“All pro athletes are bilingual; they speak English and profanity”
Professional ice hockey player Gordie Howe (1928-2016) said in 1967 that teammate Ted Lindsay was a "great bi-linguist -- he's always been well versed in English and profanity." In…
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“All programmers are playwrights and all computers are lousy actors”
"All programmers are playwrights and all computers are lousy actors" is a jocular one-line saying that has been printed on many images. The saying was posted on the newsgroup rec.humor on…
“All publicity is good publicity” (“There is no such thing as bad publicity”)
American showman P. T. Barnum (1810-1891) is often credited for having said, "I don't care what people say about me as long as they say something." "He doesn't care what…
“All roads that lead to success have to pass through Hard Work Boulevard at some point”
"All roads that lead to success have to pass through Hard Work Boulevard at some point" is a saying that has been printed on a poster. The saying has been cited in print since at least…
“All show and no go”
"All show and no go" means someone (such as an athlete) or something (such as a race car) that looks good, but doesn't have a winning performance. "All show -- no go" was…
“All suspect milk is innocent until proven guilty in a quart of law”
"A court of law" shouldn't be confused with "a quart of law." The western television series The Texan aired the episode "A Quart of Law" on January 12, 1959.…
“All that and a bag of chips” (intensifier of “all that”)
"All that and a bag of chips: Intensifier for 'all that'" was printed in a slang article in The Sun (Baltimore, MD) on August 19, 1991. The term, as stated in the article, is an…
“All that and a plate of fries” (“All that and a plate of chips”)
"All that and a bag of chips: Intensifier for 'all that'" was printed in a slang article in The Sun (Baltimore, MD) on August 19, 1991. The term, as stated in the article, is an…
“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing”
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikiquote: Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke (1729-01-12 – 1797-07-09) was an Irish political philosopher, Whig politician, and statesman; he is regarded by many as the…
“All the coffee in Colombia won’t make me a morning person”
"All the coffee in Colombia won't make me a morning person" is a jocular one-line coffee saying that has been printed on many images. "All the coffee in Columbia can't make…
“All the gold in Fort Knox” (a large sum of money or riches)
The United States Bullion Depository at Fort Knox, Kentucky, received its first gold shipments in 1937. The expression "all the gold in Fort Knox" (meaning riches worth an immense sum)…
“All the News That’s Fit to Eat” (The Food Section)
Josh Friedland's New York food blog, "The Food Section" (www.thefoodsection.com), began in July 2003. Its slogan was "All the News That's Fit to Eat," a take-off on…
“All the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair”
Politics is spoken about in many professions, but people who cut hair and who drive taxicabs are well-known chatterers. "All the people who know how to run the country are busy driving…
“All the scary things you claim would happen without the state are things that are currently…”
"All the scary things you claim would happen without the state are things that are currently happening with the state" is an anti-government saying that has been shown on an image. It was…
“All the things I really like to do are either immoral, illegal, or fattening”
Alexander Woollcott (1887-1943) was the drama critic of the New York (NY) Times and a member of the Algonquin Round Table. On a radio show in September 1933, Woollcott mentioned a story about the…
“All the young people today are stealing bus stop signs. Where do they get off?”
"Where do you get off?" is an idiom, meaning "Where do you get off {saying or doing that)?" It is similar to "How dare you (say or do that)!" It is not related to…
“All these anti-gun people are celebrating a day won by armed citizens”
"All of those anti-gun people are celebrating a day won by armed citizens" (or "All these anti-gun people are celebrating a day won by armed citizens") is a Fourth of July…
“All things are possible with coffee and a cute outfit”
"All things are possible with coffee and a cute outfit" is a coffee saying that has been printed on many images. "All things are possible with coffee & a cute outfit" was…
“All things are possible with coffee and cowboy boots”
"All things are possible with coffee and cowboy boots" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "All things are possible with coffee and cowboy boots" (shown on an…
“All things are possible with coffee and mascara”
"All things are possible with coffee and mascara" is a jocular one-line saying that has been printed on many images. The saying was posted on Twitter on November 29, 2015. "All I…