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December 15, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“If you can see through the illusion, you are part of the solution”

"If you can see through the illusion, (then) you are part of the solution" and "If you can see through the illusion. then you are the solution" are sayings that have been…

April 22, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“If you can smell their fart, you’re not far enough apart” (social distancing)

The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic brought on social distancing suggestions. "If you can smell their fart, you're not far enough apart" is a message that was posted on a board of the…

September 27, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“If you can’t change your mind, then you’re not using it”

"If you can't change your mind, (then) you're not using it" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "If you can't change your mind - Then you're not…

September 27, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“If you can’t change your mind, you’re not using it”

"If you can't change your mind, (then) you're not using it" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "If you can't change your mind - Then you're not…

October 15, 2014
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“If you can’t convince them, confuse them”

"If you can't convince them, confuse them" was popularized in 1948 by U.S. President Harry S. Truman (1884-1972), referring to the tactics of the opposition Republican party. Truman…

May 25, 2010
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit”

"If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with B.S. (bullshit)" has been printed on signs and T-shirts since at least the early 1970s. James Boren (1925-2010) and his…

November 18, 2010
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“If you can’t open their minds, open their heads”

Conservative radio and television commentator Glenn Beck posted audio on his blog The Blaze, on November 16, 2010, of a comment at a National Socialist strategy session: "The labor movement…

October 31, 2009
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all”

Entry in progress -- B.P. WikiquoteAlice Roosevelt Longworth (12 February 1884, in New York City, NY - 20 February 1980, in Washington D.C), was the only daughter of Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th…

May 8, 2012
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“If you can’t stand behind our troops, stand in front of them”

"If you can't/don't stand behind our troops, (feel free to) stand in front of them" is a patriotic saying that has been put on gift items such as bumper stickers and T-shirts.…

December 17, 2009
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“If you can’t take their money…and vote against them, you don’t belong in the legislature”

"If you can't take their money, drink their whiskey, screw their women, and vote against 'em anyway, you don't belong in the Legislature" is a quote by Molly Ivins…

July 28, 2024
Food/DrinkGovernment/Law/Military/Religion /HealthRestaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“If you can’t tell the difference between delivery and DiGiorno, then you shouldn’t be allowed to vote”

DiGiorno brand frozen pizza advertises, "It's not delivery. It's DiGiorno." Many people, however, believe that no one should be confused between delivery and DiGiorno. "If…

March 12, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“If you can’t trust people to govern themselves, how can you trust them to govern others?”

"Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he then be trusted with the government of others?" was said by Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) at his…

April 21, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“If you can’t expose crime in the government, you don’t really have a government. You have a dictatorship…”

"If you can’t expose crime in the government, you don’t really have a government. You have a dictatorship that is dressed up like a government" is a saying that has been printed on…

August 5, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“If you can’t tell by now that society is being programmed, you’ve been perfectly programmed”

"If you can’t tell by now that society is being programmed, then you’ve been perfectly programmed" is a saying that has been printed on several images. "IF YOU CAN’T TELL BY…

April 1, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“If you cannot see the irony in having a gun ban enforced by men with guns…”

"If you cannot see the irony in having a gun ban enforced by men with guns, then you fail to understand why the Second Amendment was written in the first place" is a pro-gun saying that…

February 8, 2025
Government/Law/Military/Religion /HealthSports/Games

“If you care as much about church as you do about football, dump Gatorade on your pastor at the end of the sermon”

A winning coach or player in sports (especially football) often receives a "Gatorade shower." Some people believe that church should have similar enthusiasm. "It's that time of…

May 6, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“If you could reason with a Democrat, there would be no Democrats”

"If you could reason with a Democrat, there would be no Democrats" (also given as "If you could reason with Democrats, there would be no Democrats" and "If you could reason…

May 6, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“If you could reason with a Democrat, there wouldn’t be any Democrats”

"If you could reason with a Democrat, there would be no Democrats" (also given as "If you could reason with Democrats, there would be no Democrats" and "If you could reason…

May 6, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“If you could reason with Democrats, there would be no Democrats”

"If you could reason with a Democrat, there would be no Democrats" (also given as "If you could reason with Democrats, there would be no Democrats" and "If you could reason…

June 13, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“If you cut off my reproductive choice, can I cut off yours?”

"If you (can) cut off my reproductive choice/rights, can I cut off yours?" (said by a woman to a man, with the latter cut referring to castration) is a women's rights saying that has…

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