“The best time to buy an antique is when you see it”
"The (best) time to buy an antique is when you see it" is a popular adage in the antiques business. If the prospective buyer waits, the item may be gone and it might not be possible to…
“The best time to make a sale is right after a sale”
"The best time to make a sale is right after a sale" is a popular selling adage. That's the time when a seller's confidence is the highest, and success can follow success.…
“The best time to start thinking about your retirement is before the boss does”
"The best time to start thinking about your retirement is before the boss does" is a jocular saying about retirement that has been included in many quotation collections. The saying…
“The best view comes after the hardest climb”
"The best view comes after the hardest climb" is an inspirational saying that has been printed on many images. "The hardest climb offers the best view from the top" was posted…
“The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one”
"The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one" is an employment quotation that is frequently credited to author Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), but there is no evidence…
“The best way to cope with your problems is to add new ones to distract yourself from the original ones”
"The best way to cope with your problems is to add new ones to distract yourself from the original ones" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "The best way to…
“The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it”
“Running away from any problem only increases the distance from the solution. The easiest way to escape from the problem is to solve it" is a saying that has been printed on many images.…
“The best way to finish an unpleasant task is to get started”
"The best way to finish an unpleasant task is to get started" is a popular quotation of unknown authorship. "'The best way to finish an unpleasant task is to get started.'…
“The best way to go into business is with high hopes and low overhead”
"The best way to go into business is with high hopes and low overhead" is a business quotation of unknown origin. "With high hopes and low overhead" was cited in print in 1973,…
“The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas”
Linus Pauling (1901-1994), a winner of both the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and the Nobel Peace Prize, was indirectly quoted in September 1961: "The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot…
“The best way to predict the future is to design it”
'The best way to predict the future is to design it" has been credited since at least 2004 to futurst Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983). There is no evidence that Fuller ever said it.…
“The best weight to lose is the weight of other people’s opinions”
"The best weight you’ll ever lose is the weight of other people’s opinions of you" (or "The best weight to lose is the weight of other people’s opinions") is a saying that…
“The best weight you’ll ever lose is the weight of other people’s opinion of you”
"The best weight you’ll ever lose is the weight of other people’s opinions of you" (or "The best weight to lose is the weight of other people’s opinions") is a saying that…
“The best weight you’ll ever lose is the weight of other people’s opinions of you”
"The best weight you’ll ever lose is the weight of other people’s opinions of you" (or "The best weight to lose is the weight of other people’s opinions") is a saying that…
“The boss said I was tardy” (joke)
The word "tardy" (late) is not the same as the politically incorrect word "retard," but William Ader joked on Twitter on December 21, 2012: "Yesterday my boss asked why I…
“The brain starts working when you get up, and doesn’t stop until you get into the office”
A joke was told in Hardware Age in 1928 and was reprinted in many newspapers and magazines: "The human brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment we get up in the morning, and…
“The brave don’t live forever, but the cautious don’t live at all”
"The brave don't live forever/long, but the cautious don't live at all" (or "Brave men don't live forever...") is a saying that has been printed on posters. The…
“The bright side of Christmas… Everyone at Walmart will be wearing new pajamas”
People often get new pajamas at Christmas. Walmart (a large retail chain store) does not have a strict dress code. "Everyone at Walmart will be wearing new pajamas" was posted on…
“The buck stops here” (accept responsibility)
"Pass the buck" means to avoid responsibility. "The buck stops here" means to accept responsibility. This was printed in the Lincoln (NE) Evening Journal on October 2, 1929:…
“The butcher backed up into the meat grinder and got a little behind in his work”
There's a joke about being a little behind in work: "The butcher backed up into the meat grinder and got a little behind in his work." The joke has been cited in print since at least…