Did You Know Quotes - Page 6

• Did you know, in the entire universe, we are the only intelligent life forms thought to have a Miss Universe contest?

  Lily Tomlin

  Intelligent, Missing, Form

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• You learn a lot though when you have kids, I'll tell you what. Did you know when a baby poops its diapers, you're not supposed to hit him with a rolled-up newspaper?

  Larry the Cable Guy

  Funny, Baby, Kids

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• You know when a company wants to use letters in their phone number, but often they'll use too many letters? "Call 1-800-I-Really-Enjoy-Brand-New-Carpeting." Too many letters, man, must I dial them all? "Hello? Hold on, man, I'm only on 'Enjoy.' How did you know I was calling? You're good, I can see why they hired you!"

  Mitch Hedberg

  Funny, Humor, Men

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• I wrote a lot of poetry in the last two years of high school, all about the same girl I was in love with. That was pretty awful. Did you know that in poetry, every line does not need to rhyme?

  Hari Kondabolu

  Girl, School, Years

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• You`ve got David Petraeus who, yes, did, you know, something for which he pleaded guilty.

  Andrea Mitchell

  Guilty, Knows

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• I was watching Animal Planet. Did you know that the male seahorse has the baby? And I was thinking, "Why don't they just call that the female seahorse?" You know it's just some stubborn scientist. "Yeah, that one there's the male seahorse." And his assistant's like, "Uh, Bill, that one's having a baby." ... "The male has the baby. You're fired."

  Jim Gaffigan

  Funny, Baby, Animal

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• This guy from L.A. sits down next to me, and he says "you like baseball?" I said, "Oh, man, I love baseball." So he goes "Did you know that if Jesus had played ball, he'd have been the greatest ball player ever?" Like I'm gonna argue with that logic. So I sat there for a second, and then I said "did you know that if Babe Ruth had been the Messiah, the Catholics would have beer and hot dogs at Communion?" He left.

  Bill Engvall

  Funny, Baseball, Dog

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• Did you know that we are the only people in the United States who have to have their voting rights okayed every couple of years?

  Whoopi Goldberg

  Couple, Rights, Years

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• The point of sloths is to bring a sense of wonder, magic, and happiness to all other species. Did you know that every other animal's favorite animal is the sloth?

  Ann Burton

  Animal, Magic, Sloth

  Source: www.buzzfeed.com

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• Did you know that Puritanism went hand in hand with dirt, that Oliver Cromwell put a 100 per cent tax on soap and that the repeal of the soap tax was one of the most popular acts of Charles II at his Restoration?

  Robertson Davies

  Hands, Restoration, Dirt

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• Did you know that the percentage of young people in the crucial 'youthquake' age bracket of 15 to 24 was higher in 1973 than in 1967 ? Therefore it was glam rock that ended the war in Vietnam.

  Ozzy Osbourne

  War, Glam Rock, Rocks

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• Now did you know if a stick insect laid it's eggs in a jar of Bovril it will give birth to a litter of twiglets.

  Tim Vine

  Funny, Humor, Eggs

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• So, it's pretty crazy. Look, we're bailing out Wall Street, we're bailing out banks, we're bailing out car companies. In fact, did you know there's a special box on your tax form this year you can check if you want a portion of your taxes to actually go to running the government?

  Jay Leno

  Running, Wall, Crazy

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• You guys didn't really think you could go off on a party weekend without me, did you? Especially here of all places—" He froze and it was one of those rare moments when Adrian Ivashkov was caught totally and completely off guard. "Did you know," he said slowly, "that Victor Dashkov is sitting on your bed?" "Yeah," I said. "It was kind of a shock to us too.

  Richelle Mead

  Party, Weekend, Thinking

  Richelle Mead (2010). “Spirit Bound: A Vampire Academy Novel”, p.78, Penguin

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• Did you know that childhood is the only time in our lives when insanity is not only permitted to us, but expected?

