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* One of Team Rocket's motto openings, from the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}} XY: Kalos Quest'' episode "A Not-So-Flying Start!":

--> '''Radio Yerevan:''' Because we prefer white bread by the Black Sea to black bread by the White Sea. [[note]]Soviet Black Sea coast has a pleasant mediterranean climate. White Sea... well, let's say Siberia is not the only desolate and cold place to set up some prison camps in.[[/note]]

->''"In America, there's plenty of light beer and you can always find a party.\\

* BallsOfSteel ("Groin attacks you")

In Russia, Party always finds you."''

In Russia, the Party always finds you."''

->''"In America, you can always find a party.\\
In Russia, the Party always finds YOU!!"''

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' has a serious example, when Donkey asks Shrek what his problem with the whole world is, and Shrek says "Look, I'm not the one with the problem, okay? It's the world that seems to have a problem with me!"

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* Creator/HGWells is quoted as saying, "If we don't end war, war will end us."
** UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy said something similar: "Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind." This was given considerably more teeth due to the proliferation of nuclear weapons leading to the dire threat of MutuallyAssuredDestruction between the superpowers of the UsefulNotes/ColdWar era.
* Another from Kennedy: "My fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country."
* During the investigation of the sinking of UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic, one of the few surviving officers was questioned about when he left the ship. His answer was: "'''I didn't'''. The ship left me", which meant that he stayed on the ship until the deck was swallowed by the sea, leaving him treading water.
* Due to a clerical error, [[https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2011/06/06/137002727/sweet-justice-a-florida-couple-forecloses-on-bank-of-america Bank of America attempted to foreclose on a house]] that had actually been bought in cash. After the Judge dismissed the bank's FrivolousLawsuit, they were also ordered to pay the couple's legal fees of $2,500. After months went by with no sign of payment, the couple showed up at their local Bank of America branch with the local sheriff with the intent of [[HoistByTheirOwnPetard foreclosing on the bank]].
* Quote attributed to UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan: "I did not leave the Democratic Party. The Democratic Party left me."
* The reason why one's lips and tongue often sting a little while eating pineapples is that pineapples contain bromelain, an enzyme that breaks down meat proteins. To put it simply, ''food eats you''.
* Music/TupacShakur famously declared: "[[MemeticMutation I didn't choose the thug life; the thug life chose me.]]"
* In his famous "The Ballot or the Bullet" speech, UsefulNotes/MalcolmX took a page from the Anything Goes song above by saying "We didn't land on Plymouth Rock -- the rock was landed on us", describing the disenfranchisement of the black community stemming from the fact that their ancestors were not brought to America to be citizens.
* Some BlackHumor was applied in the fatal 2011 [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_State_Fair_stage_collapse Indiana State Fair stage collapse]], with a meme saying "In Soviet Indiana, show catches YOU!"
* Mexican Americans descended from ancestors who lived in what is now the American southwest (which used to be part of Mexico before UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates annexed it during the UsefulNotes/MexicanAmericanWar) sometimes say: "We didn't cross the border; the border crossed us."
* A traditional Irish blessing: "May you live as long as you want and never want as long as you live."
* There's several variations of [[https://quoteinvestigator.com/2019/04/23/bank/ a saying]] popularized by economist John Maynard Keynes that all boil down to something along the lines of, "If you owe the bank up to ''x'' amount of money, the bank owns you; beyond that, you own the bank."
* After shooting [[spoiler:his character's death scene]] in ''Film/StarTrekGenerations'', Creator/WilliamShatner quipped, "[[DroppedABridgeOnHim Bridge on the Captain]]."
* Some countries had to ban Western brands because of concerns, havoc, or propaganda. But when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the Western brands banned Russia. (Or at least suspended their production, but still)
* This guy apparently made a [[https://www.tumblr.com/johaifisch/682478315361222656/i-made-this-as-a-poster-for-my-wall-because-i?source=share&_branch_match_id=1129355669018242233&_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAAw3LQQqAMAwEwBetOYgXf5PWlkRaKkmK6OsV5joScflOxLHE7KnZkkencwhrVc9Cis5HQYg6%2BIdreBRDHYb%2B4ObWkErm6QVKZn%2Fb8rPKax%2By%2B33JWwAAAA%3D%3D poster]] saying "I am not suffering from autism; autism is suffering from ME." and taped it to the wall of his school's library.
* This was basically how Edward Neumeier got the idea for ''Film/RoboCop1987''. After watching ''Film/BladeRunner'', which was a film about a human cop hunting down robotic criminals, he started to envision a film about a robotic cop hunting down human criminals.
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* Mark Lowry's "Mary Did You Know?": "This child that you've delivered / Will soon deliver you"

* BulletDodgesYou
* TheCanKickedHim

* In ''Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack'', Jay imagines a ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes''-style dystopian world where "[[ADateWithRosiePalms we will not spank the monkey]]; the monkey will spank us!"