it ain't what you do it's the way that you do it if you don't believe me
(I have stress coming from many sources. You don’t want to be with someone who doesn’t want you, and if they don’t want you it is not your problem. )It'll all come out in the wash. (Everything will work out. Our way with words goes way beyond "fixin' to." Southern Living is a registered trademark of Check out our Southernisms 2.0.If You Know These Sayings, You Definitely Grew Up in the South
The creator remains anonymous based on current evidence.The saying is difficult to trace because it falls within an evolving family of remarks concerning faulty knowledge and memory. (Well, I'll be dang! (Poor kitty. The full statement included the key word “trouble” which occurs in the target saying: Upon reading the first item we are forcibly reminded of the pertinent and pithy remark of the lamented humorist, In 1909 an advertisement within a book called “A Drum’s Story” ascribed a remark to Twain about old men and memory that contained the key word “trouble”: In 1911 the well-known author G. K. Chesterton implausibly ascribed to humorist Artemus Ward who died in 1867 a statement that partially matched the target: One of the two or three wisest sayings uttered on this ancient earth was the remark of Twain died in 1910, and his friend Albert Bigelow Paine published a multi-volume biography of the luminary in 1912. How much you can take, and keep moving forward. Paine presented two quotations from Twain that partially matched the saying being explored: At another time he paraphrased one of Josh Billings’s sayings in the remark: In 1913 “The Atlantic Monthly” credited Billings with the same statement that Chesterton ascribed to Artemus Ward in 1911: One of the wisest sayings uttered on this ancient earth was In 1915 “The Catholic World” attributed a similar statement to Billings: In 1917 a military book titled “The Unwritten History of Braddock’s Field” included a chapter by George H. Lamb that credited Twain with a partial match containing the word “trouble”: In April 1917 “The Lyceum Magazine” printed another expression attributed to Twain about “old men” which contained the key word “trouble: In 1921 a piece in “The Country Gentleman” printed a saying ascribed to Billings: In 1923 B. C. Forbes founder of “Forbes” magazine wrote about a speech delivered by Francis H. Sisson, vice-president of the Guaranty Trust Company of New York: Last evening Mr. Sisson talked to a large gathering of Iowa editors. (He's on the thin side. (Quit wishing and get busy. (They're rich/prosperous. )Do you know any Southernisms that we missed? (We trot this one out when a guest—usually a family member—tells us how very busy they are and how they really must be going—setting us up to beg them to stay. It's also the rhythm. Public domain picture of Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) by Abdullah Frères circa 1867 from the Library of Congress. Cowards do that and that ain’t you. )We wondered how far beyond "bless your heart" we could go and recruited our FB Southern braintrust to help us out. These Sunday dinner ideas are crowd-pleasers and make for hearty leftovers )I'll bet he has to run around in the shower to get wet. (And that is one full tick. The track appears also on Peter Tosh 1978 album Bush Doctor with credited Mick Jagger vocals. That would make us feel just finer than frog hair. )Update History: On November 23, 2018 the November 1964 and the June 1983 citations were added.How Many People Here Tonight Are Telekinetic? A successful relationship is based on mutual affection, and when the other person doesn’t feel that way the relationship is not worth your time and energy. "Our faith can move mountains." But it's not just the visual and emotional zip we're going for. This quip is very popular. (He was three sheets to the wind. Cartoonist Kin Hubbard was the creator of Abe Martin: 16 "It's comin a toad-strangler. “Truthfully, I don’t even know if what you said was hurtful; it’s just that the tone of voice and the yelling was distressing to me. Additional thanks to Lane Greene who pointed to the 1964 statement of Ronald Reagan and Dick Plotz who pointed to Walter Mondale’s 1983 statement. (BTW, one can also be "pretty as a speckled pup."