“Income tax is the fine you pay for thriving so fast”
"Income Tax: The fine you pay for thriving too fast" was printed in an ad in The Daily Olympian (Olympia, WA) on March 3, 1961. Authorship of the saying is unknown. "Income tax is…
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“Income tax: the fine you pay for not being quite the person your ancestor was”
Modern Americans pay taxes that the American revolutionary patriots probably would have fought against. "Income tax: the fine you pay for not being quite the person your ancestor was" is…
“Income Tax: The fine you pay for the crime of being productive and useful”
"(Income) Taxes are the fine(s) one pays for the crime of being useful and productive" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Income tax is the fine you pay for the crime…
“Income Tax: The fine you pay for thriving too fast”
"Income Tax: The fine you pay for thriving too fast" was printed in an ad in The Daily Olympian (Olympia, WA) on March 3, 1961. Authorship of the saying is unknown. "Income tax is…
“Income taxes are the fine one pays for the crime of being useful and productive”
"(Income) Taxes are the fine(s) one pays for the crime of being useful and productive" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Income tax is the fine you pay for the crime…
“Incompetence is a double-edged banana”
A "double-edged sword" is sharp on both sides and can cut both ways; the term is used to mean an asset that could also turn into a liability. A "double-edged banana" is soft on…
“Incongruous: Where bills are passed”
"Incongruous" sounds like "in Congress," prompting the jocular definition: "Incongruous: Where bills are passed." The language pun has been cited in print since at…
“Indecision is the key to flexibility”
"Indecision is the key to flexibiity" (less often given as "Flexibility is the key to indecision") has been featured on gift items such as T-shirts. The saying humorously…
“Independence Day—celebrating the country by blowing up a small part of it”
The Simpson, an American animated sitcom, aired an episode on May 19, 1996 where Homer Simpson bought fireworks. The Valu-Mart clerk said: "The M-320: Celebrate the independence of your nation…
“Indescribably delicious”
"Indescribably delicious" has described many things since at least the early 1800s. Chocolates and desserts have been described n advertising as "indescribably delicious" since…
“Indian food has entered the chaat”
"Chaat" or "chāt" (savoury snacks popular in India) shouldn't be confused with an internet "chat," but there are jokes. "West Indian food has entered the…
“Indian food has entered the chat”
"Chaat" or "chāt" (savoury snacks popular in India) shouldn't be confused with an internet "chat," but there are jokes. "West Indian food has entered the…
“Indian restaurants are naan profit businesses while Vietnamese restaurants are pho profit”
"Your Indian restaurant is naan profit? My Vietnamese is pho profit" was posted on Reddit -- Dadjokes on February 9, 2017. "Naan" sounds like "non" and "pho"…
“Indian yogurt sauce has entered the chat”
"Chaat" or "chāt" (savoury snacks popular in India) shouldn't be confused with an internet "chat," but there are jokes. "West Indian food has entered the…
“Indict a ham sandwich”
This famous modern legal term that a prosecutor can get a grand jury to "indict a ham sandwich" -- that is, indict anything -- began in New York. It was immortalized in the Tom Wolfe…
“Indie music is just yodeling, but in cursive”
Various types of music have been compared to cursive writing -- flowing and elegant, but sometimes difficult to understand. "Opera's like singing in cursive" was posted on Twitter by…
“Individual liberty is the greater good”
Government sometimes seeks to suspend personal freedoms and liberty "for the greater good." The saying "Freedom is the greater good" has been printed on many images.…
“Induction stoves imply the existence of deduction stoves”
There are induction stoves, but no deduction stoves. "induction stoves imply the existence of deduction stoves" was posted on Twitter by "no earthquake (real wife geist)" on…
“Inequality is as dear to the American heart as liberty itself”
American author and critics William Dean Howells (1837-1920) wrote in 1894: "Without it (drink -- ed.), there would be far less poverty than there is, but poverty is a good old American…
“Inflation is just spicy theft”
"INFLATION IS JUST SPICY THEFT" (shown on a meme) was posted on Facebook by Tyler Brandt on June 12, 2019. "inflation is just spicy theft" was posted on Twitter by Brad Polumbo…