“Governments can’t profit from self-sufficient people”
"Government((s) can't profit from self-sufficient people" (or "Governments & corporations can't profit from self-sufficient people") is a saying that has been…
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“Governments create wealth the same way ticks create blood”
"Governments create wealth the same way ticks create blood" (or "Government creates wealth the way ticks create blood") is a saying that has been printed on many images. That…
“Grab life by the beans”
"Grab life by the beans," "Let's grab today by the coffee beans" and similar coffee phrases have been printed on many images. "Grab life by the beans" was…
“Gradually, the unthinkable becomes tolerable, then acceptable, then legal, then praised”
American author and radio host Joni Eareckson Tada wrote in the book When Is It Right to Die?: Euthanasia on Trial (1993): "And gradually, though no one remembers exactly how it happened, the…
“Graduates are hotter because they have more degrees”
"'Educated people are hotter because they have more degrees' True story ρε!!!Είμαστε!!!" is a "degrees" pun that was posted on Twitter by Lna Spanious ♔ on…
“Grammar is the difference between knowing your shit and knowing you’re shit”
"Grammar: The difference between knowing your shit and knowing you're shit" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "Knowing about spelling is the difference…
“Grand Dame of Madison Avenue” (Roosevelt Hotel)
The Roosevelt Hotel opened in 1924 and was named after Theodore (not Franklin) Roosevelt. It's been called "the Grand Dame of Madison Avenue." The Copley Plaza is similarly called…
“Grandfathers are for loving and fixing things”
"Grandfathers are for loving and fixing things" is a sayingthat has been printed on many images. "Grandfathers are for loving and fixing things" was printed in The Arizona Daily…
“Grandkids: the reward for not selling your kids to the circus during their teenage years”
An old threat of parents was that they would sell their children to the circus if the kids misbehave. Today, the old threat is mainly used as a joke. "Grandkids: the reward for not selling…
“Grandmas are moms with lots of frosting”
"Grandmas are moms with lots of frosting" is a popular Mother's Day saying that has been printed on many images. "Grandmas are moms with lots of frosting" was printed on…
“Grandmas never run out of hugs or cookies”
"Grandmas never run out of hugs or cookies" (or "Nana never runs out of hugs or cookies") is a jocular saying that has been printed on many gift items, such as signs, T-shirts…
“Grandmother—a wonderful mother with lots of practice”
"Grandmother -- a wonderful mother with lots of practice" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying has been cited in print since at least 2005 and is of unknown…
“Grandpa leapt around in his undies on the 4th. It was his In-Depends-Dance Day”
"Independence Day" is sometimes joked as "In Depends Dance Day." Depend is an adult undergarment. "Denaldo celebrates by putting on adult diapers and cavorting about the…
“Granola bars are edible particle boards”
Some people believe that granola bars taste like particle boards. "When the fine Kashi people say their granola bars are 'chewy' what they really mean is that they're 'like…
“Grape or grain, but never the twain”
'Never mix the grape and the grain" -- that is, do not mix a grape drink (such as wine) with a grain drink (such as beer) -- is a proverb that has been popular since at least the 1940s.…
“Grape: Wine in pill form”
"Someone offered me grapes, but I declined. I'm not used to consuming wine in pill form" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "'Someone offered me…
“Grapefruit is a fruit named after a fruit”
"Grapefruit" is a strange name to many. "Grapefruit, a fruit named after a fruit" was posted on Twitter by Mdange kaTshiwo on July 8, 2014. "Grapefruit: the only fruit…
“Grapefruit tastes like it’s trying to kill you”
Not everyone likes the taste of grapefruit. "Grapefruit tastes like it's trying to kill you" was posted on Twitter by breiana on March 15, 2014. "Grapefruit tastes like…
“Grass grows by inches, but dies by feet” (groundskeeping adage)
"Grass grows by inches, but dies by feet" was coined by Ohio epigram writer Henry Archer Diehl, Jr. (1911-1994) and has been cited in print since at least 1947. Diehl, the principal of an…
“Gratitude is for favors yet to be received”
“Gratitude is for favors yet to be received" is "Rule 35" by Henry Stern, the founder of NYCivic. Stern said that the quote is from Robert F. Wagner (1877-1953), the United States…