“It is now safe to shut down your government”
"It is now safe to shut down your government" (a joke on "It is now safe to turn off your computer") is a jocular saying that has been printed on an image. The saying was posted…
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“It is only after a man gets rich that he discovers how many poor relatives he has”
People are attracted to wealth -- especially a rich person's relatives. "A man never knows how many relatives he has until he becomes successful in life" was cited in Mr. Punch, His…
“It is Sunday. I plan on doing nothing and plenty of it”
"It's Saturday. I plan on doing nothing and plenty of it" is a jocular Saturday saying that has been printed on many images. "It's saturday...I plan on doing nothing and…
“It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government”
"It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government" (or "The duty of a true patriot is to protect his country from its government") is a quote that has…
“It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority”
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) is sometimes credited with the saying: "It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority." Franklin never said it. The quotation appears…
“It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press”
"It is the soldier" is the start of several lines that are frequently recited on Memorial Day. The authorship is disputed. A letter to the St, Petersburg (FL) Times in 1991 by Paul G.…
“It is time for many people to be arrested suddenly”
"It is time for many people to be arrested suddenly" (or "It's time for many people to be arrested suddenly") is a saying that has been printed on many images. The COVID-19…
“It is wiser to choose what you say than to say what you choose”
"It is wiser to choose what you say than to say what you choose" is a common saying, meaning that one should think before speaking. The saying has been cited in print since at least 1968…
“It isn’t black vs white. It isn’t left vs right. It isn’t red vs blue. It’s State vs you”
"It's not red versus blue. It's the state versus you" (or "It's not red vs. blue. It's the state vs. you") is an anti-government saying. The saying means…
“It isn’t sex that wrecks these players, it’s staying up all night looking for it”
New York Yankees and New York Mets baseball manager Casey Stengel (1890-1975) was supposedly asked by a reporter if he allowed his players to have sex before a ball game, responding: "It…
“It isn’t that I’m not a people person. It’s just that I’m not a stupid people person”
"It isn't that I'm not a people person. It's just that I'm not a stupid people person" is a jocular one-line saying that has been printed on many images. "Its not…
“It isn’t the holly, it isn’t the snow. It isn’t the tree nor the firelight’s glow” (Christmas poem)
American poet Angela Morgan (1875-1957) published the poem "The Christmas Miracle" in Collier's for Christmas (a weekly magazine based in New York City) on December 14, 1912. Part of…
“It isn’t what happens to you, but how you react to it, that determines your life”
"Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it" (or "Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it") is a saying that has been printed on many images.…
“It it jiggles, it’s fat”
"It's simple. If it jiggles, it's fat" is a saying that has been printed on many images, usually attributed to bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger. It's uncertain when…
“It just isn’t Christmas unless you push your body to the brink of alcoholism and diabetes”
"It just isn't Christmas unless you push your body to the brink of alcoholism and diabetes" (or "It's not the holiday season unless you push your body to the brink of…
“It just takes one team to draft you” (player draft adage)
"It just takes one team to draft you" (or "it just takes one team to fall in love with you") is a popular draft adage, especially in the NFL college draft. Most teams might not…
“It looks like a toothpick in a pie” (J. Frank Dobie on UT tower)
Folklorist J. Frank Dobie (1888-1964) was no fan of the University Tower on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin. The twoer was completed in 1937. Dobie refused to move into an office in…
“It makes more sense to dump Gatorade on the losing head coach”
A "Gatorade shower" is often given to a winning coach by the team's players. Some people believe that a losing coach should suffer through this unusual sports ritual. "It makes…
“It matters not, to free men, what tyrants write on paper”
"It matters not, to free men, what tyrants write on paper" is a saying that has been printed on many images. Authorship is unknown. "It matters not, to free men, what tyrants write…
“It may be dangerous to be America’s enemy, but to be America’s friend is fatal”
Henry Kissinger said in November 1968, after Richard Nixon was elected U.S. president but before he took office: "Nixon should be told that it is probably an objective of Clifford to depose…