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* In the very first issue of ''ComicBook/PaperinikNewAdventures'', when the titular hero is having a hard time defending a woman from the [[SlaveRace coolflames]]: "Don't worry! When the going gets tough... I wish I was somewhere else."

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* In the very first issue of ''ComicBook/PaperinikNewAdventures'', when the titular hero is having a hard time defending a woman from the [[SlaveRace coolflames]]: "Don't worry! When the going gets tough... I wish start wishing I was somewhere else."someplace else!"
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* Creator/EddieIzzard: "Guns don't kill people, people do, and monkeys do too (if they've got a gun)"

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* Creator/EddieIzzard: Creator/SuzyEddieIzzard: "Guns don't kill people, people do, and monkeys do too (if they've got a gun)"
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* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13019706/9/Meeting-the-Godfather Meeting the Godfather]]'':
-->'''Sirius:''' All's fair in love and sandwiches.\\
'''Harry:''' You ruined a perfectly good saying.\\
'''Sirius:''' And I shall ruin many more.
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* Rome didn't fall in a day.[[note]]Same basic meaning (it takes time to create something historic), different connotations: the original means the start of something prosperous, while this version hearalds the end of something that got too big for itself.[[/note]]
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* ''Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver'': In 2022, when the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which constitutionally-protected abortion rights, John criticized Democratic Party leaders for [[HeadInTheSandManagement their tepid responses]], noting [[SkewedPriorities how so many Democratic politicians and party organizations immediately sent texts requesting $15 donations]], quipping "When they go low, we ask you for $15.", subverting the saying "[[TurnTheOtherCheek When they go low, we go high]].", which was popularized by then-First Lady Michelle Obama at the 2016 Democratic National Convention.
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* In one episode of ''Anime/SamuraiPizzaCats'', Francine comments, "Tomcats! You can't live with them, and you can't throw them down a well and drown them!"
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CantLiveWithThemCantLiveWithoutThem is a common magnet for such jokes, such as changing the message to "Can't live with 'em, can't kill 'em" or leaving it at just "Can't live with 'em", since depending on who the subject is about it's perfectly possible to live without 'em.


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* [[Creator/EmoPhillips Emo Philips]]:
--> Women: You can't live with them, and you can't get them to dress up in a skimpy little Nazi costume and beat you with a warm squash or something.


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* ''ComicBook/{{Transmetropolitan}}'': Spider Jerusalem. "Editors. Can't live with 'em, and the mass grave by my compound is getting full."


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* The ''Film/MissCongeniality'' sequel plays with this trope in the following exchange:
-->'''Sam Fuller''': Men. You can't live with 'em, you can't...
-->(beat)
-->'''Sam Fuller''': ... no, that's pretty much it.
-->'''Gracie Hart''': Yeah.


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* Tom Arnold's Gib in ''Film/TrueLies'': "Women. Can't live with 'em, can't kill 'em."


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* Karal uses this trope to get out of what could have been a very uncomfortable conversation in ''[[Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar Storm Breaking]]''. After Altra tells him about Firesong's near-fall into insanity (specifically, that [[spoiler:Firesong was close to injuring/killing Karal]]), Karal deflects any questions from Firesong about what made him look odd with the line:
--> Cats. You can't live with them, and the fur's too thin for a rug.


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* The actual line was parodied twice on ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun''. In the {{pilot}}, Harry declares "Women, you can't live with 'em... and yet they're everywhere." In a later episode, Dick declares "Women, you can't live with 'em and you can't have heterosexual sex without 'em."
** To which Harry responds, "That's ''probably'' true."
** Also in one episode Judith says to Mary, "Men, can't live with 'em" ''[beat while Mary waits for the rest]'' "Goodbye, Mary."
* In ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'', when Sheldon and Amy end their friendship over an argument as to whether Neurobiology or Theoretical Physics is the more important science, Howard offers the opinion: "Women, can't live with 'em, can't successfully refute their hypotheses".


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* Pretty much the reason why Al in ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' hasn't just up and left his ungrateful life parasite of a wife and kids. Among Al's immortal quotes:
--> "Women. You can't live with them, you can't shoot them".\\
"Women, can't live with 'em, can't herd 'em all into Canada"\\
"Women. Can't live with 'em... The End."


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* Subverted in one episode of ''WesternAnimation/MyGymPartnersAMonkey''. Principal Pixiefrog starts saying "Women! You can't live with 'em..." He pauses, and we expect him to say "You can't live without 'em," but then he says "That's all. You can't live with 'em."
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'': Spinelli says this about boys in one episode:
-->'''Spinelli''': Boys! Can't live with them, can't grind 'em into chalk dust!


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* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'':
-->'''Ratchet''': Young Bots... Can't live with them, can't melt them down for spare parts.


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* ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone2'': Resident {{Otaku}} Xiaomu has this to say early on in the game.
-->'''Xiaomu''': WhenLifeGivesYouLemons, you close the bedroom door and [[{{Lemon}} read them all]]!
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* ''WesternAnimation/FairlyOddParents'': "Sticks and stones may break your bones, but words leave emotional scars that never heal!"

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* ''WesternAnimation/FairlyOddParents'': "Sticks ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': In "Old Man and the C-", Timmy's dad [[OrphanedPunchline finishes an assignment with]] "...sticks and stones may break your bones, but words leave emotional scars psychological wounds that never heal!"
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->''"Well, you know the old saying. WhenLifeGivesYouLemons go murder a clown."''
-->-- '''Festus Krex''', ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim''
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* ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'': In the ShowWithinAShow ''Horsin' Around,'' the Horse's {{catchphrase}} is, "I've heard of [popular phrase], but ''this'' is ridiculous!" Due to StylisticSuck, the "popular phrase" is sometimes just gibberish that no one has ever said before, like, "Lookie, lookie, who's got the cookie?" Even Bojack, who revers the show, will get confused when he revisits an episode.

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* ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'': In the ShowWithinAShow ''Horsin' Around,'' the Horse's {{catchphrase}} catchphrase is, "I've heard of [popular phrase], but ''this'' is ridiculous!" Due to StylisticSuck, the "popular phrase" is sometimes just gibberish that no one has ever said before, like, "Lookie, lookie, who's got the cookie?" Even Bojack, who revers the show, will get confused when he revisits an episode.

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