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January 30, 2013
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“Change is inevitable—except from a vending machine”

"Change is inevitable -- except from a vending machine" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many gift items, such as bumper stickers and T-shirts. The saying has been cited in…

September 5, 2018
Work/Businesses

“Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable”

"Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable" is an inspirational saying that has been printed on many images. American motivational speaker…

July 31, 2019
Food/Drink

“Change the world. Start with coffee”

"Change the world. Start with coffee" is a coffee saying that has been printed on many images. "Change the world. Start with coffee" was posted on Twitter by Planeta444 on…

April 25, 2020
Food/Drink

“Change your plate. Change your fate”

"Change your plate. Change your fate" -- the change is usually to eliminate meat in the diet -- is a food saying that has been printed on many images. "Change your plate, change your…

November 3, 2024
Pets (Dogs, Cats, Horses)Time/Weather

“Changing the clocks does not change feeding time. Signed Cats Everywhere”

"Changing the clocks does not change feeding time. Signed Dogs Everywhere" (shown on a sign worn by a dog) is a saying that has been printed on many images. Pets want to be fed at the…

November 2, 2024
Pets (Dogs, Cats, Horses)Time/Weather

“Changing the clocks does not change feeding time. Signed Dogs Everywhere”

"Changing the clocks does not change feeding time. Signed Dogs Everywhere" (shown on a sign worn by a dog) is a saying that has been printed on many images. Pets want to be fed at the…

November 3, 2024
Pets (Dogs, Cats, Horses)Time/Weather

“Changing the clocks does not change feeding time. Signed Dogs Everywhere”

"Changing the clocks does not change feeding time. Signed Dogs Everywhere" (shown on a sign worn by a dog) is a saying that has been printed on many images. Pets want to be fed at the…

September 29, 2019
Time/Weather

“Channel the flannel” (winter saying)

"Channel the flannel" is a fall and winter saying that has been printed on many images. "Channel the flannel" has been cited in print since at least 2008. "Other favorite…

October 30, 2012
Work/Businesses

“Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow”

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) is frequently quoted for having said: "Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it, but the tree is the real…

August 12, 2013
Work/Businesses

“Character is what you have left when you’ve lost everything you can lose”

"Character is what you have left when you've lost everything you can lose" is a saying that has been included in many lists of quotations. Dr. Roy L. Smith, a Methodist minister and…

November 18, 2020
Food/Drink

“Charcuterie boards are just Lunchables for adults”

Charcuterie boards have a selection of foods (such as meats and cheeses), and this has been compared to Lunchables (a brand of food and snacks popular with children). "'Charcuterie is…

November 20, 2025
Food/Drink

“Charcuterie is French for ‘I’d like a sandwich, but I don’t have any bread’”

Does a charcuterie board exist simply because people don't have any bread to make a sandwich? What is "charcuterie" (cold cuts) French for, anyway? "Charcuterie is French for…

November 20, 2025
Food/Drink

“Charcuterie is French for ‘we’re out of bread’”

Does a charcuterie board exist simply because people don't have any bread to make a sandwich? What is "charcuterie" (cold cuts) French for, anyway? "Charcuterie is French for…

November 20, 2025
Food/DrinkRestaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Charcuterie is French for deli”

Does a charcuterie board exist simply because people don't have any bread to make a sandwich? What is "charcuterie" (cold cuts) French for, anyway? "Charcuterie is French for…

November 3, 2019
Food/Drink

“Charity, please” (Halloween request)

"Trick or treat!" is a popular Halloween shout. "Charity, please!" is another cry that has been popular in Canada, especially in the province of Quebec. "La charité,…

March 6, 2016
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Charles Dickens walks into a bar…” (bar joke)

"A guy walks into a bar..." is a typical form of what has been called the "bar joke." A version involving author Charles Dickens (1812-1870) and his novel Oliver Twist (1837-9)…

May 17, 2015
Work/Businesses

“Chase your passion, not your pension”

American motivational speaker and author Denis Waitley wrote in Empires of the Mind (1996) that the actor Edward James Olmos was the commencement speaker at his daughter's graduation. Olmos…

June 15, 2023
Food/Drink

“Cheap alcohol in suburbs is called subourbon whiskey”

"Subourbon" (suburb + bourbon) is a portmanteau word that is mostly jocular. "What do they drink in The Southern Suburbs? Subourbon!" was posted on Twitter by Bosse Löthén on…

October 27, 2014
Food/Drink

“Cheap beer is like having sex in a canoe” (joke)

A classic joke is told about a cheap beer -- it's like having sex (or making love) in a canoe because it's "fucking close to water." The joke has been told since at least 1952…

July 28, 2015
Work/Businesses

“Cheap service isn’t good and good service isn’t cheap”

"Cheap work isn't good and good work isn't cheap" is a saying displayed in many businesses. "If it's good it isn't cheap -- If it's cheap it isn't…

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