Investigating the origins of American words, names, quotations and phrases. Over 41,000 entries.
There's a difference between putting the name of a food on the shopping list and putting the actual food on the list, but there are jokes. "My wife asked me to put ketchup on the shopping…
"The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government" is a tax saying that has been printed on many images. American politician Barry Goldwater (1909-1998), then…
"Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying has been…
"If experience was so important, we'd never have had anyone walk on the moon" is a saying that has been printed on many images. Doug Rader, a manager for the San Diego Padres Class…
"Don't plant until Mother's Day" is an agriculture adage. Mother's Day is the second Sunday in May, and the chance of frost is usually eliminated. The gardening adage is…
"Clients go to jail and lawyers go to lunch" is an old saying of unknown origin. This was printed in the Chicago (IL) Tribune on November 19, 1991: "An old joke about the judiciary…
A turnip truck/wagon conveys the image of a country bumpkin driving in to the big city. "I didn't just fall off the turnip truck" -- it's usually expressed in the negative --…
"My child, my choice" is a parents' rights saying that has been printed on many images. The saying often refers to the choice of vaccinating a child, and can refer to educational…
"A guy walks into a bar..." is a typical form of what has been called the "bar joke." A version involving two sewing machines was posted on Twitter by Fenella Kernebone on…
"A guy walks into a bar..." is a typical form of what has been called the "bar joke." A version involving two sewing machines was posted on Twitter by Fenella Kernebone on…
"The worst kind of loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself" is a saying that has been printed on many images. Authorship is unknown. "Mark twain once said 'The worst…
"Loneliness is the ultimate poverty" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Loneliness is the ultimate poverty. Frank Tyger" was printed in the Winston County…
A turnip truck/wagon conveys the image of a country bumpkin driving in to the big city. "I didn't just fall off the turnip truck" -- it's usually expressed in the negative --…
"Freedom of speech is not a license to be stupid" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The First Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees freedom of speech. The…
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973) spoke at his alma mater, Southwest Texas State University (today known as Texas State University), on May 27, 1962. He received the university’s first…
"Surely, not everybody was kung-fu fighting" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. The joke is on the song "Kung Fu Fighting" (1974) by Carl Douglas, which…
"It's not how good you are. It's how bad you want it" (or "Sometimes it's not about how good you are, but how bad you want it" is a motivational saying that has…
"It's not how good you are. It's how bad you want it" (or "Sometimes it's not about how good you are, but how bad you want it" is a motivational saying that has…
"Don’t confuse my personality with my attitude. My personality is who I am, my attitude depends on who you are" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Don't…
A popular joke has a woman look over something expensive (usually, but not always, a car). She touches it and farts. "Can I help you?" a salesman asks. The woman, hoping that he…