  Louis de Bernieres

  Childhood, Insanity, Expected

  Louis de Bernieres (2012). “Corelli's Mandolin: A Novel”, p.74, Vintage

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• You know," Gabriel said, "there was a time I thought we could be friends, Will." "There was a time I thought I was a ferret," Will said, "but that turned out to be the opium haze. Did you know it had that effect? Because I didn't.

  Cassandra Clare

  Ferrets, Gabriel, Haze

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.257, Simon and Schuster

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• In the Sapient tongue he said softly, ‘Tell me, Master, did you know Incarceron was tiny?’ ‘Is it?’ Sapphique replied in the same language, his green eyes as he looked up lit by deep points of flame. ‘To you, perhaps. Not to its Prisoners. Every prison is a universe for its inmates. And think, Jared Sapiens. Might not the Realm also be tiny, swinging from the watchchain of some being in a world even vaster?

  Catherine Fisher

  Eye, Thinking, Flames

  Catherine Fisher (2010). “Sapphique”, p.192, Hachette UK

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• Did you know that I almost called the magazine Stag Party and the symbol was originally going to be a stag? I changed my mind just before we went to press, thank God. Somehow, it wouldn't have been the same. Can you imagine a chain of key clubs staffed by beautiful girls wearing antlers?

  Hugh Hefner

  Beautiful, Girl, Party

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• Tucker: You guys going to Milwaukee? Guy: Yes sir, heading home after a vacation. Tucker: Did you know there are midgets in Milwaukee? [The man and his wife are silent and confused.] Tucker: HUNDREDS OF THEM!

  Tucker Max

  Confused, Home, Men

  Tucker Max (2011). “Assholes Finish First”, p.123, Simon and Schuster

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• I learned a lot of things about literature talking to people at the publishing company. Did you know that about 90 percent of celebrity autobiographies are ghostwritten?

  John Cleese

  Talking, People, Literature

  "John Cleese and The Key to Comedy". Interview with Devon Ivie, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 11, 2014.

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• I learned [playing Chuck Berry] that there's something to be said for the courage of conviction, that sense of belief, being bold enough to believe in your vision. And there's a quote that really fits his particular energy. It says - they say don't go where the path may lead, but go where there's no path and leave a trail. I think that's exactly what Chuck did, you know. It's an inspiration to a lot of folks, not just musicians, but people everywhere.

  Mos Def

  Believe, Inspiration, Thinking

  Source: www.npr.org

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• Everyone knows that Jews control the media and banks and stuff. But did you know that when you go to a carnival and you have to be a certain height to go on a ride, Jews control that height? It has nothing to do with safety. It's just us flexing our Semitic muscles.

  Eugene Mirman

  Media, Safety, Goes On

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• What are we waiting for? Why is Jesus waiting in heaven at the right hand of the Father? Who is He waiting for? He is waiting for you and me to become mature, for the Bride of Christ to become mature, so that He can come again. Did you know that God has done everything He can do? If anything else is going to be done, we're going to do it.

  Earl Paulk

  Jesus, Father, Hands

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• Last night's vice presidential debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin drew much higher ratings than the presidential debate. Did you know that? Yeah. Yeah, Biden attracted viewers who enjoyed his previous debate appearances, and Palin attracted viewers who enjoyed the movie 'Fargo.'

  Conan O'Brien

  Night, Presidential, Biden

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• Fall forward. Here's what I mean: Reggie Jackson struck out 2,600 times in his career - the most in the history of baseball. But you don't hear about the strikeouts. People remember the home runs. Fall forward. Thomas Edison conducted 1,000 failed experiments. Did you know that? I didn't either - because number 1,001 was the light bulb. Fall forward. Every failed experiment is one step closer to success.

  Denzel Washington

  Baseball, Running, Fall

  "Top 10 Commencement Speeches: Best of All Time (Video)" by Meena Jang, www.hollywoodreporter.com. March 08, 2015.

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