“Bless the food before us, the family beside us, and the love between us”
"Bless the food before us, the family beside us, and the love between us" is a popular kitchen decal. Authorship of the saying is unknown. The following "grace" from a…
1920s: John J. Fitz Gerald and the N.Y. Morning Telegraph
“Bless the food upon the dishes as you blessed the loaves and fishes”
A popular grace before a meal is: "Bless the food upon the dishesas you blessed the loaves and fishes.As the sugar hides in the tea,let me hide myself in Thee." It's not known who…
“Blessed and booked”
"Booked and blessed" is the dream of every performer. The saying (sometimes as "busy, booked & blessed," "booked, busy & blessed" and other variations) has…
“Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape”
"Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many posters. Michael McGriff, M.D., has been credited with the saying…
“Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt”
"Blessed are the meek, foor they shall inherit the earth" is the Second Beatitude in the Gospel of St. Matthew, in the New Testament. Former U.S. President Herbert Hoover (1874-1964)…
“Blessed are those who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused”
"Blessed are those who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Blessed is he who can laugh at himself,…
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst because they are sticking to their diet”
"Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled" is from the New Testament, Matthew 5:6. "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst, for they…
“Blessed, booked and busy”
"Booked and blessed" is the dream of every performer. The saying (sometimes as "busy, booked & blessed," "booked, busy & blessed" and other variations) has…
“Blessed, busy and booked”
"Booked and blessed" is the dream of every performer. The saying (sometimes as "busy, booked & blessed," "booked, busy & blessed" and other variations) has…
“Blind people come to the ballpark just to listen to him pitch”
The Oakland A's played the New York Mets in baseball's 1973 World Series. Reggie Jackson was an Oakland A's star (he would later sign with the New York Yankees), and he and his…
“Blisters are braille for ‘awesome’” (running saying)
"Blisters are braille for 'awesome'" is a jocular running saying that's been displayed on signs at several marathons. "Blisters are Braille for Awesome!" was…
“Blood oranges > Crip oranges”
"Bloods” and “Crips” are the names of rival gangs in California. There is a "blood orange," and some have suggested there must be a "crip orange." "Got some…
“Blood oranges imply the existence of Crip oranges”
"Bloods” and “Crips” are the names of rival gangs in California. There is a "blood orange," and some have suggested there must be a "crip orange." "Got some…
“Blood, toil, tears and sweat” (“Blood, sweat and tears”)
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Blood, toil, tears, and sweatThe famous phrase Blood, toil, tears and sweat was originally used by Theodore Roosevelt in an address to the Naval War College on…
“Bloody Mary, full of vodka, blessed are you among cocktails”
"Bloody Mary, full of vodka, blessed are you among cocktails" is a prayer that has been printed on many images. It is a "Hail Mary" prayer to the Bloody Mary cocktail.…
“Blowing on the wine in your coffee mug to convince the rest of the zoom meeting that it is tea”
Zoom meetings became popular in 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic. A jocular line was posted on Twitter by Madeline Hayman-Reber on September 8, 2020: "Blowing on the wine in your coffee…
“Bluegrass is music sung from the heart, through the nose”
"Bluegrass music. Sung from the heart through the nose" is a jocular one-liner that has been printed on T-shirts and bumper stickers. "Country used to be songs sung from the heart…
“Boats come in three dimensions: length, width and debt”
"There are three dimensions to credit cards: length, width and debt" -- "debt" sounds a bit like "depth" -- is a jocular saying that has been printed on several…
“Body language is self explanatory”
"Body language is self explanatory, but most people don't use their eyes the way they should" was posted on Twitter on February 10, 2010, but it's not evident that a pun was…
“Body wants sex. Heart wants love. Soul wants peace. Stomach needs tacos”
"Heart wants love. Soul wants peace. Body wants sex. Stomach wants tacos" (also "Body wants sex. Heart wants love. Soul wants peace. Stomach needs tacos") is a taco saying that…