Plumbing Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old plumbing quotes, plumbing sayings, and plumbing proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

A plumber is an adventurer who traces leaky pipes to their source. Arthur Baer
Anybody who has any doubt about the ingenuity or the resourcefulness of a plumber never got a bill from one. George Meany
Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn’t change people’s habits. It just kept them inside the house. Alfred Hitchcock
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
Acting is not an important job in the scheme of things. Plumbing is. Spencer Tracy
As far as making a living, if plumbing earned more, I'd probably do it. At least you can leave the job at home once the tools are put away. A writer works in his mind 24/7. James McBride
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. Marina Abramovic
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
The practice of medicine is a thinker's art the practice of surgery a plumber's. Martin H. Fischer
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. Lee Marvin
An American husband would never be at the office when the plumbing got clogged - he'd rush home to share it with his wife. Stanley Shapiro
There's a great career back on Earth for us in, eh.. plumbing. Derek C.
Everything I know about plumbing, I learned from playing Mario Brothers. Jenji Kohan
I mean, plumbing is just an extremely profitable hobby. Howard Adler
The more they overthink the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain. Gene Roddenberry
I been fixing the plumbing in here for ten years. I ain't never had to wear no tie before. Stephen King
Looks like I'll never get away from plumbing. Working there by day and scrubbing here at night. My life goes by in bathrooms. Frederick Hazlitt Brennan
You take plumbing and woman's nature: they're both unpredictable and filled with hidden mysteries. All man can do is serve them properly so they flow the way they're designed to. Alan Rudolph
My creek in the rock set forth to install the plumbing / To some vessels He said 'supply', and 'drain' He said to others / And if there be a leakage / He commands the waters 'congeal!' / And they clot in obedience Laulindah Shiku
I'm so handy, you already know / I'll fix your plumbing when your toilets over flows / I'm so handy, I'll bring you up to code / When your dishwasher's about to explode George Astasio
They got new inventions coming / Stead of outdoor, indoor plumbing / I just blew in from the windy city / The windy city is mighty pretty Paul Francis Webster
Tired plumbing wakes me in the morning. / Shower runs hot, runs cold playing with me. / Well, I'm up for the down side Ian Anderson
Never done dream for a while, / The pipeline was blocked, / So I learnt and done a bit of plumbing. / They say tomorrow never dies, / But he forgot to tell you 'you can'. Ed Sheeran
The kind of girl who ain't afraid of nothing / She's independent she does her own plumbing Bob Mcdill
Plumbing often varies in the various different countries / I like to crouch down and turn on those bidets / I'll have a cocktail, pick at my fingernails / And then I'll squat down for a wash to end the day Brad Roberts
You'll see your mind expand and / Your perceptions grow more and more acute / And you can teach him plumbing and philosophy Jerry Bock
I'm just serving crack from house to house / I'm out here plumbing (yeah) / She swear she the real, but no deal (yeah) Cody Osagie
In the eyes of many lay people, plumber is simply someone who joins pipes together, running the water from one appliance to another. R. D. Treloar
Few people appear to give much consideration to the depth of knowledge required to carry out the basic plumbing skills, or the trained professional's need to have a full understanding of related activities. R. D. Treloar
In order to gain the respect you deserve as a professional in the field of plumbing, you have to show respect for the views of others. R. D. Treloar