# Favorite Words/Phrases/Quotes and Sayings **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 26, 2019, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248 "2019-08-26T03:44:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2019, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/101 "2019-09-03T16:01:21Z")
My bother says this is popular where he works: Jesus is coming, look busy. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2019, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/102 "2019-09-03T17:07:29Z")
My favorite Homer Simpson saying: He did it because he’s stupid. That’s the only reason anybody does anything." I think that’s a lot truer than most people want to admit it is. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2019, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/103 "2019-09-03T17:37:43Z")
My dad used to say “it’s not the bull or the bears that drive the market, it’s the hogs”. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2019, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/104 "2019-09-03T17:42:29Z")
I like saying “it’s amaaazing!” in the voice of Egghead, the proto-Fudd Warner Brothers character. I don’t do it very well. I also call up phrases from Krazy Kat and Milt Gross comic strips, but I only say them to myself. ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2019, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/105 "2019-09-03T22:37:24Z")
Fake Latin - “_Ich kvetch, ergo sum_” (I complain, therefore I am). Paraphrased from Trotsky - “Everyone has the right to be stupid, it’s just that some people abuse the privilege.” Many years ago, I watched a ridiculously obscure French industrial espionage movie (_Only the Cool_, 1971) which was badly dubbed into English and had subtitles in Danish. One character worked at some kind of research institute. The Danish word for “research” is “forskning.” From that day forward, instead of using the word “research” or “researching,” I have said “foreskin” or “foreskinning.” Other people just have to get used to it. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2019, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/106 "2019-09-03T23:18:29Z")
> [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](#): > > I just read where Bismark said, \*\*“History occurs when things happen.” \*\*Then I did a search and could not find any proof of him saying such a thing. Shame. He would have said it had he only thought of it. Reminds me of… “The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.” Attributed to Mark Twain, but unverified, it sure sounds like something he would have said. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2019, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/107 "2019-09-03T23:58:45Z")
From Bill Watterson (Calvin & Hobbes): _BUUUURRRRP!_ Must be a barge coming through! ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/108 "2019-09-04T02:38:21Z")
If there are no dogs in heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went. - Will Rogers ---
**Author:** ![shh1313](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shh1313/32/8020_2.png) [@shh1313](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shh1313)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/109 "2019-09-04T14:33:53Z")
Not sure where it originated, The price of eggs in China isn’t worth the wear and tear on the chickens ass in Japan. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/110 "2019-09-04T15:47:47Z")
From my grandfather: “Whipped him like a rented mule!” Word I like: hijinx ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/111 "2019-09-04T15:58:58Z")
I’ve known two people who would, in certain situations, say, “Well, fuck me running”. No idea exactly what it means or where it came from, but the two people I’ve heard say it did not know each other. ---
**Author:** ![shh1313](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shh1313/32/8020_2.png) [@shh1313](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shh1313)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/112 "2019-09-04T16:08:05Z")
He’s about as confused as a fart in a fan factory. ---
**Author:** ![shh1313](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shh1313/32/8020_2.png) [@shh1313](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shh1313)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/113 "2019-09-04T16:11:24Z")
You’d give an aspirin a headache and you would argue with a fencepost. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/114 "2019-09-05T17:35:45Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > From Bill Watterson (Calvin & Hobbes): > > _BUUUURRRRP!_ > > Must be a barge coming through! After a particular loud and deep belch: “I hope the movie is good!” (a reference to the MGM lion) * * * “That’s as useful as French doors on a German submarine.” ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/115 "2019-09-05T21:19:24Z")
He’s as busy as a one-armed paper hanger. ---
**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/116 "2019-09-05T22:17:15Z")
Veritas odium parit - Truth begets hatred (Terence) N. S. A. Finally a government agency that actually listens to the American people. Sign at a Bar: WE DON’T SERVE WOMEN (you have to bring your own). ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/117 "2019-09-05T22:26:17Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I’ve known two people who would, in certain situations, say, “Well, fuck me running”. > > No idea exactly what it means or where it came from, but the two people I’ve heard say it did not know each other. I had a girlfriend who would come out with “well, fuck me flying backwards.” Fortunately, she didn’t mean it literally. ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/118 "2019-09-05T23:28:41Z")
_ **No Shirt No Shoes… No problem !!** _ sign at Arnold’s grocery in Carbondale Illinois. _ **My Karma ran over your Dogma** _…bumper sticker gotten on a Grateful Dead tour. _ **Shit Fire and Save Matches** _…My 82 yr old Mom. _ **fastidious** _… I love the word, my interpretation is Anal retentive. _ **All that wander are NOT lost** _…same Dead tour. * * * Perfunctory\*\*\* … good word _ **86 that motherfucker, and deep six it.** _…heard by my senior chief in the Navy whenever we had something broke. _ **If you dont have time to do it right the fisrt time?, then when are you going to find time to redo it??** _…because you will. …me to my kids regarding homework. _ **Great, Cheap Or Fast** _…Pick two… ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/119 "2019-09-06T02:07:50Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > “Life is what happens to you when you’re busy making other plans” I attribute this to a Lennon song. He may have gotten somewhere, himself. I didn’t google it. I use this a lot, and I’ve always attributed it to Lennon, too. A popular one amongst lawyers who are negotiating, when somebody makes an outrageous demand: “pigs get fed but hogs get slaughtered.” When something goes wrong (or I drop something): “Fuck happy” (a quote from the movie Brain Candy) When you have a big task ahead: “One bite at a time”, which is the answer to the unspoken question, “How do you eat an elephant?” When I am getting ready to work out or go to work and don’t really feel like it: “Time to earn your keep” (I didn’t get this from anywhere that I remember; it’s just what I say). Also, when I’m trying to shake the sleepiness when I wake up early, I often will say to nobody, “waking up, boss”, which is my own little allusion to the movie Cool Hand Luke (although it’s not any sort of actual quote). And here’s a word that’s fun to say: cacophony. ETA: Another one I thought of, courtesy of my mother: “Everybody is crazy. They just lock up the ones who complain about it.” She also likes to remind me that “we are all the walking wounded”, meaning everybody is dealing with something. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/120 "2019-09-06T11:57:33Z")
> [@Mangosteen](#): > > Sign at a Bar: WE DON’T SERVE WOMEN (you have to bring your own). Joey (owner of Joey’s The Edge) had an old, faded, dirty sign that said, “FREE BEER TOMORROW” over one end of the bar. A couple of times I overheard guys just noticing the sign (it was a splendidly dark bar) slur, “hey, we should come back tomorrow!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248.md?page=7)