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August 25, 2013
Work/Businesses

“A goal without a plan is just a wish”

"A goal without a plan is just a dream/wish" is a popular saying that has been printed on many images. The saying has been credited to French author Antoine de Saint Exupéry (1900-1944)…

May 3, 2017
Work/Businesses

“A good day starts with a positive attitude and a great cup of coffee”

"A good day starts with a positive attitude and a great cup of coffee" is a morning work saying that has been printed on many images. The saying was posted on Twitter on May 3, 2010.…

April 4, 2012
Work/Businesses

“A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow”

Voltaire (1694-1778) is credited with "the best is the enemy of the good." Prussian military theorist Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831) is credited with "The greatest enemy of a good…

May 13, 2016
Work/Businesses

“A healthy attitude is contagious, but don’t wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier!”

"A healthy attitude is contagious, but don't wait to catch it from others, Be a carrier" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Dick Edwards says ... Cheerfulness is…

September 29, 2015
Work/Businesses

“A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running”

A hospital stay is expensive, and the comic line goes: "A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running." Variety columnist and author Frank Scully (1892-1964) was credited with…

September 30, 2015
Work/Businesses

“A hospital is no place to be sick”

Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Samuel GoldwynSamuel Goldwyn (born Szmuel Gelbfisz (Yiddish: שמואל גלבפֿיש‎); August 17 1879 – January 31, 1974), also known as Samuel Goldfish,…

February 16, 2026
Work/Businesses

“A job interview is a conversation between two liars”

It's sometimes said that a job interview is just two people lying to each other. The employer often lies on a job description, making it seem more interesting than it really is. The…

February 16, 2026
Work/Businesses

“A job interview is a discussion between two liars”

It's sometimes said that a job interview is just two people lying to each other. The employer often lies on a job description, making it seem more interesting than it really is. The…

February 16, 2026
Work/Businesses

“A job interview is just two people lying to each other”

It's sometimes said that a job interview is just two people lying to each other. The employer often lies on a job description, making it seem more interesting than it really is. The…

January 31, 2020
Work/Businesses

“A job is more than a paycheck. It’s also a place where you cry in the bathroom”

"A job is more than a paycheck. It's also a place where you cry in the bathroom" is a work saying that has been printed on many images. The perhaps all-too-realistic saying was…

June 2, 2017
Work/Businesses

“A knight in shining armor is a man who’s never had his metal truly tested”

"A knight in shining armor is a man who's never had his metal truly tested" is a motivational saying that has been printed on many images. The saying means that one must go…

September 29, 2019
Work/Businesses

“A leader must inspire or his team will expire”

"A leader must inspire or his team will expire" is a motivational saying that has been printed on many images. "A leader must inspire or his team will expire" was posted on…

June 8, 2015
Work/Businesses

“A lie has speed, but truth has endurance”

"A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes" is an old saying. "A lie has speed, but truth has endurance" is a saying that has been…

August 2, 2024
Music/Dance/Theatre/Film/CircusWork/Businesses

“A limbo dancer married a locksmith. The wedding was low key”

The term "low key" doesn't mean a key that is placed low, but there are jokes. "A Limbo dancer married a Locksmith yesterday... ...the wedding was low key" was posted on…

September 25, 2014
Work/Businesses

“A little inaccuracy saves a world of explanation”

"A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation" was written by Saki (the pen name of Hector Hugh Munro, 1870-1916) in The Square Egg (1924). "A little inaccuracy saves a…

November 19, 2021
Work/Businesses

“A lot of people were confused at the grand opening ceremony of my ribbon-repair business yesterday”

Many businesses are opened by a ribbon-cutting ceremony. But what if the business is repairing ribbons? "The opening ceremony for my ribbon repair business was pretty confusing" was…

January 21, 2021
Work/Businesses

“A man bitten twice by the same snake is a fool”

"Don't/Never let the same snake bite you twice" is a proverbial saying that has been printed on many images. It's similar to the saying, "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool…

November 16, 2024
Work/Businesses

“A man tried to sell me a coffin today. I told him that’s the last thing I need”

The expression "that's the last thing I'll need" usually means that the person has no need for that thing. Jokes about a coffin take the "last thing" literally.…

January 22, 2020
Work/Businesses

“A man went into a library and asked, ‘Do you have any books on shelves?’” (joke)

A popular library joke has a man ask a librarian a simple -- but misunderstood -- question. “I was doing some DIY at home, so I went to the library and said, `Have you got any books on……

January 22, 2020
Work/Businesses

“A man went into a library and asked, ‘Do you have any books on shelving?’” (joke)

A popular library joke has a man ask a librarian a simple -- but misunderstood -- question. “I was doing some DIY at home, so I went to the library and said, `Have you got any books on……

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