“Opera is basically screaming in cursive”
Various types of music have been compared to cursive writing -- flowing and elegant, but sometimes difficult to understand. "Opera's like singing in cursive" was posted on Twitter by…
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“Opera is just screaming music in cursive”
Various types of music have been compared to cursive writing -- flowing and elegant, but sometimes difficult to understand. "Opera's like singing in cursive" was posted on Twitter by…
“Opera is just yelling in cursive”
Various types of music have been compared to cursive writing -- flowing and elegant, but sometimes difficult to understand. "Opera's like singing in cursive" was posted on Twitter by…
“Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings”
Duffy's Tavern was a radio show from 1941 to 1951. Ed Gardner (1901-1963, and born in Astoria, NY) created the comedy series and spoke many of its most memorable lines. A newspaper review of…
“Opinions are like assholes—everybody’s got one”
"Opinions are like assholes -- everybody's got one" is an expressive way of saying that everyone has an opinion. "Opinions" is often replaced with the word…
“Opinions are like orgasms—mine matters most, and I don’t care if you have one”
"Opinions are like orgasms -- mine matters most, and I don't care if you have one" is a jocular one-line saying that has been printed on many images. "Opinions are like orgasms.…
“Opportunities always look bigger going than coming”
"An opportunity always looks bigger going than coming" was cited in print in May 1922 in the syndicated newspaper column "Smile a While" with Tom Sims. It's hard to see…
“Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them”
"Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them" is a saying that has been printed on many posters. The saying was credited to American writer William Arthur Ward…
“Opportunities, like eggs, come one at a time”
"Opportunitays, like eggs don’t kum but one at a time" ("Opportunities, like eggs, come one at a time") is from the American humorist Josh Billings (pen name of Henry Wheeler…
“Opportunities, like eggs, must be hatched when they are fresh”
"Opportunities, like eggs, must be hatched when they are fresh" is an American proverb that has been cited in print since at least 1859. The saying means that opportunities don't…
“Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door”
"Opportunity knocks but once" is a proverb that dates, in various forms, to the 1500s. "Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door" is a…
“Opportunity is missed by most people because it’s dressed in overalls and looks like work”
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it's dressed in overalls and looks like (hard) work" is a quotation usually credited to American inventor Thomas Edison (1847-1931), but…
“Opportunity knocks only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell”
"Opportunity knocks but once" is a proverb that dates, in various forms, to the 1500s. "Opportunity knocks only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell" is a jocular…
“Opportunity never knocks twice”
Entry in progress -- B.P. Google BooksThe Yale Book of QuotationsEdited by Fred R. ShapiroNew Haven, CT: YaleUniversity Press2006Pg. 617:"Opportunity never knocks twice."Chicago Daily…
“Optimistic people want to hear the bad news first. Realists just start drinking”
"Optimistic people want to hear the bad news first, while pessimists ask for the good. Realists just start drinking" is a saying that has been printed on several images. The saying was…
“Optometrists live longer because they dilate”
"Optometrists live longer because they dilate" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "Dilate" is a pun on "die late." The joke has been cited in…
“Orange Crush is a poor man’s Sunkist”
The soft drinks Fanta (introduced in 1940), Crush (introduced as Orange Crush in 1911), Faygo (introduced in 1907), Sunkist (introduced in 1979), Orangina (introduced in 1936), Mirinda (introduced…
“Orange in the Apple” (Syracuse University Orange slogan in the Big Apple)
New York State doesn't have a major college sports team, such as Alabama, Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin. Syracuse…
“Orange juice got the nickname ‘OJ,’ but apple juice didn’t get the nickname ‘AJ’”
"Why do people call Orange Juice 'OJ', but never call Apple Juice 'AJ'?" was posted on Twitter on February 7, 2008. One reason is that "orange juice" has two…
“Orange you glad I didn’t say banana?” (knock-knock joke)
"Orange you glad I didn't say banana?" is the punchline of a famously bad "knock-knock" joke. The joke has been recorded since at least 1960. Wikipedia: Knock-knock jokeThe…