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March 14, 2024
Banking/Finance/InsuranceGovernment/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Give a homeless person counterfeit money. They’ll go to prison and no longer be homeless”

There are two memes about giving a homeless person counterfeit money. "Give a homeless person counterfeit money. They'll go to prison and no longer be homeless" (shown on an image)…

November 27, 2012
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Give a man a fish and he eats for a day; give a man a welfare check and he’ll vote for a Democrat”

“Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime” is a popular proverb that means that it's better to have a person be able to support…

October 9, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Give him someone else’s fish and he’ll vote for you”

Entry in progress -- BP “Give a man a fish and he eats for a day; give a man a welfare check and he’ll vote for a Democrat” is a related saying. "Give a man a fish and he will eat for a…

September 4, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Give me liberty. That’s it. I can handle the rest”

"Give me liberty. That's it. I can handle the rest" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The classical saying is, "Give me liberty or give me death!"…

August 28, 2013
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Give peace a chance” (“Give war a chance”)

Beatles musician John Lennon (1940-1980) wrote the song "Give Peace a Chance" in 1969; Pete Seeger sang it at the anti-Vietnam War Moratorium March on Washington on November 15, 1969.…

October 13, 2016
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good”

"Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good" is a quotation that has been printed on many images. The quote is always credited to…

May 16, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Giving up on privacy because you’ve got ‘nothing to hide’ is like giving up on freedom of speech because you’ve got nothing to say”

"Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to…

November 15, 2019
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Global warming doesn’t care if you believe in it or not”

"Science/Gravity/Global warming/Climate change doesn't care if you believe in it or not" is a saying that has been printed on several images. The saying means that there are…

January 4, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Global warming is now thought to be a leading cause of documentaries”

The global warming documentary film An Inconvenient Truth (2006) was successful, and other similar documentaries followed. "Global warming is now thought to be a leading cause of…

June 14, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Glock: The original point and click interface”

"The original point and click interface" (a gun) is a pro-gun saying that has been printed on many images. "Smith & Wesson: the original point-and-click interface" was…

October 17, 2024
Food/DrinkGovernment/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Glutenny is one of the Seven Breadly Sins”

"Gluttony" shouldn't be confused with the portmanteau word "gluteny" or "glutenny" (gluten + gluttony), but there are jokes. "Gluteny is one of the 7 deadly…

October 17, 2024
Food/DrinkGovernment/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Gluteny is one of the Seven Breadly Sins”

"Gluttony" shouldn't be confused with the portmanteau word "gluteny" or "glutenny" (gluten + gluttony), but there are jokes. "Gluteny is one of the 7 deadly…

July 11, 2004
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Go fight city hall” (proverb)

"Go fight city hall" or "You can't fight city hall" means to take on the powerful -- usually, a thankless and a futile task. "City hall" means the city…

November 2, 2010
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail”

"Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail" is often incorrectly credited to Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), but Emerson never wrote it.…

October 26, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Go vote! If dead people can do it, so can you!”

"Go vote! If dead people can do it, so can you!" is a jocular political saying, referring to the fraud of dead people "voting." The saying encourages voting to cancel out the…

November 26, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“God created man and woman, Democrats created the rest”

"God created man and woman. Democrats created all the other genders" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "GOD CREATED MAN AND WOMAN - DEMOCRATS CREATED THESE…

November 26, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“God created man and woman. Democrats created all the other genders”

"God created man and woman. Democrats created all the other genders" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "GOD CREATED MAN AND WOMAN - DEMOCRATS CREATED THESE…

November 26, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“God created man. Then God created woman. Then Democrats created all the other genders”

"God created man and woman. Democrats created all the other genders" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "GOD CREATED MAN AND WOMAN - DEMOCRATS CREATED THESE…

June 11, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“God didn’t call you to a playground, but a battleground”

"God didn't call you to a playground, but a battleground" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "God didn’t call you to a playground but a battleground.…

May 11, 2012
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“God helps those whom God has helped”

"God helps those who help themselves" is an old proverb (not in the Bible, as many assume) that means that God rewards people who help themselves by their hard labors. "God helps…

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