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From the article: Silly Quotes
Many readers enjoy modifying a well-known quote, and make it silly. This is your chance to add to the world of silliness. Take a famous quote, and make a parody. Parody a Quote Now

Thanksgiving

The Turkey loses its head; couldn't stomach the Thanksgiving stuffing.
—Guest Thana Ramayah

Rule of Law

Democracy survives on Rule of Law; Impunity stabs it with ugly claws.
—Guest Thana Ramayah

It Takes a Village

It takes a village of idiots to raise a village idiot.
—Guest matt flumerfelt

lie or truth

Let sleeping dogs lie. :: Don't let sleeping dogs lie. Insist on the truth.
—Guest Jiri Matejicek

Knowing Your Self

Know yourself. Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful~Ann Landers :: Your Dog feels you're wonderful; God says He is doubtful.
—Guest Thana

Soulmates and Inmates

Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who wants to live in an institution? Groucho Marx :: If one is married to his/her soul mate, together they would end-up as the institution's permanent inmates.
—Guest Thana

Exercise

Whenever I feel like exercise, I lie down until the feeling passes. -- Robert Hutchins:: An exercise in battling temptation?
—Guest Thana

For Heaven's Sake

Plenty of kind, decent, caring people have no religious beliefs, and they act out of the goodness of their hearts. Conversely, plenty of people who profess to be religious, even those who worship regularly,show no particular interest in the world beyond themselves. -JohnDanforth, priest, ambassador, senator (b. 1936):: Isn't it a tough case for the Heavenly Bench?
—Guest Thana

Think Safety Before Dying

I'm desperately trying to figure out why kamikaze pilots wore helmets.~ Dave Edison :: To look smart and act stupid.
—Guest Thana Ramayah

Won't You Come...?

Won't you come into my garden? I would like my roses to see you.—Richard Brinsley Sheridan :: Won't you come into my heart? It welcomes you with open valves.
—Guest Thana Ramayah

End of Rope

"When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."~Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945):: When you come to the end of your rope, coil it up for the next act.
—Guest Thana Ramayah

Lifting The Gift

Bad artists copy. Good artists steal. ~Pablo Picasso :: Good writers have the gift, others merely lift.
—Guest Thana Ramayah

Kill or be killed

As we people and wolfs alike all know, Sometimes we have to kill for food or be killed by starvation. I would know.
—Guest uuuuuuuu

Raining Soup

Brendan Behan If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out with forks. :: If it was raining soup, the English would be brewing more tea.
—Guest Thana Ramayah

Blow Jokes

Oliver Herford The Irish gave the bagpipes to the Scotts as a joke, but the Scotts haven't seen the joke yet. :: The Irish gave the bagpipes to the Scotts as a joke, but the Scotts didn't care to blow it out of proportion.
—Guest Thana Ramayah

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