# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/121 "2019-09-06T14:18:46Z")
A sign over the bar at the Cow Pony in Tucson, Az. “Jesus loves you. Everyone else thinks you’re an asshole.” ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/122 "2019-09-06T15:36:51Z")
> [@saucywench](#): > > If there are no dogs in heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went. - Will Rogers See also: "“Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.” - Mark Twain A favorite word: cromulent. It’s past due to be added to the dictionary. ---
**Author:** ![HaroldDix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/76d3ee/32.png) [@HaroldDix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HaroldDix)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/123 "2019-09-06T16:42:49Z")
My circle of friends new one from comedian Bert Kreisher’s Machine/Russian Mafia bit…“Fuck that bitch…This is Russia!” Also used often “Screw you guys…I’m going home” in your best Eric Cartmen voice ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/124 "2019-09-06T18:32:33Z")
This thread is great! Thank you one and all. Another favorite… **Steal one’s thunder** Sad, yet funny story. > **['Steal one's thunder' - the meaning and origin of this phrase](https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/steal-ones-thunder.html)** > > The meaning and origin of the phrase 'Steal one's thunder'. “Damn them! They will not let my play run, but they steal my thunder.” - John Dennis ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/125 "2019-09-06T23:19:52Z")
I have an affinity for words with excessive consonants; words like ‘rhythm’ just fascinate me for some reason. A favorite phrase: Carpe cerevisi: seize the beer. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/126 "2019-09-06T23:41:52Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > Support bacteria - it’s the only culture some people have. Related: Some people’s taste is all in their mouths. ---
**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 7, 2019, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/127 "2019-09-07T02:16:52Z")
> [@CaptMurdock](#): > > After a particular loud and deep belch: > > “I hope the movie is good!” > > (a reference to the MGM lion) \ That brought a chuckle outta me. Too bad it probably needs to be explained often (including to me). ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2019, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/128 "2019-09-08T23:32:19Z")
When he’s in Rome,…they do as he does. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/129 "2019-09-09T15:50:43Z")
Words: Lambent, Yclept, and parsimonious. They all strike me as sounding like what they are. Softly lit, also named, and cheap. Recently, I saw this on Reddit. “He puts the pro in procrastination.” Another of my favorite military terms: TGIF, a concept invented by the Royal Canadian Air Force. [Cite](http://www.rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca/en/on-windswept-heights-2/85-heritage.page) ---
**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 9, 2019, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/130 "2019-09-09T15:55:28Z")
> [@swampspruce](#): > > \ Recently, I saw this on Reddit. “He puts the pro in procrastination.” \ …eventually. 😃 ---
**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 9, 2019, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/131 "2019-09-09T16:15:15Z")
I don’t care what anyone says about it, I originated the expression “Have a good one.” I always thought “Have a good day” was stupid. I’ve never had a totally good day in my entire life. But even the worse days have some good in them, even if it’s only a cup of coffee or a hot bath. I started using it. And about a year later, someone told me “Have a good one.” My jaw dropped open, and now I hear it a lot. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/132 "2019-09-09T17:14:22Z")
I feel like I know someone famous now! 😃 Words/phrases I use frequently: Not my circus, not my monkeys. Copacetic, Fucking Fuck fer Fuck, Get bent!. ---
**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 10, 2019, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/133 "2019-09-10T14:15:01Z")
And whenever anyone says something about having a bad day, I tell them “You had a bad moment. I don’t let bad moments become bad days.” ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/134 "2019-09-10T15:41:32Z")
My google-fu has failed me. I love this quote, but I can’t remember who is supposed to have said it and I can’t tease an answer out of google. _Journalism is the writing on the back of the adverts._ I sort of half think it was George Bernard Shaw or someone like that. Anybody help? j ---
**Author:** ![SingleMalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/singlemalt/32/3961_2.png) [@SingleMalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SingleMalt)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/135 "2019-09-10T16:24:10Z")
> [@swampspruce](#): > > … > > Recently, I saw this on Reddit. “He puts the pro in procrastination.” > > … Reminds me of one we used to use at work: “He puts the ‘funk’ in ‘dysfunction’.” I’ve always been fond of, “I’d rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full frontal lobotomy.” ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/136 "2019-09-10T17:48:44Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > …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)… When I’m trying to force myself out of bed after too little sleep, I’ll quote Warren Zevon to myself: “I’ll sleep when I’m dead” ---
**Author:** ![Pabitel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbce88/32.png) [@Pabitel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pabitel)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/137 "2019-09-10T18:24:57Z")
Some people are like Slinkies, totals useless, but they bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/138 "2019-09-10T18:37:17Z")
“But I _am_ a robot!” - my reaction every time I get one of those annoying “Prove you’re not a robot” things online. ---
**Author:** ![Pabitel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbce88/32.png) [@Pabitel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pabitel)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/139 "2019-09-10T18:39:37Z")
Oh, and **crepuscular** if we are sharing favorite words. (having to do with twilight) ---
**Author:** ![jrbor76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9e8a1a/32.png) [@jrbor76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jrbor76)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/140 "2019-09-10T19:06:50Z")
I wouldn’t have lasted two seconds in the Marines, but thanks to my brother, I’ve gotten fond of: “You improvise. You adapt. You overcome.” (At least I think that’s the order it goes in) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248.md?page=8)