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October 21, 2022
Work/Businesses

“Speak in such a way that people listen to you. Listen in such a way that people speak to you”

"Speak in such a way that others love to listen to you. Listen in such a way that others love to speak to you" is a saying that has been printed on many images. Authorship is unknown, but…

November 16, 2012
Work/Businesses

“Speed is subsittute fo accurancy”

“Speed is subsittute fo accurancy" ("speed is a/no substitute for accuracy" intentionally misspelled) is a jocular misspelling showing that, indeed, speed is no substitute for…

August 25, 2017
Work/Businesses

“Start each day with a positive thought like, ‘I can go back to bed in 16 or 17 short hours’”

"Start each day with a positive thought like, 'I can go back to bed in about 17 short hours'" is a jocular anti-work saying that has been printed on many images. "I start…

February 13, 2020
Work/Businesses

“Start each day with a positive thought like, ‘I can go back to bed in about 17 short hours’”

"Start each day with a positive thought like, 'I can go back to bed in about 17 short hours'" is a jocular anti-work saying that has been printed on many images. "I start…

February 13, 2020
Work/Businesses

“Start each day with a positive thought like, ‘I can go back to bed in just 17 short hours’”

"Start each day with a positive thought like, 'I can go back to bed in about 17 short hours'" is a jocular anti-work saying that has been printed on many images. "I start…

May 24, 2016
Work/Businesses

“Start every day with a smile and get it over with”

"Start every day with a smile" became a common saying by the 1930s. "Start every day with a smile and get it over with" is a jocular one-line saying that has been printed on…

August 1, 2026
Exercise/Running/Health ClubsWork/Businesses

“Startup idea:: A gym that only charges when you don’t go”

Gyms make money overselling memberships, knowing that many people who buy memberships won't regularly go to the gym. But what about the opposite as a business plan? "Business idea: A gym…

May 2, 2018
Work/Businesses

“Starve your distractions. Feed your focus”

"Starve your distractions. Feed your focus" is a motivational saying that has been printed on many images. The saying is of unknown authorship. "Starve your distractions, feed your…

October 2, 2018
Work/Businesses

“Statisticians love large sample sizes. As they say, the n’s justify the means”

The proverb "the ends justify the means" sometimes is told in the statistics joke "the Ns justify the means." "When do the ns justify the means? Clinical biostatistics gone…

April 24, 2016
Work/Businesses

“Statistics are like ladies of the night. Once you get them down, you can do anything with them”

Entry in progress -- B.P. 16 October 1984, The Times of India (New Delhi), "Current Topics, pg. 6, col. 2:MARK TWAIN once remarked that statistics are like ladies of the night. You can bend…

December 1, 2019
Work/Businesses

“Stats show that the average person has sex 89 times a year. Looks like i’m in for a wild December”

"Stats show that the average person has sex 89 times a year. Looks like i'm in for a wild December" is a joke that has been printed on many images. The joke means that a person needs…

March 11, 2019
Work/Businesses

“Stay alert. Don’t get hurt” (safety slogan)

"Be/Stay alert. Don't get hurt" is a safety message that has been printed on many images. "Be Alert, Don't get hurt" was in a safety poem by S. E. Kiser published in…

April 23, 2019
Work/Businesses

“Stay away from negative people. They have a problem for every solution”

"Negative people always have a problem for every solution" (or "Stay away from negative people. They have a problem for every solution") is a saying that has been printed on…

July 3, 2018
Work/Businesses

“Stay positive, work hard and make it happen”

"Stay positive, work hard and make it happen" is a motivational saying that has been printed on many images. "Semester almost over. Stay Positive. Work Hard. Make it Happen.…

April 25, 2025
Work/Businesses

“Stay so busy that you don’t have time to overthink”

"No matter how busy I get, I always make/take time to over think" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "Stay so busy that you don't have time to…

January 22, 2012
Work/Businesses

“Stick to your knitting” (business adage)

"Stick to your knitting" means that one should concentrate (especially in business) on what one does best. The American saying "stick to your knitting" has been cited in print…

September 30, 2022
Work/Businesses

“Stop animal testing! They get really nervous and give the wrong answers”

"Tests conducted on animals" is not the same as "animals taking tests," but there are jokes. "STOP ANIMAL TESTING -- They get all nervous and give the wrong answers"…

April 3, 2024
Buildings/Housing/ParksWork/Businesses

“Stop blaming yourself and others. Learn Feng Shui and blame the furniture”

"Stop blaming yourself and/or others. Learn Feng Shui and blame the furniture" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "stop blaming others for the bad things that…

April 3, 2024
Time/WeatherWork/Businesses

“Stop blaming yourself for your failures. Learn astrology and blame the planets”

"Stop blaming yourself for your failures. Learn astrology and blame the planets" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. The saying was posted on Facebook by Illumi on…

April 3, 2024
Buildings/Housing/ParksWork/Businesses

“Stop blaming yourself or others. Learn Feng Shui and blame the furniture”

"Stop blaming yourself and/or others. Learn Feng Shui and blame the furniture" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "stop blaming others for the bad things that…

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