ON TAKE A LEFT AT THE NEXT BURNING BUSH
"We’re going to the land of milk and honey. Anybody know the way?"
--an Israelite about to leave Egypt, in The Ten Commandments (1956)
ON DEWORDIFICATION, NECESSARY
Title of a US Postal Service plan to get more letter carriers to deliver mail on foot:
ROUTE
DEMOTORIZATION
DEMOTORIZATION
ON THOSE OH-SO-TECHNICAL QUESTIONS
Customer: I’m an educated man, so don’t you dare talk down to me!
Tech support: OK, sir. Do you have a desktop or tower case?
Customer: Don’t use that technical s*** with me!
Customer: I’m an educated man, so don’t you dare talk down to me!
Tech support: OK, sir. Do you have a desktop or tower case?
Customer: Don’t use that technical s*** with me!
--actual call to a computer tech-support line
ON HAIR STYLIST ADS, NOT ALLURING
NEWBURY STREET COIFFURE.
AFFORDABLE.
AN ALTERNATIVE TO
LOOKING GOOD.
--ad for a Massachusetts hair salon
ON CLICHÉS, PAINFUL
"Everybody is putting their hands to the grindstone."
--Ken Allen, Australian consul general in New York
ON ACTRESSES, DANGEROUS
How to protect your neighborhood against crime and Jennifer Beals, star of The Bride. Live at five.
--from a tease on CBS-TV, New York
ON THAT’S WHY QUOTATION BOOKS ARE SO VITALLY IMPORTANT
"Heartworm is an infectious, life-threatening cardiovascular disease spread by misquotes.
--in a medical article
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