# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2019, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/161 "2019-09-20T13:23:39Z")
> [@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 say this! I picked it up in the midwest, where I went to high school, but then when I moved back to the east coast, nobody else was saying it. Some of my favorite sayings: “The wisest man is the one least set in his views.” “Taking joy in living is a woman’s best cosmetic.” - Rosalind Russell Since I’ve been doing strength training for many years, I love to whip out the Mark Rippetoe quote: “Strong people are harder to kill than weak people and more useful in general.” At a rescue squad training one time, one person mentioned needing help, and another person quipped, “Well, you know what they say: a friend in need is no friend of mine!” Loved that. Finally, my personal tagline is “I do what I want.” I think I initially started using it during athletic training. I sometimes train with people who are taller than me or have different goals than I do, so when they would make suggestions that didn’t really jive with what I was trying to accomplish, I’d say “I do what I want.” But soon enough I got carried away with it, to the point that someone will be like “Have a nice day!” and I’ll say “I do what I want!” or “Be careful out there!” “I do what I want!” ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/162 "2019-09-24T05:27:41Z")
Saw this bumper sticker tonight… Sleeps with dogs ---
**Author:** ![mandala](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mandala/32/95_2.png) [@mandala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandala)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/163 "2019-09-24T11:34:35Z")
There are 10 types of people in this world… Those who know binary, and those who don’t ---
**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 24, 2019, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/164 "2019-09-24T13:01:25Z")
Got this from the National Lampoon (sometimes it gets me in trouble): “A wise man marries his second wife first.” ---
**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 24, 2019, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/165 "2019-09-24T20:36:55Z")
> [@saucywench](#): > > Saw this bumper sticker tonight… > Sleeps with dogs _If you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas_ Wise words. j ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2019, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/166 "2019-09-25T01:08:20Z")
Happiness is a warm puppy ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/167 "2019-10-02T16:17:54Z")
“There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates’ loot on Treasure Island and at the bottom of the Spanish Main … and best of all, you can enjoy these riches every day of your life.”-Walt Disney ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/168 "2019-11-05T06:17:17Z")
People say I don’t take criticism well, but I say, what the hell do they know? - Groucho Marx ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/169 "2019-11-05T10:22:53Z")
We all know “…so quiet you could hear a pin drop.” I recently saw this: “…so quiet you could hear a gnat fart.” Context: Recent news article in which someone described a meeting with Trump and others, at which Trump had just said some stunningly corrupt thing. “The room got so quiet you could hear a gnat fart”. Just tried to google it to get a cite, and couldn’t find it, but found several other variations. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/170 "2019-11-05T13:10:25Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > It’s AIRY persiflage. > It adds a little verisimilitude. Used by Bill Conrad as The Narrator in an episode of _Rocky and Bullwinkle_ (“…and as our heroes engaged in Airy Persiflage…”). Did anyone ever use it anywhere else? ---
**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:** [November 5, 2019, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/171 "2019-11-05T15:04:49Z")
My best line ever: For centuries the only people who had any power in this country were the straight, white rich Christian men. Aren’t you glad we’re not being led by a straight, white rich Christian man today?" (Pause for laughter). WAIT A MINUTE… I hope to never have to use that line in 2021. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/172 "2019-11-05T21:34:52Z")
Four things immediately came to mind for me: 1. I’d rather have it and not need it, than need it and not have it (when my kids would ask me if they should bring something with them. i.e. driver’s license, jacket, money… the list goes on.) 2. It’s not the ‘on purposes’ I’m worried about. (When someone, usually my kids, are doing something stupid, and I tell them to stop before they hurt someone. i.e. kid 1 coming close to hitting kid 2 with a fake punch. I would tell them to stop it, they would reply “I’m not going to hit her.” I would reply “I know you’re not going to hit her on purpose… It’s not the ‘on purposes’ I’m worried about!” 3. Semper Gumby - a play on the USMC’s Motto: Semper Fi (Always Ready). Semper Gumby is said when I have to be “Always Flexible” to deal with a situation. 4. It’s hotter (or busier) than a whore house on nickel night. 5. I just thought of a couple my brother would say to his nephew, when he was he a teenager (my son): “You couldn’t whip shit off of a shirttail.” -when my son was feeling tough around his uncle. And a few years later when my son was trying to grow facial hair… “What you’re trying to cultivate on your face is grows wild on my ass!” ---
