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November 7, 2009
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing”

Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikiquote: Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke (1729-01-12 – 1797-07-09) was an Irish political philosopher, Whig politician, and statesman; he is regarded by many as the…

April 6, 2017
Food/Drink

“All the coffee in Colombia won’t make me a morning person”

"All the coffee in Colombia won't make me a morning person" is a jocular one-line coffee saying that has been printed on many images. "All the coffee in Columbia can't make…

January 19, 2013
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“All the gold in Fort Knox” (a large sum of money or riches)

The United States Bullion Depository at Fort Knox, Kentucky, received its first gold shipments in 1937. The expression "all the gold in Fort Knox" (meaning riches worth an immense sum)…

February 11, 2006
Food/Drink

“All the News That’s Fit to Eat” (The Food Section)

Josh Friedland's New York food blog, "The Food Section" (www.thefoodsection.com), began in July 2003. Its slogan was "All the News That's Fit to Eat," a take-off on…

January 24, 2010
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“All the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair”

Politics is spoken about in many professions, but people who cut hair and who drive taxicabs are well-known chatterers. "All the people who know how to run the country are busy driving…

August 29, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“All the scary things you claim would happen without the state are things that are currently…”

"All the scary things you claim would happen without the state are things that are currently happening with the state" is an anti-government saying that has been shown on an image. It was…

February 18, 2009
Food/Drink

“All the things I really like to do are either immoral, illegal, or fattening”

Alexander Woollcott (1887-1943) was the drama critic of the New York (NY) Times and a member of the Algonquin Round Table. On a radio show in September 1933, Woollcott mentioned a story about the…

April 9, 2021
Streets

“All the young people today are stealing bus stop signs. Where do they get off?”

"Where do you get off?" is an idiom, meaning "Where do you get off {saying or doing that)?" It is similar to "How dare you (say or do that)!" It is not related to…

July 5, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“All these anti-gun people are celebrating a day won by armed citizens”

"All of those anti-gun people are celebrating a day won by armed citizens" (or "All these anti-gun people are celebrating a day won by armed citizens") is a Fourth of July…

August 13, 2020
Food/Drink

“All things are possible with coffee and a cute outfit”

"All things are possible with coffee and a cute outfit" is a coffee saying that has been printed on many images. "All things are possible with coffee & a cute outfit" was…

February 3, 2024
Food/Drink

“All things are possible with coffee and cowboy boots”

"All things are possible with coffee and cowboy boots" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "All things are possible with coffee and cowboy boots" (shown on an…

April 1, 2017
Food/Drink

“All things are possible with coffee and mascara”

"All things are possible with coffee and mascara" is a jocular one-line saying that has been printed on many images. The saying was posted on Twitter on November 29, 2015. "All I…

October 4, 2019
Food/Drink

“All things are possible with tequila and lipstick”

"All things are possible with tequila and lipstick" is a saying that has been printed on several images. "All things are possible with tequila and lipstick. #truth…

April 14, 2018
Work/Businesses

“All things come to those who wait, but when they come they’re out of date”

"All/Good things come to those who wait" is a proverb that dates to the 1500s. "All things come to those who wait, but when they come they're out of date" is a version of…

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.…

May 9, 2025
Work/Businesses

“All this overthinking & somehow I still manage to make the worst decisions”

"All this overthinking, and I still manage to make the dumbest decisions. Talent, really" is a saying that has been printed on many images. Thinking too much did not help the speaker of…

May 9, 2025
Work/Businesses

“All this overthinking and I still manage to make stupid decisions”

"All this overthinking, and I still manage to make the dumbest decisions. Talent, really" is a saying that has been printed on many images. Thinking too much did not help the speaker of…

May 9, 2025
Work/Businesses

“All this overthinking, and I still manage to make the dumbest decisions. Talent, really”

"All this overthinking, and I still manage to make the dumbest decisions. Talent, really" is a saying that has been printed on many images. Thinking too much did not help the speaker of…

October 1, 2016
Transportation

“All those crosses along highways. Christians are terrible drivers”

Many streets have roadside memorials -- usually crosses -- to commemorate a tragic accident that occurred there. There are very few crescents (Islam) or stars of David (Judaism). A joke is:…

February 9, 2023
Food/Drink

“All we know about today is that coffee will be involved”

"All I/we know (for certain) about today is that coffee will be involved" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "All I know about today is that coffee will be involved…

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