"An expert is a man who avoids the small errors as he sweeps on to the grand fallacy" is a jocular statement showing that experts can be technically correct in small matters and yet…
"An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a narrow field" is a jocular definition of an expert that has been printed on many images. The quotation has been…
"An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less" (also, "A specialist is one who knows more and more about less and less") is a saying that became popular in 1926.…
Entry in progress -- B.P. Google News Archive27 August 1959, The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA), "Shop With Sue," pg. 8, col. 6 ad:. Colleague — Someone called in at the last minute to…
"An idea is a dream until you write it down, and then it's a goal" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "It's a dream until you write it down. Then it's a…
"An optimist is a person who has no trouble seeing the bright side of your problems" was printed in the Green Bay (WI) Press-Gazette on June 25, 1983, by American humor columnist Doug…
"An optimist laughs to forget and a pessimist forgets to laugh" was cited in print in an American newspaper from July 1922. No author was credited. "The optimist laughs to forget,…
A medical joke about an X-ray technician is: "Did you hear about the X-ray technician who married one of his patients? Everybody wondered what he saw in her." A form of the joke has been…
"Another fine day ruined by responsibility" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. The speaker is craving days of irresponsibility -- perhaps a youthful time without…
"Off his rocker" (meaning a crazy person) sounds like "office rocker." "My boss traded in his desk chair for a recliner & became addicted to playing 'Guitar…
"A meeting without food should be an email" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Any meeting without food should literally just be an email" was posted on…
"A meeting without food should be an email" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Any meeting without food should literally just be an email" was posted on…
Some people who use the self-checkout at Walmart believe they should be paid (and get a W2 form, like employees). "If I’m the cashier at Walmart now on self check outs I want my W2s"…
Many people confidently come to work with a hot drink (usually coffee). This was posted on X/Twitter by Liyyah on November 18, 2021, and received almost 10,000 likes: "Anyone on their way to…
Polish-American movie producer Samuel Goldwyn (1879-1974) was known for his malapropisms, or "Goldwynisms." Syndicated Hollywood columnist reported in June 1948: "Stop me if…
"Off his rocker" (meaning a crazy person) sounds like "office rocker." "My boss traded in his desk chair for a recliner & became addicted to playing 'Guitar…
"Money can't buy happiness" is a proverb that has been cited in English since at least 1821. "Anyone who says money can't buy happiness doesn't know where to…
"Anything recommended by a stoned person comes highly recommended" was posted on Reddit -- Showerthoughts on April 20, 2018. That is, the stoned person was "high" when he/she…
"Anything recommended by a stoned person comes highly recommended" was posted on Reddit -- Showerthoughts on April 20, 2018. That is, the stoned person was "high" when he/she…
Employment interviewers often ask a job applicant what his or her weaknesses are. A jocular line is: "Apparently 'cheesecake & tacos' wasn't the answer the interviewer was…