**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:** [November 5, 2019, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/173 "2019-11-05T21:58:50Z")
A UK political contribution: [Workington Man](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/31/workington-man-swing-voter-north-rugby-league-towns). In re the upcoming UK elections: > [@](#): > > journalists are pouring out of London again in search of another stereotypical swing voter, Workington Man… Now you might say that this is pretty tedious - a tiny, nondescript, run-down, former coal-and-steel northern town, whose exemplar citizen (male, BTW) is going to decide the election. And I agree - tedious. Except… I am. No, for real - born and raised in Workington. And got the hell out of there asap, admittedly. But I am Workington Man and (apparently) I am going to decide the election. Get ready for some surprises! j ---
**Author:** ![Sangahyando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Sangahyando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangahyando)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/174 "2019-11-05T23:24:13Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#): > > A UK political contribution: [Workington Man](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/31/workington-man-swing-voter-north-rugby-league-towns). In re the upcoming UK elections: > > Now you might say that this is pretty tedious - a tiny, nondescript, run-down, former coal-and-steel northern town, whose exemplar citizen (male, BTW) is going to decide the election. And I agree - tedious. Except… I am. > > No, for real - born and raised in Workington. And got the hell out of there asap, admittedly. But I am Workington Man and (apparently) I am going to decide the election. > > Get ready for some surprises! > > j Rather unkind joke which I heard long ago: the RAF got in a muddle, and accidentally dropped an H-bomb on Workington. They did £3 worth of damage. (Actually, I spent a little time in Workington a couple of years ago. It struck me as a surprisingly pleasant place.) ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/175 "2019-11-06T11:37:06Z")
> [@](#): > > - a play on the USMC’s Motto: Semper Fi (Always Ready) Nitpick… Semper Fidelis is Always Faithful, Semper Paratus (USCG) is Always Ready. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2019, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/176 "2019-11-06T13:28:41Z")
> [@Sangahyando](#): > > …(Actually, I spent a little time in Workington a couple of years ago. It struck me as a surprisingly pleasant place.) I have to ask - what in the hell for? I mean, there’s no obvious reason to go, and it’s not like you were just passing through - there’s the A66, and that ends, and then there’s the Irish sea. j ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/177 "2019-11-06T16:05:54Z")
With Christmas fast approaching, I was reminded of this one. “Everything I need for the rest of my life is inside that store.” ---
**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:** [November 6, 2019, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/178 "2019-11-06T16:49:11Z")
Whenever anyone violates any item on [this](https://www.scrapbook.com/poems/doc/842.html) list, I say “All I Really Need To Know I Learned in Kindergarten.” Then I tell them to google it. The most often violated item is “Clean up your own messes.” ---
**Author:** ![Sangahyando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Sangahyando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangahyando)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/179 "2019-11-06T16:53:20Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#): > > I have to ask - what in the hell for? I mean, there’s no obvious reason to go, and it’s not like you were just passing through - there’s the A66, and that ends, and then there’s the Irish sea. Stuff was happening thereabouts, of interest in connection with a weird (non-“mucky”) hobby of mine. ---
**Author:** ![Philliam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/philliam/32/3011_2.png) [@Philliam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philliam)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/180 "2019-11-07T21:35:43Z")
An old Navy saying: Take a Flying Fuck at a Rolling Doughnut. When offered unneeded assistance: I’m fuckin’ this monkey, you’re just holdin’ the tail. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248.md?page=10)