“Some days you’re the pigeon, and some days you’re the statue”
"Some days you win, and some days you lose" has had many variant sayings. "Some days you're the pigeon...some days you're the statue..." has been cited in print since…
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“Some days, the best thing about my job is that the chair spins”
"Some days, the best things about my job is that the chair spins" is a jocular saying that hasbeenprinted on many gift items, such as posters, ecards and coffee mugs. "Sometimes the…
“Some debts are fun when you’re acquiring them, but none are fun when you’re retiring them”
"Some debts are fun when you're acquiring them, but none are fun when you set about retiring them" was written by American poet Ogden Nash (1902-1971) in The New Yorker on January…
“Some fairy tales begin, ‘If i’m elected’”
“All fairy tales don’t start out, ‘Once upon a time.’ Many begin, ‘If I’m elected,'" is a political saying that has been cited in print since at least 1969. The origin is…
“Some folks exercise their right to vote. I vote my right to not exercise”
"Exercising" a right to vote is not physically exercising, but a joke was posted on Twitter in October 26, 2016: "Some folks exercise their right to vote. I vote my right to not…
“Some folks exercise their right to vote. I vote my right to not exercise”
"Exercising" a right to vote is not physically exercising, but a joke was posted on Twitter in October 26, 2016: "Some folks exercise their right to vote. I vote my right to not…
“Some folks look at me and see swagger, which in Texas is called ‘walking’” (George W. Bush)
George W. Bush accepted the Republican nomination for president in September 2004 in New York City, stating: "Some folks look at me and see a certain swagger, which in Texas is called…
“Some girls are made of sarcasm, wine, and everything fine”
"Not all girls are made of sugar and spice and everything nice. Some girls are made of sarcasm, wine, and everything fine" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Not all…
“Some girls climb the ladder of success wrong by wrong”
Many people attempt to climb the ladder of success, rung by rung. An anecdote was published in many newspapers in June 1930: "Lovely Letty wasn't in Hollywood long before she found out…
“Some Great Sounds in the Big Apple” (Newport Jazz Festival, 1972)
In 1972, the Newport Jazz Festival moved from Newport, Rhode Island, to New York City. "Big Apple" had been a popular jazz nickname for New York City since the 1930s, when a "Big…
“Some guy hit my fender, and I told him, ‘Be fruitful and multiply’”
New Yorkers have been known to curse. New York-born Woody Allen said in his standup comedy act (about 1964): "I don't know what else to tell you about myself, I was a writer and an actor,…
“Some guy just honked at me to leave my parking space faster, so now I’ll just have to sit here”
"Some guy just honked at me to leave my parking space faster, so now I’ll just have to sit here until both of us are dead" is a jocular saying about parking. The speaker is being…
“Some guy proposed in the gym, but she said no. It didn’t workout”
"This man in the gym just proposedddd and she said NOOOOOOOOOO" was posted on Twitter by Milyn Jensen on March 26, 2018. "Sounds like it didn't work out for him" was a…
“Some herbs taste much better at Christmas. It’s the most wonderful thyme of the year”
"It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" (1963) is a Christmas song that was recorded by singer Andy Williams (1927-2012). "Thyme" is a popular pun on the word…
“Some idiot at the gym put a water bottle in the Pringles can holder of this treadmill”
"Some idiot put a water bottle in the Pringles can holder of this treadmill" is a jocular gym saying that has been printed on many images. The saying was posted on Twitter on August 18,…
“Some like carrots, others like cabbage”
"Some like carrots, others like cabbage" is allegedly a gardening cliché to show that people have different tastes. The supposed proverb is cited in print from only 2006. A Crop of…
“Some like it hot, some like it cold” (Pease Porridge Hot or Pease Pudding Hot)
"Pease Porridge Hot" (or "Pease Pudding Hot") is a children's singing game and nursery rhyme that was printed in John Newbery's Mother Goose's Melody (1760):…
“Some men are wise and some are otherwise”
"Some (men) are wise and some are otherwise" has been cited in print since at least 1659, when it was listed in James Howell's Proverbs. "Some are wise, and some are…
“Some mornings it’s best just to fill the sink with coffee, dunk your head in it and suck”
"Some mornings it's best to just fill the sink with coffee, dunk your head in it and suck" is a jocular coffee saying that has been printed on many images. "Some mornings…
“Some mornings it’s best to just fill the sink with coffee, dunk your head in it and suck”
"Some mornings it's best to just fill the sink with coffee, dunk your head in it and suck" is a jocular coffee saying that has been printed on many images. "Some mornings…