"If vegetables are so good, why do vegans always try to make them taste like meat?" is a saying that has been printedon several images. "If vegetables are so good, why do vegans…
"If vegetarians love animals so much, why do they eat all their food?" is a jocular saying that has been printed on several signs. The saying has been cited in print since at least 2000…
Entry in progress -- B.P. [This entry was prepared with the assistance of Garson O'Toole, the Quote Investigator.] Google BooksThe Yale Book of QuotationsEdited by Fred R. ShapiroNew Haven,…
"If war and infrastructure spending helps the economy, why don't we just bomb our own cities?" is shown on a meme, as posted on Facebook by Tung Nguyen on March 19, 2024. Authorship…
"If wars can be started by lies, (then) peace can be started by truth" is a saying that has been printed on many images. Julian Assange, the director of WikiLeaks, said at an anti-war…
A temporary closure of the Colonial Pipeline in May 2021 caused gas shortages in the United States. Some people applied Coivd-19 (coronavirus) pandemic logic to the problem. "Maybe if everyone…
People don't write in cursive or drive stick shift cars like they used to. "If we all just switched to cursive and stick shift cars, we could cripple an entire generation" is a…
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic caused people to quarantine in their homes. Many people wondered if all the mosquitoes would starve because of the lack of humans to bite. "Mosquitos are…
Former U.S. first lady Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) met with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971) at her Manhattan home in October 1960. Roosevelt explained the situation (as cited in the…
The food phrase "you are what you eat" is taken from a phrase by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826): "Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are." Many…
"If we aren't supposed to eat animals, why are they made out of meat?" is a humorous saying that has been put on T-shirts and has been included in many collections of one-line…
"Play that funky music, white boy" is a line in the song "Play That Funky Music" (1976) by Wild Cherry. The line had been suggested to the band while playing to a predominantly…
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic made people take things day by day. "If we can just get through this month, we only have one more month to go before we need to get through another…
Entry in progress -- B.P. Google BooksCome Wind, Come WeatherBy Daphne du MaurierNew York NY: Doubleday, Doran1941Pg. 48:"We must all be equal now," he said. "If we can't be…
"If you can't trust people with freedom, how can you trust people with power?" is a political saying that has been printed on many images. "If we can't trust people with…
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic resulted in many requirements to wear face masks. "I think Americans would even accept mandatory face masks over isolation. I predict by next year, the human…
"If we divide 123 genders by white supremacy, how much climate change do we have?" (also "If you divide 170 genders by white supremacy... how much climate change do you have?")…
"If you need it, we have it" is a business slogan that has been advertised since at least 1907. "If we don't have it, you don't need it" is a business slogan that has…
U.S. President Ronald Reagan said at a prayer breakfast in Dallas on August 23, 1984: "Without God, there is no virtue, because there's no prompting of the conscience. Without God,…
U.S. President Ronald Reagan spoke about the importance of god in government at an ecumenical prayer breakfast in Dallas, Texas, on August 23, 1984: "Without God, there is no virtue, because…