“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."…
“When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty” (‘When injustice is law, rebellion is duty”)
"When injustice is/becomes law, resistance is/becomes duty" has been credited to such famous figures as Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) and Nelson Mandela, but there's no evidence that…
“When life gives you Lenin, squeeze the means of production”
“If/When life gives you lemons, make lemonade” is a popular saying. "Lemons" is replaced with "Lenin(s)" in jocular political variations of the adage. "When life gives…
“When life gives you Lenins, make Leningrad”
“If/When life gives you lemons, make lemonade” is a popular saying. "Lemons" is replaced with "Lenin(s)" in jocular political variations of the adage. "When life gives…
“When marriage is outlawed, only outlaws will have in-laws”
"When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns" is a popular anti-gun control saying that has been cited in print since at least 1967. The jocular anti-proverb "When marriage…
“When people have nothing left to lose, they lose it”
Gerald Celente, founder of theTrends Research Institute and a frequent guest on news programs, said frequently since at least 2008: "When people have nothing left to lose, and they've…
“When police arrest a mentally unstable person, technically that qualifies as busting a nut”
"Busting a nut" means working very hard. "Bust" also means a police arrest, and "nut" also means a crazy person. "When cops catch a crazy person, that's…
“When presidents can’t run for re-election, they run for the Nobel Peace Prize”
A president of the United States can serve only two four-year terms (according to the 22nd Amendment to the United States Constitution). During a president's second term, the office holder…
“When prison inmates fall in love, do they finish each other’s sentences?”
A prison sentence is not the same as a sentence in the English language, but there are jokes. "Romantic inmates tend to finish each other's sentences" was posted on Twitter on March…
“When seconds count, the police are only minutes away”
"When seconds count, the police are only minutes away" is a common gun-rights saying that has been printed on many images. The saying means that a person carrying a gun can respond…