Plumber Quotes

• There are two kinds of truth; the truth that lights the way and the truth that warms the heart. The first of these is science, and the second is art. Without art science would be as useless as a pair of high forceps in the hands of a plumber. Without science art would become a crude mess of folklore and emotional quackery.

  Raymond Chandler

  Art, War, Science

  "Great Thought". "The Notebooks of Raymond Chandler" (1976) by Raymond Chandler, February 19, 1938.

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• An excellent plumber is infinitely more admirable than an incompetent philosopher.

  John W. Gardner

  Education, Teacher, Philosopher

  Dr. John W. Gardner (2015). “Excellence: Can We Be Equal And Excellent Too?”, p.97, Pickle Partners Publishing

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

  Arthur Baer

  Source, Pipe, Adventurer

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• If I had it [life] to do all over again, I'd have been a plumber.

  Albert Einstein

  Modern Life, Ifs, Has Beens

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• An excellent plumber is infinitely more admirable than an incompetent philosopher. The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.

  John Gardner

  Philosophy, Humble, Water

  "Excellence, Can We be Equal and Excellent Too?" by John W. Gardner, (p. 86), 1961.

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• I wanted to be a plumber.

  Robert Goulet

  Wanted

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

  Woody Allen

  Inspirational, Funny, God

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• In Cleveland there is legislation moving forward to ban people from wearing pants that fit too low. However, there is lots of opposition from the plumber' union.

  Conan O'Brien

  Moving, People, Cleveland

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• We need people who can actually do things. We have too many bosses and too few workers. More college graduates ought to become plumbers or electricians, then go home at night and read Shakespeare.

  Andy Rooney

  Home, Night, College

  "Great lines from "60 Minutes" commentator Andy Rooney". www.cnn.com. November 5, 2011.

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• The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.

  John W. Gardner

  Philosophy, Rain, Anger

  Dr. John W. Gardner (2015). “Excellence: Can We Be Equal And Excellent Too?”, p.97, Pickle Partners Publishing

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• Writer's block? I've never heard of a plumber complain about plumber's block.

  Robert B. Parker

  Block, Complaining, Heard

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

  Barry Mann

  Song, Inspiration, Writing

  "Q&A: Mann & Weil on surving as songwriters". Interview with Steve Sailer, www.upi.com. July 25, 2002.

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• If I would be a young man again and had to decide how to make my living, I would not try to become a scientist or scholar or teacher. I would rather choose to be a plumber or a peddler in hope to find that modest degree of independence still available under present circumstances.

  Albert Einstein

  Teacher, Science, Men

  Quoted in Reporter, 18 Nov. 1954

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• 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.'

  Robert Fripp

  Students, Music Love, Hoover

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• Anybody who has doubts about the ingenuity or the resourcefulness of a plumber never got a bill from one.

  George Meany

  Doubt, Bills, Ingenuity

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• 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.

  Shaun White

  Mom, Dad, Cities

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• I told my wife the truth. I told her I was seeing a psychiatrist. Then she told me the truth: that she was seeing a psychiatrist, two plumbers, and a bartender.

  Rodney Dangerfield

  Funny, Marriage, Hilarious

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

  Bela Lugosi

  Mad, Actors, Salesman

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• Would people applaud me if I was a good plumber?

  Marlon Brando

  People, Ifs

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• It wasn't a case of me sitting down and thinking, right then, what shall I do with my life? Airline pilot? Plumber? Guitar manufacturer? Writer .... yeah, writer. I've always loved writing, from a very early age--I guess I was writing my first stories when I was still in single digits. It progressed, and the love of writing grew in my mind and is still growing. Doing it full-time, there are different stresses and tensions, and the business side of it comes to the fore sometimes. But I still love it, and I'm always thankful that I can do what I do and make a living from it.

  Tim Lebbon

  Stress, Writing, Thinking

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• Writers who think THEY are being criticized when only that writing is being criticized are beyond a teacher's reach. Writing can only be learned when a writer coldly separates himself from what he has written and looks at it with the objectivity of a plumber examining a newly piped bathroom to see if he got all the joints tight.

  William Zinsser

  Teacher, Writing, Thinking

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• What you want in an interview is four things: You want someone who can explain what they do very well, who can have a sense of humor and hopefully is self - deprecating, who has a bit of a chip on their shoulder, and passion. If you have passion, a chip on the shoulder, a sense of humor, and you can explain what you do very well, it doesn't matter if you're a plumber or a singer or a politician. If you have those four things, you are interesting.

  Larry King

  Passion, Interesting, Sense Of Humor

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• I never planned on being a plumber.

  Scott Caan

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

  James Denton

  Cat, Fighting, People

  "James Denton: Desperate Plumber". Interview with Dan Kapelovitz, kapelovitz.com. February 2005.

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• We have to be plumbers, electricians, construction engineers, or workers, on the space station, but at the same time running a laboratory, being scientists, being the best laboratory assistants we can be. It's all in a bundle; it's very exciting, it's a lot of fun.

  Thomas Marshburn

  Running, Fun, Space

  "Rocket To ISS Lifts Off With American, Russian, Canadian Astronauts" by Clara Moskowitz, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 19, 2012.

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