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March 18, 2026
Work/Businesses

“It costs zero dollars to act insane and y’all know I love a bargain”

"It costs zero dollars to act unhinged and y'all know I love a bargain" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. The speaker enjoys appearing unhinged (crazy) to…

March 18, 2026
Work/Businesses

“It costs zero dollars to act unhinged and y’all know I love a bargain”

"It costs zero dollars to act unhinged and y'all know I love a bargain" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. The speaker enjoys appearing unhinged (crazy) to…

March 18, 2026
Work/Businesses

“It costs zero dollars to act unhinged. And I do love a bargain”

"It costs zero dollars to act unhinged and y'all know I love a bargain" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. The speaker enjoys appearing unhinged (crazy) to…

January 4, 2023
Work/Businesses

“It doesn’t matter how many resources you have. If you don’t know how to use them…”

"It doesn't matter how many resources you have. If you don't know how to use them, they will never be enough" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The images show a…

October 20, 2024
Work/Businesses

“It doesn’t matter how early I try and go to sleep the night before, my body just doesn’t want to get up for work”

"I just found out it doesn't matter how early I go to sleep I just don't want to go to work" is a saying that has been printed on many images. That is, even if the speaker gets…

February 17, 2024
Work/Businesses

“It feels amazing to walk into a store and buy whatever I want without looking at the price tag. Thank you Dollar Tree”

"It feels amazing to walk into a store and buy whatever I want without looking at the price tag. Thank you Dollar Tree" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. Many (but…

November 28, 2019
Work/Businesses

“It gets greater later” (motivational saying)

"It gets greater later" (or "It'll get greater later") is a motivational saying that has been printed on several images. Authorship is unknown. "Things will get…

January 10, 2026
Work/Businesses

“It gets worse before it gets way worse”

"It gets worse before it gets better" is a saying that has been printed on many images But what if it doesn't get better? What if it gets worse -- way worse? Bluesky Condor Puma…

April 2, 2020
Work/Businesses

“It happened! I finally got laid…... Off”

"Getting laid" and "getting laid off" are different things, but there are jokes. "Hey guys I finally got laid..., ...off" was posted on Twitter by Horse Head Huffer on…

June 8, 2018
Work/Businesses

“It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn’t”

"It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't" is a wok saying that has been printed on many images. The saying is usually credited to American statesman Martin Van…

June 24, 2015
Work/Businesses

“It is wiser to choose what you say than to say what you choose”

"It is wiser to choose what you say than to say what you choose" is a common saying, meaning that one should think before speaking. The saying has been cited in print since at least 1968…

June 12, 2017
Work/Businesses

“It isn’t that I’m not a people person. It’s just that I’m not a stupid people person”

"It isn't that I'm not a people person. It's just that I'm not a stupid people person" is a jocular one-line saying that has been printed on many images. "Its not…

September 7, 2019
Work/Businesses

“It isn’t what happens to you, but how you react to it, that determines your life”

"Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it" (or "Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it") is a saying that has been printed on many images.…

May 24, 2017
Work/Businesses

“It might look like I’m doing nothing, but at the cellular level I’m quite busy”

"It might look like I'm doing nothing, but at the cellular level I'm quite busy" is jocular one-line saying that has been printed on many images. "It might look like…

September 28, 2016
Work/Businesses

“It only takes two to make an auction” (auction adage)

It takes two to tango, and it is said that it takes two to make an auction. It's not known where the auction saying began. "It takes two bids to make an auction sale" was cited in a…

May 11, 2012
Work/Businesses

“It pays to advertise” (advertising adage)

"It pays to advertise" is a saying that appeared in many 19th century newspapers, often ending "in/with the (newspaper name)." The slogan was developed because many businesses…

March 29, 2022
Work/Businesses

“It really smells around that ol’ factory”

"Olfactory" sounds like "ol' factory" or "ole factory" (old factory), and there are jokes. "Ole-Factory: A factory that manufactures perfumes, or a factory…

November 7, 2014
Work/Businesses

“It takes 10,000 hours to become an expert at something”

A general rule states that it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert an anything. The "10,000-hour rule" was developed from a 1973 paper in American Scientist by Herbert Simon and William…

March 2, 2025
Government/Law/Military/Religion /HealthWork/Businesses

“It takes an extraordinary level of naïveté to believe that a small group of billionaires is tirelessly working to protect the interests of the working class”

"YOU ELECTED A BILLIONAIRE THAT IS APPOINTING OTHER BILLIONAIRES TO FIX THE SYSTEM THAT MADE THEM BILLIONAIRES? YOU'RE A SPECIAL KIND OF STUPID AREN'T YOU?" (shown on an image)…

September 29, 2014
Work/Businesses

“It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan”

"It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan" is a one-line saying that has been cited in print since at least 1956. It's not known who originated the saying. Eleanor…

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