“When all else fails, vote from the rooftops”
"When all else fails, vote from the rooftops" is a saying that has been printed on many images, usually with a picture of a rifle. A person is not voting in a voting booth, but is…
“When all is said and done, more is said than done”
"When/After all is said and done, more is said than done" has been credited to football coach Lou Holtz (born 1937), but the expression was known before he was born. The saying is often…
“When any nation mistrusts its citizens with guns it is sending a clear message”
George Washington (1732-1799) is often credited with saying: "When a nation mistrusts its citizens with guns it is it sending a clear message. It no longer trusts its citizens because such a…
“When communists have sex, do they seize the means of reproduction?”
Communists usually seek to control the "means of production," but there are "reproduction" jokes. "Sex communists, seizing the means of reproduction" was posted on…
“When did innocent until proven guilty become sick until proven healthy?”
"Sick until proven healthy" has been used during the Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and has been compared to "guilty until proven innocent" (the opposite of "innocent…
“When diet is wrong, medicine is of no use. When diet is correct, medicine is of no need”
"When diet is wrong, medicine is of no use. When diet is correct, medicine is of no need" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying is almost always credited as…
“When does a lawyer make coffee?”/“When he has sufficient grounds.”
A coffee riddle has been cited in print since at least 1851: Q: When has a man a right to scold his wife about his coffee?A: When he has sufficient grounds. This was made into a lawyer joke by at…
“When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers”
"When (two) elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers" is an East African proverb, cited in English since at least the 1910s. In the 1960s, Kenyan leader Jomo Kenyatta (1894-1978) and…
“When enough people understand reality, tyrants can literally be ignored out of existence”
"When enough people understand reality, tyrants can literally be ignored out of existence. They can't ever be voted out of existence" is a saying that has been printed on several…
“When everything is a priority, nothing is a priority”
"When everything is a priority, nothing is a priority" is a saying used by both business and government. When everything is "top priority" and must be done "right…
“When exposing a crime is treated as committing a crime, you are being ruled by criminals”
"When exposing a crime is treated as committing a crime, you are being ruled by criminals" is a saying that has been printed on many images. Authorship is unknown. "When exposing a…
“When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns”
"When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns" is a popular anti-gun control message. Under gun control, honest people who follow laws won't have guns, but criminals who…
“When I die, bury me in Chicago because I want to remain politically active”
Political humorist Mort Sahl's website lists a popular joke of his (referring to voter fraud in the 1960 presidential election): "I've arranged with my executor to be buried in…
“When I do good I feel good and when I do bad I feel bad, and that’s my religion”
A quote about Abraham Lincoln's religion was recorded by William Henry Herndon (1818-1891), Lincoln's 20-year friend, law partner and biographer, in the book Herndon's Lincoln: The…
“When I get my tax money, I’m cooking my ramen noodles in Fiji water”
"When I get my tax money, I'm cooking my ramen noodles in Fiji water" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. Ramen noodles are what a poor person eats, while Fiji…
“When I get my taxes, I’m boiling my ramen noodles in Fiji water”
"When I get my tax money, I'm cooking my ramen noodles in Fiji water" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. Ramen noodles are what a poor person eats, while Fiji…
“When I have to fill out a form asking who to call in case of an emergency, I always write an ambulance…”
Many forms ask who to call in case of an emergency. "Employment application blanks always ask who is to be called in case of an emergency. I think you should write, 'An…
“When in charge, ponder; When in trouble, delegate; When in doubt, mumble”
James Harlan Boren was amused by government bureaucracy and fromed the National Association of Pofessional Bureaucrats (NATAPROBU). The organization's coat of arms was a duck snarled in red…
“When in danger, when in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout”
"When in danger/trouble, when in doubt, run in circles, scream/yell and shout" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "When in danger, When in doubt, Run in circles,…
“When in doubt, do right” (“When in doubt, do the right thing”)
Claude A. Swanson (1862-1939), Virginia's U.S. Senator from 1910-1933, had a rule for new Congressmen that was published in Current Opinion in 1923: "When in doubt, do right."…