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August 22, 2020
Work/Businesses

“Adding ‘showed up to work during the apocalypse’ to my résumé”

The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic sent many people home to quarantines, but many essential workers stayed on the job. "I'm adding 'showed up for/to work during the apocalypse'…

January 28, 2024
Work/Businesses

“Adult life is a constant cycle of ‘I just need to get through this week’, every week…”

"Adult life is a constant cycle of 'I just need to get through this week', every week..." is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Adult life is a constant cycle…

January 29, 2021
Work/Businesses

“Adulthood is shopping for office supplies instead of school supplies”

"School supplies" is the term used for someone in school; otherwise, the term used is "office supplies." "is growing up saying office supplies instead of school…

July 20, 2023
Work/Businesses

“Adulting be like: Paycheck: $624.42 Bills: $597.63”

Many people find that there's little money left over from a week's paycheck. This was posted on Twitter by Drillary Clinton✨ on September 25, 2018: "Adulting be like:Paycheck:…

February 25, 2006
Work/Businesses

“Adventures in Heroism” (Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum)

The Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum features the Intrepid, a World War II aircraft carrier. The museum on the west side of Manhattan has so much more, so a recent slogan has been added:…

June 8, 2015
Work/Businesses

“Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records”

"Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records" is an motivational saying that has been printed on posters and T-shirts. American author William Arthur Ward (1921-1994) has…

September 2, 2019
Work/Businesses

“Adversity doesn’t build character—it reveals it”

"Adversity does not build character, it reveals it" is a saying that has been printed on many images. Google Groups: MEH NewsletterMatt 4/28/09(...)"Adversity does not build…

April 15, 2018
Work/Businesses

“Adversity introduces a man to himself”

"Adversity introduces a man to himself" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying has frequently been credited to German-born theoretical physicist Albert Einstein…

January 29, 2013
Work/Businesses

“Advertising helps raise the standard of living by raising the standard of longing”

"Advertising helps raise the standard of living by raising the standard of longing" is a popular saying about advertising. The saying has been cited in print since 1955, when it was…

July 13, 2012
Work/Businesses

“Advertising is the most fun you can have with your clothes on”

Madison Avenue adman Jerry Della Femina wrote in his book, From Those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You Pearl Harbor: Front-Line Dispatches From The Advertising War (1970): "There are ugly people…

July 9, 2014
Work/Businesses

“Advertising is what you pay for; publicity is what you pray for”

"Advertising is what you pay for; publicity (or public relations) is what you pray for" is a popular business saying. "Advertising is what you pay for; publicity is what your public…

August 19, 2013
Work/Businesses

“After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF”

"After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many gift items, such as posters, buttons and T-shirts. The "WTF" stands for…

July 11, 2025
Work/Businesses

“After overthinking about it for 6 hours, I have decided that it’s actually not that big of a deal”

"After overthinking about it for 6 hours, I have decided that it's actually not that big of a deal" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. The joke is that six…

July 5, 2020
Work/Businesses

“After work, I volunteer to help blind children” (joke)

"In my spare time I help blind children. I mean the verb, not the adjective" is a dark joke that was posted on Reddit -- Jokes on June 9, 2016. "After work, I volunteer to help blind…

December 1, 2024
Food/DrinkTime/WeatherWork/Businesses

“Ah, Monday. My coffee is strong and my motivation is fictitious”

"Ah, Monday. My coffee is strong and my motivation is fictitious" is a saying that was posted on Facebook by Coffee on November 25, 2024. The saying (shown on an image) was posted on…

February 1, 2018
Work/Businesses

“Aim so high that others will think you’re crazy”

"Aim so high that others will think you're crazy" is a motivational saying that has been printed on several images. The saying was posted on Twitter on October 17, 2016. "Reach…

August 5, 2024
Time/WeatherWork/Businesses

“Alexa, delete all Mondays”

Many people dislike Monday, the traditional start of the work week. "Alexa, delete Monday" or "Alexa, delete all Mondays" is a jocular saying. "Siri: delete monday…

May 12, 2021
Work/Businesses

“All I do is work, go home, blink a few times then it’s back to work”

"All I do is work, go home, blink a few times then it's back to work" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "Finish work, go home, blink, go back to work!…

December 13, 2017
Work/Businesses

“All I want is less to do, more time to do it, and more pay for not getting it done”

"All I want is less to do, more time to do it, and more pay for not getting it done" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "What most folks are seeking these days is less…

July 2, 2020
Work/Businesses

“All our customers bring happiness. Some by coming, others by going”

"All our guests/visitors bring happiness. Some by coming, others by going" is a saying that has been printed on many images. “EDWARD P. LYNCH, secretary of the ’Let’s Have Better…

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