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December 31, 2023
Work/Businesses

“Some days I swear I’m gonna give up. Some days I swear I’ll never give up. Some days I just swear”

"Some days I swear I'm gonna give up. Some days I swear I'll never give up. Some days I just swear... Every day I just keep going" is a saying that has been printed on many…

December 15, 2023
Work/Businesses

“Some days you feel like you’re surrounded by idiots. Other days you realize it’s not just some days”

"Some days you feel like you're surrounded by idiots. Other days you realize it's not just some days" (also "Some days I feel like I'm surrounded by idiots. Other days…

June 16, 2015
Work/Businesses

“Some days, the best thing about my job is that the chair spins”

"Some days, the best things about my job is that the chair spins" is a jocular saying that hasbeenprinted on many gift items, such as posters, ecards and coffee mugs. "Sometimes the…

July 11, 2019
Work/Businesses

“Some girls climb the ladder of success wrong by wrong”

Many people attempt to climb the ladder of success, rung by rung. An anecdote was published in many newspapers in June 1930: "Lovely Letty wasn't in Hollywood long before she found out…

April 13, 2024
Work/Businesses

“Some of y’all need to go to AA meetings.. Amazon Anonymous”

"AA' meetings usually refers to Alcoholics Anonymous. However, a joke has a person addicted to shopping going to "AA" meetings -- Amazon Anonymous. Amaon is a popular online…

June 8, 2023
Work/Businesses

“Some Old Indian Wisdom… ‘Silence is always better than bullshit’”

"Silence is better than bullshit" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Silence is better than bullshit" is a track by the group Blade from the album The Lion Goes…

October 31, 2012
Work/Businesses

“Some people are like blisters — they don’t show up until the work is done”

"Some people are like blisters -- they don't show up until the work is done" has been cited in print since at least January 1959. The saying was printed in many newspapers in the…

August 4, 2012
Work/Businesses

“Some people are so busy learning the tricks of the trade that they never learn the trade”

"Some people are so busy learning the tricks of the trade that they never learn the trade" is a business aphorism that has been credited to American authors H. Jackson Brown, Jr., James…

August 2, 2017
Work/Businesses

“Some people develop a wishbone where their back bone should be”

Entry in progress -- B.P. TwitterFamous Quotes‏ @valuablequottesSome people develop a wishbone where their back bone should be. - Unknown1:24 PM - 31 Jul 2017

October 16, 2014
Work/Businesses

“Some people dream of success; others stay awake and achieve it”

"Some people dream of success; others stay awake and achieve it" (also, "Some people dream of success, while others wake up and work hard at it" or "Some people dream of…

July 4, 2019
Work/Businesses

“Some people enjoy a day off on the 4th of July, but not fire. Fire works”

"Fireworks" shouldn't be confused with "fire works," but there are jokes. "I'm excited for the 4th of July, one of the only days of the year we all get the day…

August 2, 2012
Work/Businesses

“Some people grin and bear it; others smile and change it”

"Some people grin and bear it; others smile and change it" is a frequently cited approach to work and to life. "Better smile and change it, than grin and bear it" has been cited…

September 17, 2025
Work/Businesses

“Some people inspire you to be nothing like them”

"Some people inspire you to be nothing like them" is a jocular inspirational saying that has been printed on many images. The saying was posted on X/Twitter by smo on July 13, 2023, but…

May 27, 2017
Work/Businesses

“Some people just need a high-five. In the face. With a chair”

"Some people just need a high-five. In the face. With a chair" is a jocular saying about getting along with others (such as co-workers) that has been printed on many images. "You…

November 9, 2014
Work/Businesses

“Some people pay a compliment as if they expected a receipt”

"Some people pay a compliment as if they expected a receipt" is a popular joke about etiquette. "When you pay a compliment, always take a receipt" was cited in Punch's…

May 24, 2017
Work/Businesses

“Some people say I have a bad attitude. I say screw them!”

"Some people say I have a bad attitude. I say fuck/screw them!" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "People say I have a bad attitude... I say F*CK…

October 17, 2025
Work/Businesses

“Some personal and exciting news to announce: I’ve had enough”

"I'm excited to announce that I've just about had it" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. The speaker is fed up with circumstances (such as at a job) and…

October 7, 2014
Work/Businesses

“Someday is not a day of the week”

"Someday is not a day of the week" is a saying that has been printed on many posters. If something is schedule to be completed "someday," that often means "never."…

January 3, 2025
Time/WeatherWork/Businesses

“Somehow, all your tiredness vanishes when Friday night begins”

People get tired working during the week, but Friday perks many people up. "Somehow, I feel all the tiredness vanishes when Friday night begins.🤔" was posted on Facebook by Kingston…

November 23, 2019
Work/Businesses

“Someone asked me what my occupation was. I said I was always pre-occupied”

There is a joke with the terms "occupation and "pre-occupied." "Unemployment is good now because i realized i can put 'pre-occupied' on any forms that ask for my…

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