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July 20, 2021
Work/Businesses

“Paychecks and weekends have a lot in common. They are short and don’t last long enough”

"Paychecks and weekends have a lot in common. They are short and don't last long enough" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Paychecks and Weekends have a lot in…

January 18, 2014
Work/Businesses

“People are hired for their talents and fired for their behavior”

"People are hired for their skills/talents and fired for their attitudes/behavior/personalities" is a popular business adage that is of unknown authorship. "People are hired for…

September 22, 2014
Work/Businesses

“People are putting names on food in the company fridge” (joke)

A popular office joke printed on many e-cards is: "Strange new trend at the office. People putting names on food in the company fridge. Today I had a tuna sandwich named Kevin." That is,…

July 28, 2023
Work/Businesses

“People Be Flyin Home From Work Like They Gone B Late For The House Or Sumn??”

"I drive home so quick after work like I'm late for the house" is a saying that has been printed on many imaes. Some people can't wait to get home after a day's work.…

December 22, 2011
Work/Businesses

“People buy from people they like” (business adage)

"People buy from people they like" is a sales axiom; other things being roughly equal (such as price and quality), people make purchases from someone they like. Dale Carnegie's…

October 21, 2024
Work/Businesses

“People can’t take advantage of you if you are useless”

"People can't take advantage of you if you are useless" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "People cant take advantage of you if they think you're…

March 7, 2021
Work/Businesses

“People don’t want to hear your opinion. They want to hear their opinion coming out of your mouth”

"You see, people don't want to hear your opinion. They want to hear their opinion, coming out of your mouth" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "@chuckwoolery…

April 30, 2019
Work/Businesses

“People get hired for what they know and fired for who they are”

"'People are hired for what they know and fired for who they are.' Ed Ryan" was printed in the book How to Get Rich -- By the Book (1996) by John F. Beehner. People are hired…

November 4, 2014
Work/Businesses

“People like hard work when they are paying someone else to do it”

"Most people like hard work. Particularly when they are paying for it" was written by American humorist Franklin P. Jones in the Saturday Evening Post in 1954. "People like hard work…

January 10, 2021
Work/Businesses

“People never tell you when it’s their first rodeo, but are eager to inform you when it’s not”

“This ain’t my first rodeo” (or "This is not my first rodeo") is a popular saying. The saying almost always uses the negative in discussing a first rodeo. This was posted on Reddit…

October 8, 2012
Work/Businesses

“People often say that motivation doesn’t last—well, neither does bathing”

Billy Sunday (1862-1935) was a popular American evangelist. Someone once commented to him that his conversions don't last. Sunday replied ( a version is cited in print in 1917), "Of…

June 9, 2015
Work/Businesses

“People rarely succeed at anything unless they have fun doing it”

American author Dale Carnegie (1888-1955) wrote in How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936): "The chairman of the board of directors of one of the largest rubber companies in the United…

June 9, 2023
Work/Businesses

“People think I go out of my way to piss them off. Trust me, it’s not out of my way at all”

"People think I go out of my way to piss them off. Trust me, it's not out of my way at all" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "Some people think I go out…

January 13, 2026
Work/Businesses

“People use ‘ASAP’ because they can’t spell ‘imijeatly’”

"ASAP" means "as soon as possible." This means "immediately," but who can spell that? "People only say ASAP because they can’t spell emedeeitly" was posted…

January 13, 2026
Work/Businesses

“People use ‘ASAP’ because they can’t spell ‘imijiately’”

"ASAP" means "as soon as possible." This means "immediately," but who can spell that? "People only say ASAP because they can’t spell emedeeitly" was posted…

January 14, 2026
Work/Businesses

“People use ‘ASAP’ because they can’t spell ‘immediately’”

"ASAP" means "as soon as possible." This means "immediately," but who can spell that? "People only say ASAP because they can’t spell emedeeitly" was posted…

January 14, 2026
Work/Businesses

“People use ‘ASAP’ because they can’t spell ‘immidateily’”

"ASAP" means "as soon as possible." This means "immediately," but who can spell that? "People only say ASAP because they can’t spell emedeeitly" was posted…

January 13, 2026
Work/Businesses

“People use ‘ASAP’ because they can’t spell ‘imijietili’”

"ASAP" means "as soon as possible." This means "immediately," but who can spell that? "People only say ASAP because they can’t spell emedeeitly" was posted…

December 3, 2020
Work/Businesses

“People who buy sex dolls are fucking dummies”

"Whoever called them Sex Dolls and not Fucking Dummies is a fucking dummy" is a joke that was posting on Twitter by Mischievous Mike on May 31, 2016. "I should just buy myself one of…

October 19, 2014
Work/Businesses

“People who complain about the way the ball bounces usually dropped it”

"People who complain about the way the ball bounces usually dropped it" (that is, people who complain about something that is messed-up often caused the mess) is a popular saying.…

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