Phrases And Sayings Prints

Cliche Amusement Park. This park is no fun at all --- It's too much like real life! Look, that ride is called "The Emotional Roller Coaster." Over there is "Life's Ups and Downs"! ... and "The Mood Swings"! Look! The good old "Tunnel of Love"! Finally! A ride that's just a fun escape! Out of ardor. "Out of ardor" --- More real life. (Published originally Sept. 4, 2005.)

'I can't force jocose if I'm not feeling it.'

Historical memory is on life support.

"To paraprase Nietzsche, there is no pleasure with out pain au chocolat."

The devil you know and his plus one

Wordplay: In The Bag.

A Hard Look At Hard Looks

"Nuts to you, too."

"Say hello to my little friend."

''Raining cats and dogs' is just a phrase, Alix.'

Ask not for whom happy hour ends. It ends for thee.

"It's great to see Biff; Socksie the cat is out of the bag..."

"I got those famous last words you wanted"

Shakespeare. Hamlet. Romeo and Juliet. "To be or not to be, that is the question". "We are such stuff …As dreams are made of …" "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other word would small as sweet." That Shakespeare guy had some neat sound bites.

Buy one beer, get one free. If I may paraphrase a famous quote, "Beer is proof that God has mixed feelings about us and wants us to be hungover."

Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, in all the solar systems, in all the galaxies, in all the universe, she walks into mine.

"He wasn't even early - he was on his way home from a party!"

And if he wants to keep his job, the early bird better get me a coffee, too.

Mortally Wounded at the Battle of Quebec, General James Wolfe Forgets His Last Words

The Elephant in the Womb

"Carpe pizza"

'I don't like to brag, but I'm the guy who coined the phrase, 'Honey, I'm Home'.'

"I strongly encourage you Winds to 'roll with it'. I would hate to see you become part of the Gulf Stream... if you know what I mean."

"Tia Carmen, did you ever wish summer was over...so you could be in school?"

"I propose the next person who says 'it is what it is,' we beat the living hell out of him."

"Dogs are men."

'You always talk about robbing Peter to pay Paul, but you never mention Mary.'

"May you love like you've never been hurt, dance like no one is watching, and chase squirrels at the speed of light."

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

"You scratch my back, I'll scratch your is just a figure of speech, Ned. A little left, and higher."

'Can I have some of your peanut butter and jelly sandwich? All my mom ever gives me is cake.'

"And this is my oldest son I was telling you about. The one that eats like a horse."

Sharp Eyes

"In the future, son, everyone will be an attorney for fifteen minutes."

Platitudes for the hopelessly realistic. When life gives you lemons, get a gift receipt.