In politics merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised like a target to a position to be fired at.

My agent said 'You aren't good enough for movies.' I said 'You're fired.'

It can be liberating to get fired because you realize the world doesn't end. There's other ways to make money better jobs.

Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.

Marriage commissioners who choose not to marry homosexuals are being fired. A Knights of Columbus chapter in British Columbia is in court because it chooses not allow a lesbian group to use its facility for marriage ceremonies. The list goes on.

For now I'm just going to keep doing the work and hope I don't get fired. If people want to put me up on their walls I'll love it.

I live in constant fear of being fired or dropped for that dark part of my work I can't control.

A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.

The crucial question one comes back to is the examination without that experience is meaningless. And I think it's true that society is becoming more and more passive less and less fired up with enthusiasm in many spheres.

I recruited my dad to be my bass player and fired him on several occasions. He stayed on as a bus driver.