“Amazon trucks should play a lil song so we know they’re coming”
Amazon trucks do not play jingles like ice cream trucks, but some people think they should. "Amazon trucks should play a lil song so we know they’re coming" (or "Amazon trucks…
“Amazon trucks should play a song just like the ice cream trucks do”
Amazon trucks do not play jingles like ice cream trucks, but some people think they should. "Amazon trucks should play a lil song so we know they’re coming" (or "Amazon trucks…
“Amazon’s checkout needs a breathalyzer feature which cancels your order if you’ve been clearly drunk-shopping”
Shopping online at Amazon can be easy, and people can overshop. It's been suggested that there should be a breathalyzer test to get on the Amazon app to prevent spending too much money.…
“Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy”
"Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Ambition a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be…
“Ambition is for people who don’t have enough sense to be lazy”
"Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Ambition a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be…
“Ambition is putting a ladder against the sky”
"Ambition is putting a ladder against the sky" has been frequently cited as an American proverb and infrequently cited as an African-American proverb. The saying means that an ambitious…
“Ambition is the first step to success. The second step is action”
"Ambition is the first step to success. The second step is action" is a motivational saying that has been printed on many images. "Ambition is the first step on the ladder of…
“Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in”
"Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in" is a motivational saying that has been printed on many images. The saying has been credited to New York Knicks…
“An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise”
"An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise" is an old English proverb. English Elizabethan pamphleteer Thomas Nashe (1567-1601) wrote in 1596: "One acre of…
“An advertising agency is 85 per cent confusion and 15 per cent commission”
Comedian Fred Allen (1894-1956) wrote in Treadmill to Oblivion (1954): "To me, an advertising agency is 85 per cent confusion and 15 per cent commission." The quotation has been…
“An apology is a promise to do things differently next time, and to keep the promise”
"An apology is a promise to do things differently next time, and to keep the promise" is a saying that has been printed on several images. The apology saying comes from Hunter × Hunter,…
“An auditor is a watchdog, not a bloodhound”
Entry in progress -- B.P. Answers.comWhat is an auditor a watchdog or a bloodhound?The company's internal auditor is a watchdog, making sure rules are being followed. An external auditor is a…
“An Educated Consumer Is Our Best Customer” (Syms Clothing)
Syms is a friendly clothing store on East 54th Street and Park Avenue. Syms advertised for years that it had a markdown system, not "sales." If a product didn't sell, its price was…
“An electrician arrives home at 3 a.m. His wife asks him, ‘Wire you insulate?’”
There are many electrician puns. A "Wire you insulate?" joke has been cited in print since at least 1890. 21 July 1890, Buffalo (NY) Courier, pg. 5, col. 1:Said the electrician's…
“An email after 3pm on a Friday is next week’s concern”
Many people do not like to do work late on Friday afternoon. This was posted on Twitter by Cilla on Friday, May 21, 2021, and quickly went viral (about 200,000 likes within 24 hours): "An…
“An executive is a man who makes quick decisions and is sometimes right”
"An executive is a man who makes quick decisions and is sometimes right" was written by American writer and philosopher Elbert Hubbart (1856-1915) in 1907. The jocular quotation has been…
“An expert is a man who avoids the small errors as he sweeps on to the grand fallacy”
"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 person who has made every possible mistake in a small field of study”
"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”
"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.…
“An expert is someone called in at the last minute to share the blame”
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…