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Quotes About Fired

The first ladyship is the only federal office in which the holder can neither be fired nor impeached.
~ William Safire
The day of my wedding, I got a FedEx in the mail. It was my termination papers. I was fired... on my wedding day.
~ CM Punk
A big part of directing is being strong in certain circumstances and taking the gamble and hope you don't get fired.
~ Wes Craven
His father had a gun. His father…a gun…He had fired the gun. His father, the salesman turned FBI agent, acting like Alex Rider.
~ Ridley Pearson
You got canned. Outsourced. Pink-slipped. Handed your walking papers. Given the go light. Slipped on the banana. Served the dead slug.
~ Kim Harrison
Clarabelle...Clarabelle... You worked as Kenspeckle Grouse's assistant, did you not?' 'One of the. He fired all the others.' 'But not you?' 'He fired me on the second day, but I kept coming in. I had nowhere else to go.' 'And then you killed him.' 'Yes.' 'A Remnant squirmed inside you, and you killed Kenspeckle Grouse.' 'Yes.' Nye grinned. 'You're hired. But I have warn you, if you try to kill me, I will dissect you and sing along to your screams.' 'Can I have Mondays off?' 'You may.
~ Derek Landy
willingly forgo a substantial pay raise in exchange for seeing their direct supervisor fired.
~ Jeffrey Pfeffer
I just fired the head of the F.B.I. He was crazy, a real nut job," Trump told the Russians. "I faced great pressure because of Russia. That's taken off.
~ Jeffrey Toobin
I mean, technically, he wasn't fired," Emilia clarified. "He was reassigned. But precision of language has never been the gossip mill's forte, and I guess anything's a pretty big step down after the White House.
~ Jennifer Lynn Barnes
I tried to score a few films with this composer Brian Reitzell here in L.A. We made a bunch of music we really loved, but we got fired from the film for being too weird.
~ Jim James
I got a job working at a publishing company, Balmur Music, which was a company that Anne Murray was a co-owner in, as a tape copy guy. Eventually, I got fired from that job.
~ Blake Shelton
Reactions still sharp from years of experience, Han fired, sending the trooper to the ground.
~ Alan Dean Foster
There are only four types of officers. First, there are the lazy, stupid ones. Leave them alone, they do no harm. Second, there are the hard-working intelligent ones. They make excellent staff officers, ensuring that every detail is properly considered. Third, there are the hard-working, stupid ones. These people are a menace, and must be fired at once. They create irrelevant work for everybody. Finally, there are the intelligent lazy ones. They are suited for the highest office.
~ Erich von Manstein
The first thing I would like to say is that I don't think folk at Westminster - or for that matter at Holyrood - constitute an elite. They are representatives who are elected and who are at the service of voters who can fire them.
~ Michael Gove
Just know that it's fear that keeps most people working at a job: the fear of not paying their bills, the fear of being fired, the fear of not having enough money, and the fear of starting over.
~ Robert T. Kiyosaki
Years later, the plain-speaking Truman would explain: "I fired him because he wouldn't respect the authority of the president . . . . I didn't fire him because he was a dumb son of a bitch, although he was, but that's not against the law for generals. If it was, half to three-quarters of them would be in jail.
~ Douglas G. Brinkley
There's a saying in my business that there are two kinds of coaches - those who have been fired and those who haven't been fired yet. That's kind of like prostate cancer. Every man will have it if he lives long enough.
~ Bobby Bowden
I was going to direct the movie 'Training Day', and I got fired. Denzel Washington didn't want me to direct the movie.
~ Davis Guggenheim
I don't want to be fired after two seasons and risk never getting another opportunity to coach.
~ Chauncey Billups
After I was fired from Disney, I did some of the worst movies ever made.
~ Tommy Kirk
We should because when coaches get fired, the players have a lot to do with it.
~ Allen Iverson
Most actors have been fired during their career.
~ Robert Morse
Maybe I'll write an episode of 'Black-ish' about a guy being fired in late-night.
~ Larry Wilmore
I was fired as an actor on 'Bosch.'
~ Michael Connelly