The most-quoted line from Shakespeare’s King Lear comes from his bitter, raging soliloquy on the blasted heath: “How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child”.
Jesus’ commission to his disciples going out into the world was: “Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.” (Matthew 10:16)
Obi-Wan Kenobi’s commission to his disciples was: “May the Force be with you.”
F = m*a
The Catholics in the audience replied “And also with you.” 
The latest album by Christian-rock band Disciple is “Horseshoes and Hand Grenades”, referring to a saying about the only times being close counts.
In Forrest Gump (1994), it was sugested that Forrest Gump created the saying: “Shit happens.” When he was running across the country, a T-shirt designer asked him about whatever Gump wanted to say so he could put it on a shirt and sell it. At the time, Forrest stepped on dog excrement, and the other guy said to him, “Wow, you just landed on some shit.” Gump said, “It happens”, the the guy replied, “What, shit?” Then Gump replied, “Sometimes,” and the saying was created.
In 1935, Sidney Smith, creator of the extremely popular comic strip, the Gumps, signed a new contract, upping his salary from $100,000 a year to $125,000. Driving home from the signing, he wrecked his brand new Rolls Royce, killing himself in the process. The strip was taken over by Gus Edson, who held onto it as it dropped precipitously in popularity, then left to create his own strip, Dondi.
Cartoonist Lynn Johnston said her killing of Farley the dog in the comic strip For Better or For Worse resulted in some 2,500 letters from readers.
Farley Mowat’s book, The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be, was a reminiscence of his boyhood in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan during the Dirty Thirties, with his dog, Mutt.
Jim Farley, Democrat of New York, served as Postmaster General of the United States, and was President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s longtime patronage chief.
Actor Farley Granger (no relation to Stewart Granger) is best known for his roles in two Alfred Hitchcock murder mysteries, *Rope *and Strangers on a Train. While stationed in Honolulu with the Navy in WW2, he lost both his hetero- and homosexual virginities on the same night.
Since 9-11, the U.S. Navy has flown the original Navy Jack (red and white horizontal stripes bearing the image of a rattlesnake, with “Dont tread on me” beneath) aboard its warships. The right to fly that particular flag was previously reserved for the oldest commissioned ship in the fleet.
The USS Constitution in Boston is the oldest commissioned naval vessel still afloat.
The Boston Terrier was the first US-created dog breed recognized by the American Kennel Club. Others since include the Chesapeake Bay retriever, the American Foxhound, and American Water Spaniel.
Bo, the Obama family’s energetic, black-and-white pet, is a Portuguese Water Dog.
Despite its preference for warm water, the Portuguese Man o’ War has been found as far north as the Bay of Fundy.
The race horse Man o’ War was named for his owner, August Belmont jr, whose own father gave his name to the Belmont Stakes. Belmont Jr. joined the US Army at age 65 to serve in France during World War I. While he was abroad, his wife named a new foal Man o’ War in honor of her husband.
A statue of famed racehorse Citation briefly appears in The Godfather, Part II, as Michael Corleone drives to meet his wary Jewish gangster ally Hyman Roth in Florida.
The Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation / Manuel canadien de la référence juridique first appeared in 1986, published by the McGill Law Journal / Revue de droit de McGill. It is now in its 7th edition. It’s red.
Modern Language Association (MLA), American Psychological Association (APA), and The University of) Chicago Manual of Style (Chicago) are the most common citation styles in U.S. colleges and universities. The (Kate) Turabian style dominated in the 1970s and 1980s but is hardly used at all anymore.