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June 23, 2018
Work/Businesses

“Confidence is the key. If you don’t believe in yourself, then nobody will”

Entry in progress -- B.P. TwitterQuotes ❤️@wordstionaryConfidence is the key. If you don't believe in yourself, then nobody will.12:43 AM - 23 Jun 2018

December 9, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Conformity is doing what everybody else is doing, regardless of what is right”

"Morality is doing what is right, regardless of what you are told. Obedience/Religion is doing what you are told, regardless of what is right" is a saying that has been printed on many…

July 13, 2017
Education/Schools

“Confucius Say—Student who study history, will find there is no future in it”

"Confucius Say -- Student who study history, will find there is no future in it" is a one-line saying that has been printed on an image. The jocular saying is modern and is not from the…

February 5, 2025
Transportation

“Confucius say: ‘Grease monkey who go to bed without bathing wake up oily in the morning’”

Some people "wake up early in the morning." This shouldn't be confused with those who "wake up oily in the morning," but there are jokes. "You may or you may not think…

June 11, 2021
Sports/Games

“Confucius say: Baseball very funny game—man with 4 balls no can walk!”

"Baseball is wrong. A man with 4 balls cannot walk" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. Many versions have this as a "Confucius say" mock Chinese proverb.…

June 11, 2021
Sports/Games

“Confucius say: Baseball very funny game—man with four balls no can walk!”

"Baseball is wrong. A man with 4 balls cannot walk" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. Many versions have this as a "Confucius say" mock Chinese proverb.…

June 11, 2021
Sports/Games

“Confucius say: Baseball very strange game. How can man with 4 balls walk?”

"Baseball is wrong. A man with 4 balls cannot walk" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. Many versions have this as a "Confucius say" mock Chinese proverb.…

June 11, 2021
Sports/Games

“Confucius say: Baseball wrong. Man with 4 balls cannot walk”

"Baseball is wrong. A man with 4 balls cannot walk" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. Many versions have this as a "Confucius say" mock Chinese proverb.…

June 11, 2021
Sports/Games

“Confucius say: Baseball wrong. Man with four balls cannot walk”

"Baseball is wrong. A man with 4 balls cannot walk" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. Many versions have this as a "Confucius say" mock Chinese proverb.…

July 30, 2021
Transportation

“Confucius say: Man who drive like hell bound to get there”

An advertisement for La Palina cigars in the Detroit (MI) Free Press (and other newspapers) on October 26, 1947: "Old Cfiief Smokum Say: 'Fellow who drive like hell bound to get there…

October 17, 2022
Time/Weather

“Confucius say: Man who drop watch in toilet bound to have crappy time”

There is a popular "Confucius say" toilet joke. "Man who drop watch in toilet bound to have shitty time" was posted on the newsgroup rec.humor on February 6, 1992.…

October 17, 2022
Time/Weather

“Confucius say: Man who drop watch in toilet bound to have shitty time”

There is a popular "Confucius say" toilet joke. "Man who drop watch in toilet bound to have shitty time" was posted on the newsgroup rec.humor on February 6, 1992.…

June 25, 2015
Work/Businesses

“Confused people don’t buy” (marketing adage)

A marketing pitch should include important and accurate information, but it shouldn't confuse potential buyers. "Confused people don't buy" is a popular marketing adage of…

October 28, 2021
Food/Drink

“Confused sultana scone seeks raisin d’être”

"Raison d'être" ( French for "reason for being") has nothing to do with raisins, but there are jokes. "I absolutely live for small dried fruits. They're my…

May 31, 2024
Education/Schools

“Congratulations on getting through the easiest part of life” (graduation meme)

"Congratulations on getting through the easiest part of life" (shown with a picture of graduates) is a saying that has been printed on many images. "And, I'm so glad that you…

August 6, 2024
Work/Businesses

“Congratulations on working 40 hours! You are now free to dissociate for 2 days”

A joke about working was posted on X/Twitter by 𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘆 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗹𝘆𝗸𝗲 on July 21, 2023, and received over 288,000 likes: "Congratulations on working 40 hours! You…

January 28, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Congratulations to drugs for winning the war on drugs”

"Congratulations to drugs for winning the war on drugs" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "We'd like to congratulate drugs for winning the war on…

November 6, 2024
Food/DrinkTime/Weather

“Congratulations to those of you whose microwave clock is right again”

"Congratulations to those of you whose microwave clock is right again" is a jocular saying. That is, the speaker congratulates those people who never changed the microwave clock an hour…

March 25, 2019
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Congress is good at only two things—doing nothing and overreacting”

"The things Congress does best are nothing and overreacting" was credited to Washington, DC lobbyist and Republican consultant Tom C. Korologos in the book Great Political Wit: Laughing…

September 28, 2016
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Congress is the only whorehouse that loses money”

It's an old saying that if government ran something (such as a casino or the racetrack), it would lose money. American economist John Rutledge said on Fox News on May 27, 2006: "Congress…

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