"You can pray all you want, but eventually David had to pick up a stone and act against Goliath" is a saying that has been printed on many images. That is, positive action is needed to…
"A body can pretend to care, but they can't pretend to be there" is advice from the book Don't Squat With Yer Spurs On!: A Cowboy's Guide to Life (1992) by Texas Bix…
Many people believe that it doesn't matter what else is in a smoothie -- if you put a banana in, it's a banana smoothie. "You know how no matter what else you put in a smoothie, if…
A hamburger with cheese on it is not longer a hamburger -- it's a cheeseburger. However, you can load a hamburger up with ketchup, mustard, onions, lettuce, pickles and more, and it's…
"You can put your boot in the oven, but that doesn't make them biscuits" means that just because you do something, that doesn't make it so. People sometimes put boots in the…
"Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime” is a popular proverb. "Give a man a gun and he'll rob a bank. Give a man a bank…
"You can run into debt, but you have to crawl out" is a jocular saying with a long history. "People 'run' into debt; but, sometimes, they 'crawl out of it'"…
"Have a nice day" is a common greeting. "Enjoy the next 24 hours" essentially means the same thing, but sounds threatening, as if a person will experience trouble the next day.…
"Have a nice day" is a common greeting. "Enjoy the next 24 hours" essentially means the same thing, but sounds threatening, as if a person will experience trouble the next day.…
Cows have value in Texas. This saying (not found elsewhere with these words) dramatically illustrates the point. 12 January 1936, Abilene (TX) Morning Reporter-News, pg. 4, col. 1:It calls to mind…
"Snow" (for snowboarding) is not a verb like "skate" (for skateboarding) and "surf" (for surfboarding). "You surf on a surfboard, but you don't snow on a…
The Salt Lick barbecue opened for business in Driftwood (near Austin) in 1969; it quickly became famous and now has other locations. One slogan on The Salt Lick's website is:…
"You can steal my memes if you want. But I lick every one of them before I post them" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. An image with this saying was posted on…
In the early 1900s, the phrase was: "You can take a boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy." By 1950, the phrase was adapted to Texas: "You can…
"You can take that to the bank and smoke it!" is a combination of the sayings "take it to the bank" (a sure thing) and "put that in your pipe and smoke it" (said after…
People tend to stare at their phones -- even on dates. "You can tell a girl likes you if she stares at your phone instead of her own" is a jocular one-line saying that was posted on…
Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) said in January 1981, just before he was inaugurated U.S. president, as reported by the Associated Press: "'You can tell a lot about a fella's…
Entry in progress -- B.P. Reddit -- Shower ThoughtsYou can tell a lot about a person by what the order at a restaurant when someone else is paying.submitted September 30, 2017 by no_morelurking
Several jocular arguments have been made to determine if Santa Claus is a woman or a man. A strong point for the proposition that Santa is a man was posted on the newsgroup alt.humor on December 4,…
"You can tell who's winnin' by who's whinin'" is said to be a quote by Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot. The quote isn't on many websites, but one website (below)…