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June 8, 2022
Work/Businesses

“Entrepreneurs are willing to work 80 hours a week to avoid working 40 hours a week”

"Entrepreneurship is working 80 hours a week for yourself to avoid working 40 hours for someone else" is a saying (in various forms) that has been printed on many images. “It’s easier…

September 18, 2011
Work/Businesses

“Entrepreneurs work only half-days—12 hours”

Entrepreneurs of small businesses often work very long hours. The old joke is that they work only half-days -- twelve hours. (The joke being that half of a 24-hour day is twelve hours, but one…

July 26, 2013
Work/Businesses

“Entrepreneurship is living a few years of your life like most people won’t”

"Entrepreneurship is living a few years of your life like most people won't, so that you can spend the rest of your life like most people can’t" is a business saying that has been…

October 14, 2020
Work/Businesses

“Entrepreneurship is the use of self-interest in the service of others…”

"Entrepreneurship is the use of self-interest in the service of others. Politics is the use of others in the service of self-interest" has been printed on several images. The quotation is…

June 8, 2022
Work/Businesses

“Entrepreneurship is working 80 hours a week to avoid working 40 hours for someone else”

"Entrepreneurship is working 80 hours a week for yourself to avoid working 40 hours for someone else" is a saying (in various forms) that has been printed on many images. “It’s easier…

July 21, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Envy plus rhetoric equals ‘social justice’” (“Envy + Rhetoric = Social Justice”)

"Envy plus rhetoric equals 'social justice'" is a saying that has been printed on many images. American economist and political commentator Thomas Sowell wrote this in his…

February 11, 2020
Education/Schools

“Erasers slowly sacrifice their lives for our mistakes”

"Erasers sacrifice their own bodies for your mistakes" was posted on Twitter by meg on November 11, 2013. "Your eraser sacrifices itself for your mistakes everyday" was posted…

July 30, 2016
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“Erotica is what I like. Porn is what you like”

What is porn? What is erotica? What's the difference? "The definition of 'erotica' vs. 'porn' seems to be 'erotica is what gets me off, porn is what gets you…

April 5, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Error 404: Democracy not found”

"Error 404: Democracy not found" is a mock computer and anti-government saying that has been printed on many images. The saying has been popularly used in protests all around the world.…

April 6, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Error 404: Freedom not found”

Entry in progress -- BP “Error 404: Democracy not found” is a related saying. Wikipedia: HTTP 404In computer network communications, the HTTP 404, 404 not found, 404, 404 error, page not found…

July 14, 2017
Buildings/Housing/Parks

“Escalators don’t break down. They just turn into stairs”

"Escalators don't break down. They just turn into stairs" is a saying about escalators that has been printed on several images. The line is a shortening of a joke by American…

August 10, 2022
Food/Drink

“Espresso martinis are just bougie Four Lokos”

An espresso martini has been compared to Four Loko. "Espresso martini = classy four loko" was posted on Twitter by Emma Taylor on September 16, 2011. "Espresso Martini’s are pretty…

August 10, 2022
Food/Drink

“Espresso martinis are just Four Lokos for adults”

An espresso martini has been compared to Four Loko. "Espresso martini = classy four loko" was posted on Twitter by Emma Taylor on September 16, 2011. "Espresso Martini’s are pretty…

August 10, 2022
Food/Drink

“Espresso martinis are just Four Lokos that went to grad school”

An espresso martini has been compared to Four Loko. "Espresso martini = classy four loko" was posted on Twitter by Emma Taylor on September 16, 2011. "Espresso Martini’s are pretty…

August 10, 2022
Food/Drink

“Espresso martinis are millennial women’s Four Loko”

An espresso martini has been compared to Four Loko. "Espresso martini = classy four loko" was posted on Twitter by Emma Taylor on September 16, 2011. "Espresso Martini’s are pretty…

August 10, 2022
Food/Drink

“Espresso martinis are the Four Lokos of the bourgeoisie”

An espresso martini has been compared to Four Loko. "Espresso martini = classy four loko" was posted on Twitter by Emma Taylor on September 16, 2011. "Espresso Martini’s are pretty…

April 17, 2014
Food/Drink

“Espresso yourself” (espresso + express yourself)

"Espresso yourself" (espresso + express yourself) is a saying that has been printed on many posters. The saying became popular after Madonna's 1989 hit song "Express…

November 30, 2025
Holidays/Events/Parades

“Establish dominance by putting glitter in Christmas cards”

"Establish dominance by putting glitter in (your) Christmas cards" is a saying that has been printed on many images. Glitter and sparkling things are popular at Christmas time. Some…

November 30, 2025
Holidays/Events/Parades

“Establish dominance by putting glitter in your Christmas cards”

"Establish dominance by putting glitter in (your) Christmas cards" is a saying that has been printed on many images. Glitter and sparkling things are popular at Christmas time. Some…

May 23, 2017
Food/Drink

“Et tu, croute?” (Caesar salad joke)

"Caesar salad" (a salad of romaine lettuce and croutons) has nothing to do with Julius Caesar (the Roman emperor who was assassinated by Brutus and other conspirators, and, in the…

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