve done. I don’t ask a plumber what he does. Then I have to explain what I’ve done, and I haven‘t really, you know. I’ve just told some stories.

My dad was actually my first mentor. Decent man, hard-working man, never missed a day of work plumber.

Not only is there no God, but try finding a plumber on Sunday.

I would have rather been beat by a plumber than Kathy Griffin.

I wanted to be a plumber.

I really see the vocation of politics like I see every vocation – whether it’s being a reporter or serving in public life or being a plumber – as an extension of ministry.

Playing music has always felt very natural. You know, you do try to do other things, and you do learn lessons that way, but, eventually – well… if your dad is a plumber, you become a plumber. It’s the family business, and I felt like I was taking over the family business.

My mother loves to remind me that about the age of four, I made a somewhat formal announcement that I was going to be a plumber when I grew up.

My mother hoped I’d be a plumber.

I’ve got three brothers and two sisters. Dad was a plumber who worked really hard to support six children, and Mum was busy at home. The four brothers shared a room, a bunk bed on each side. It wasn’t luxurious.

If your plumber or pool installer or local appliance store uses HubSpot software, HubSpot may be holding information about you without you even knowing it. We figure we’re safe when we use online services. We figure we can trust the people who run them not to snoop on us. I used to believe that. I don’t anymore.

If the economy is still going forward, even at 40 miles an hour, 50 miles an hour, I think most people will stick with President Obama. I think people look at politics like they hire a plumber. I hire you to fix the bad pipe. If you fix it, I’ll rehire you. If you don’t fix it, I’m not going to rehire you.

I am a plumber. Just a plumber.

I remember my uncle used to work pouring concrete and as a plumber. Now, I don’t see uncles working as plumbers or pouring concrete no more. Let’s open up some trades for these youngsters that are getting out of school that are not gonna go to college.

It’s still about the women. It’s not called Desperate Plumber. People are more interested in cat fights.

I am instinctively a network infrastructure plumber.

A plumber doesn’t change the way he plumbs when he has a kid. You’re a comedian. This is your style.

Anna would be just as happy with me if I were a plumber. As a matter of fact, when she married me, I was working at a bank and living at home. I didn’t move out until I was 29!

Dad, who worked as a plumber, was a quiet and undemanding man who liked to laugh – and he was a very good dancer.

One of my aims was to be paid as well as a plumber. Plumber was better-paid than any performance artist who was always doing this for free. It is so important to make a good living from art. You know, John Cage, until he was 60, he couldn’t pay electricity.