Janitor Quotes

• I think that people don't know how to do anything anymore. My father was a janitor. He could take a car apart and put it back together. He could build a house in the back yard. Today, if you ask people what they know, they say, 'I know how to hire someone.'

  Walter Mosley

  Father, Thinking, People

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• If they had told me I was the janitor and would have to mop up and clean the toilets after the show in order to play, I probably would have done it.

  Bruce Springsteen

  Order, Play, Done

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• We learned about gratitude and humility - that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean... and we were taught to value everyone's contribution and treat everyone with respect.

  Michelle Obama

  Teacher, Gratitude, School

  Speech at the Democratic National Convention, www.npr.org. September 04, 2012.

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• Value everyone's contribution and treat everyone with respect.

  Michelle Obama

  Treats, Contribution, Humility And Gratitude

  Democratic National Convention Speech, www.npr.org. September 04, 2012.

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• You don't mess with janitors, first of all, they have like 40 keys, and 1 is to a closet you don't want to be inside of.

  Chelsea Handler

  Keys, Want, Firsts

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• There's a story about when President Lyndon Johnson visited NASA and as he was walking the halls he came across a janitor who was cleaning up a storm, like the Energizer bunny with a mop in his hand. The president walked over to the janitor and told him he was the best janitor he has ever seen and the janitor replied, "Sir, I'm not just a janitor, I helped put a man on the moon." See, even though he was cleaning floors he had a bigger purpose and vision for his life. This is what kept him going and helped him excel in his job.

  Jon Gordon

  Jobs, Moon, Men

  Jon Gordon (2015). “The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy”, p.109, John Wiley & Sons

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• Treat everyone on the organization with respect and dignity whether it be the janitor or the president.

  Richard Moran

  Appreciation, Organization, President

  Richard Moran (2009). “Nuts, Bolts and Jolts”, p.211, iUniverse

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• If you put down a list of jobs, doctor, lawyer, janitor, teacher or movie star, everybody would pick the movie star. And why? So you could lie around the pool, drink margaritas and send money to your parents. So that's what I did.

  Steve Guttenberg

  Teacher, Jobs, Stars

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• At awards time, The Exorcist was nominated in 11 categories, everybody but the janitor was up for an Oscar. There was no category for what I did.

  Mercedes McCambridge

  Awards, Oscars, Exorcist

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• Somewhere between the janitor and the CEO, reasons stop mattering.

  Steve Jobs

  Reason, Ceo

  "Apple Employees Tell the Secrets Behind Steve Jobs' 'Magic'" by Brian X. Chen, www.wired.com. May 9, 2011.

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• A man's home is his castle, and his wife is the janitor

  Lucille Kallen

  Pain, Home, Men

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• The needs of a society determine its ethics, and in the Black American ghettos the hero is that man who is offered only the crumbs from his country's table but by ingenuity and courage is able to take for himself a Lucullan feast. Hence the janitor who lives in one room but sports a robin's-egg-blue Cadillac is not laughed at but admired, and the domestic who buys forty-dollar shoes is not criticized but is appreciated. We know that they have put to use their full mental and physical powers. Each single gain feeds into the gains of the body collective.

  Maya Angelou

  Life, Sports, Country

  Maya Angelou (2009). “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”, p.220, Random House

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• Well, I guess that early 12 string. The first Martin I bought. I bought it around 1957 with money I earned as a janitor assistant. I bought brand new. I still have that.

  Roger McGuinn

  Assistants, Firsts, Strings

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• Developing a good work ethic is a key [to success]. Apply yourself at whatever you do, whether you're a janitor or taking your first summer job, because that work ethic will be reflected in everything you do in life.

  Tyler Perry

  Summer, Jobs, Keys

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• Empower the people around you, from the janitor to the athletic director. You do that by being sincere, caring about others, and then putting it into practice.

  Sue Gunter

  Basketball, Caring, Practice

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• God is the great janitor of the universe. Why things don't work is that we have a janitor in charge, and we keep looking for the landlord.

  Richard Kadrey

  Landlord, Universe

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• Microbes are just nature's janitors who work to clean up a poorly kept culturing medium. Trying to keep microbes off of and out of your body is like trying to keep the wind out of the trees.

  Robert Morse

  Inspiring, Wind, Tree

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• My family kinda hit the skids. We were experiencing poverty at that point. We all got a job, where the whole family had to work as security guards and janitors. And I just got angry.

  Jim Carrey

  Jobs, Security Guards, Poverty

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• I guess I can't blame him for feeling bitter. Going from being the terror of Bulgarian nights to a janitor would kinda suck

  Kiersten White

  Night, Feelings, Blame

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• Pretty soon the only people left without a girlfriend will be me and Wendell the school janitor, and he smells like windex." "At least you know he's still available.

  Cassandra Clare

  Girlfriend, School, Smell

  Cassandra Clare (2010). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (3 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass”, p.40, Simon and Schuster

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• Who lives in true poverty - The janitor who is grateful for the chocolate chip pancakes his 6 year old helped his wife prepare for dinner, or The CEO who is ungrateful for the type of wine served with his 5-star meal?

  Julia Rose

  Gratitude, Stars, Grateful

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• Of 472 civilian occupations defined by the Department of Commerce, only six are majority immigrant (legal and illegal). These six occupations account for 1 percent of the total U.S. workforce. Many jobs often thought to be overwhelmingly done by immigrants are in fact majority native-born: 51 percent of maids are U.S.-born, as are 63 percent of butchers and meat processors, and 73 percent of janitors.

  Mark Krikorian

  Jobs, Occupation, Facts

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• Individually the poor are not too tempting to thieves, for obvious reasons. Mug a banker and you might score a wallet containing a month's rent. Mug a janitor and you will be lucky to get away with bus fare to flee the crime scene.

  Barbara Ehrenreich

  Bankers, Thieves, Lucky

  "Preying on the Poor". www.tomdispatch.com. May 17, 2012.

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• When I went to school, sex education was mainly muttered warnings about the janitor.

  Frankie Boyle

  Funny, Sex, School

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• I feel that directors at times are like the janitors on the set. I am the secretary, I am the organizer, I am the maid, and I ask if they have eaten or rested. The best things are always out of your control. It's those moments that surpass the imagination that are thrilling.

  Jane Campion

  Imagination, Directors, Maids

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