Dilbert’s One Liners
Anyone who reads The Star In-Tech every Tuesday will be familiar with this quirky engineer working in his cube. The comic strip can be a bit difficult for kids to understand I find, as I myself was not too sure what he was talking about when I read the strips some 10 years back.
Here’s a collection of some one liners that’s sure to make you laugh or at least smile
I’ve highlighted my personal favorites, what are yours?
- I say no to alcohol, it just doesn’t listen.
- A friend in need is a pest indeed.
- Marriage is one of the chief causes of divorce.
- Work is fine if it doesn’t take too much of your time.
- When everything comes in your way, you’re in the wrong lane.
- The light at the end of the tunnel may be an incoming train.
- Born free, taxed to death.
- Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don’t have film.
- Life is unsure; always eat your dessert first.
- Smile, it makes people wonder what you are thinking.
- It’s not hard to meet expenses, they are everywhere.
- I love being a writer…what I can’t stand is the paperwork.
- A printer consists of 3 main parts: the case, the jammed paper tray and
the blinking red light. - The guy who invented the first wheel was an idiot. The guy who invented
the other three, he was the genius. - The trouble with being punctual is that no one is there to appreciate it.
- In a country of free speech, why are there phone bills?
- If you cannot change your mind, are you sure you have one?
- Beat the 5 o’clock rush, leave work at noon!
- If you can’t convince them, confuse them.
- It’s not the fall that kills you. It’s the sudden stop at the end.
- I couldn’t repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder.
- Hot glass looks same as cold glass – Cunino’s Law of Burnt Fingers.
- The cigarette does the smoking, you are just the sucker.
- Someday is not a day of the week.
- Whenever I find the key to success, someone changes the lock.
- To err is human; to forgive is not a Company policy.
- The road to success…is always under construction.
- Alcohol doesn’t solve any problems, but if you think again, neither does
Milk. - In order to get a loan, you first need to prove that you don’t need it.
…and here’s the best of the lot
- All the desirable things in life are either illegal, expensive, fattening or in love with someone else.

