"Great players aren't always great; they're just great when they have to be" is a popular sports adage. The saying is usually credited to John Facenda (1913-1984), a narrator…
"Great Scott!" is an exclamation of surprise or amazement that was popular in the 19th century. The origin is unclear, but "Scott" is used in a similar way to the German…
"Great Seafood, Not a Lot of Clams" is the slogan of Rockfish Seafood Grill, a Dallas-based seafood restaurant chain. Texans hate clams? Rockfish Seafood GrillROCKFISH Seafood Grill is…
"Great teams don't lose twice in a year" is a sports saying that doesn't appear to have any specific authorship. "Good teams don't lose twice in a row" was cited…
College football and basketball teams suffer graduation losses, but the great sports programs have great recruiting. "Great teams don't rebuild -- they reload" is a common saying.…
Philadelphia Phillies baseball player Lenny Dykstra was told, in December 1991, that teammate Von Hayes had been traded. Dykstra said: "Hey, that's a great trade, who did we get?"…
Is great wine like great jazz? This was posted on Reddit -- Jokes on March 20, 2016: "Great wine is like great jazz. It confuses me and I'm pretty sure it's all the same."…
Is great wine like great jazz? This was posted on Reddit -- Jokes on March 20, 2016: "Great wine is like great jazz. It confuses me and I'm pretty sure it's all the same."…
"Great wines are made in the vineyard (and not the cellar)" is a wine proverb of unknown origin. "The Australian wine drinker is coming to realise that great wines are made in the…
Maker Faire began in 2006 by Make magazine to "celebrate arts, crafts, engineering, science projects and the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) mindset." There are annual events on the east coast (New…
The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus bills itself as "The Greatest Show on Earth." Trademark records show a first use on July 21, 1891. New York City-born entertainer Dan…
"Greed is good" became popular from a 1986 speech by financier Ivan Boesky and the movie Wall Street (1987), but neither source used the exact line. Boesky, giving the commencement speech…
"American by birth. Patriot by choice" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "American by birth, patriot by choice!" was printed in the Albany (OR) Democrat-Herald…
Greek yogurt has nothing to do with fraternity and sorority life, but there are jokes. "I don’t eat Greek yogurt. I wasn’t in a fraternity" was posted on Twitter by Jonathan Howe on…
Greek yogurt has nothing to do with fraternity and sorority life, but there are jokes. "I don’t eat Greek yogurt. I wasn’t in a fraternity" was posted on Twitter by Jonathan Howe on…
Greek yogurt has nothing to do with fraternity and sorority life, but there are jokes. "I don’t eat Greek yogurt. I wasn’t in a fraternity" was posted on Twitter by Jonathan Howe on…
Greek yogurt has been compared to sour cream. There are differences: yogurt is made of fermented milk, while sour cream is made of fermented dairy cream. "so 'greek yogurt' is a…
Husband (Eddie Albert): Fresh air!Wife (Eva Gabor): Times Square! Who can forget that classic theme song (1965) to the television situation comedy Green Acres? The show itself was pretty awful.…
Various foods have been called "the candy corn of Thanksgiving." That is to say, like candy corn, it's a food mainly eaten on the holiday (as with candy corn and Halloween) and at no…
Various foods have been called “the fruitcake of Thanksgiving.” That is to say, like fruitcake, it’s a food mainly eaten on the holiday (as with fruitcake and Christmas) and at no other time,…