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April 16, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“All this anxiety better be burning calories”

"All this anxiety better be burning calories" was posted on Twitter by Woman on February 2, 2017. The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic created anxiety and made the line newly popular.…

February 1, 2013
Government/Law/Military/Religion /HealthPets (Dogs, Cats, Horses)

“All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife”

"All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife" is a famous line allegedly said by American pioneer Daniel Boone (1734-1820), but it's uncertain if he ever…

December 5, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Although COVID-19 spreads mostly via the mouth and nose, scientists now conclude…”

"Although COVID-19 spreads mostly via the mouth and nose, scientists now conclude the greatest risk comes from assholes" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. The…

June 20, 2019
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Amateurs talk strategy. Professionals talk logistics”

"Amateurs talk (about) strategy. Professionals talk (about) logistics" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Amateurs talk about strategy and tactics. Professionals talk…

June 16, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Amen and awomen”

Entry in progress -- BP “Why do they say ‘amen’ and not ‘awomen’ at the end of songs at church?"/"Because they’re hymns, not hers” is a related joke. Global News…

October 10, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“America at this point in history is like the collapse of the Roman Empire but with WiFi”

"It's really cool to be alive in America at this point in history because it's like the collapse of the Roman Empire but with wi-fi" is a saying that has been printed on many…

October 29, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“America is a corpse being consumed by maggots. Liberals are rooting for the maggots. Conservatives are rooting for the corpse”

"America is a corpse being consumed by maggots. Liberals are rooting for the maggots. Conservatives are rooting for the corpse" is a saying that has been printed on many images.…

October 29, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“America is a corpse being devoured by maggots. Democrats are rooting for the maggots. Republicans are rooting for the corpse”

"America is a corpse being consumed by maggots. Liberals are rooting for the maggots. Conservatives are rooting for the corpse" is a saying that has been printed on many images.…

October 30, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“America is a corpse being devoured by maggots. The Democrats root for the maggots. The Republicans root for the corpse”

"America is a corpse being consumed by maggots. Liberals are rooting for the maggots. Conservatives are rooting for the corpse" is a saying that has been printed on many images.…

February 14, 2016
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“America is a healthy body; its resistance is its patriotism, morality and spiritual life”

Russian leader Joseph Stalin (1878-1953) is frequently credited with saying: "America is like a healthy body, and its resistance is threefold: its patriotism, its morality, and its spiritual…

February 14, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“America is being conditioned to view freedom as selfishness”

"America is being conditioned to view freedom as selfishness" is a saying that has been printed on many images. This saying became popular during the 2020 COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic,…

July 11, 2026
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“America is cosplaying 1776 while walking straight into 1984”

"America is cosplaying 1776 while walking straight into 1984" is a saying that has been printed on several images. “1984” refers to George Orwell’s novel, 1984, that depicts a big,…

May 24, 2009
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“America is great because she is good”

"America is great because she is good" is a quotation that has been attributed by several American presidents to Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) and his book, Democracy in America.There…

June 21, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“America is the best country in the nation”

Entry in progress -- BP Newspapers.com7 November 1968, San Francisco (CA) Examiner, "Longest Night in 20 Years" by Dwight Newton, pg. 35, col. 1:Even unto dawn, Spiro Agnew was being…

January 27, 2011
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“America is the first nation in history founded on an idea”

Many political speeches, such as the 2011 State of the Union Address given by President Barack Obama, have claimed that the United States is "the first nation to be founded for the sake of an…

June 21, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“America is the greatest country in the nation”

Entry in progress -- BP Newspapers.com7 November 1968, San Francisco (CA) Examiner, "Longest Night in 20 Years" by Dwight Newton, pg. 35, col. 1:Even unto dawn, Spiro Agnew was being…

June 24, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“America is the only country in the world where even people who hate it refuse to leave”

"America is the only country in the world where even people who hate it refuse to leave" was posted on Twitter by American conservative activist and radio talk show host Charlie Kirk on…

June 24, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“America is the only country in the world where even those who hate it refuse to leave”

"America is the only country in the world where even people who hate it refuse to leave" was posted on Twitter by American conservative activist and radio talk show host Charlie Kirk on…

December 29, 2015
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“America is where a young man can start at the bottom and work his way into a hole”

"America is where a young man can start at the bottom and work his way into a hole" is a jocular one-line saying that has been cited in print since at least 1963. It originated in the…

March 24, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“America isn’t the stupidest country in the world. Personally, I think Europe is the stupidest”

Europe isn't a country, but there are jokes."I'm American and Im sick of people calling America the stupidest country in the world. I think Europe is the stupidest country in the…

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