One of the early mottos to “double back” was
The comedy movie **Mystery Men **(1999) (Ben Stiller, Janeane Garofalo, Hank Azaria … ) had a bunch of these.
The Sphinx (Wes Studi):
When you care what is outside,
When you can balance a tack hammer on your head,
Here’s my contribution to the genre:Don’t let the great taste fool you
“A good man is hard to find and vice versa.”
Champagne for my true friends, and true pain for my sham friends.
“I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.” – Tom Waits (er, I think)
Snatch a kiss, or vice versa?
When the going gets tough
“When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.”
“That which does not kill me makes me more irritable”
David Letterman introduced his show last night with this one.
It’s nice to be important,
I can’t find my Latin book, but translated to English-
xizor
April 3, 2001, 5:32pm
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If you can’t be an athlete, be an athletic supporter.
When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns.
We have met the enemy, and he is us.
A few more of the oldies:
When the going gets tough, the tough get rough.
Wherever you go, there you are.
Yeah, but if you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll probably end up somewhere else.
…not that you’d know , but…
Fugazi
April 4, 2001, 9:00am
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A friend of mine in the Air Force was in Ammo (the people that put the bombs together an load them on the planes). There motto was:
Providing the enemy a chance to die for his country
When evolution is outlawed, only outlaws with evolve.
You can prick your finger, just don’t finger your prick.
This isn’t really a double-back, but I think it fits the context. I quote WC Fields “If at first you don’t succeed, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.”
