Best Acronyms Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“The American Airborne Forces had truly lived up to their motto, which was emblazoned in big letters over their camp gates: STRAC, meaning ‘Skilled, Tough and Ready Around the Clock.’ To some wags in the SAS this was interpreted as ‘Shit, The Russians Are Coming!’ However, for many years afterwards in the SAS to be ‘strac’ meant you were ready. [Concerning SAS training at Fort Bragg in 1962.]”

Humor Special Forces Acronyms Sas Special Air Service Green Berets

Book:Geordie: SAS Fighting Hero

Source: Geordie: SAS Fighting Hero

“These reports that are not explained by natural phenomena or exploding outhouses are known as UFO's, which is the official abbreviation for Unidentified Flying Objects. I suppose it could also stand for Uncommonly Fat Orangutans, but in this case it does not.”

Ufo Orangutans Acronyms Abbreviations

Book:Another Whole Nother Story

Source: Another Whole Nother Story

“It's called the FATLOSE trail. FATLOSE stands for 'Fecal Administration To LOSE weight,' an example of PLEASE— Pretty Lame Excuse for an Acronym, Scientists and Experimenters.”

Humor Science Weight Loss Footnotes Acronyms

Book:Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal

Source: Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal

“rolf! what? are you really rolling on the floor laughing? well, please stay down there for a sec while I KICK YOUR ASS.”

Humor Acronyms Abbreviations Emoticons Internet Slang

Book:Will Grayson, Will Grayson

Source: Will Grayson, Will Grayson

“Slapping a catchy acronym like the JOBS Act on a piece of legislation makes it more difficult for politicians to oppose it - and indeed that's what happened with the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act.”

Jobs Difficult Pieces Happened Politician Legislation Catchy Slapping Acronyms Jumpstart

Author:Steven Rattner

“There are only 17,000 three-letter acronyms.”

Three Letters Acronyms

Author:Paul Boutin

“if we center our lives on BMWs, RVs, VCRs, PCs and the other acronyms of consumerism, we cannot expect our children to do otherwise.”

Ifs Children Our Lives Our Children Consumerism Bmw Vcr Acronyms Rvs

Book:Conversations: Straight Talk with America's Sister President

Source: Conversations: Straight Talk with America's Sister President

“The key test for an acronym is to ask whether it helps or hurts communication.”

Helping Asks Hurt Communication Keys Tests Acronyms

Author:Elon Musk

“PCMCIA - People can't memorize computer industries acronyms”

People Industry Computer Acronyms

Author:Andy Grove

“Law Number IX: Acronyms and abbreviations should be used to the maximum extent possible to make trivial ideas profound ... Q.E.D.”

Should Ideas Law Used Numbers Profound Maximum Acronyms Abbreviations

Author:Norman Ralph Augustine

“GIFTS is an acronym for Gratitude, Intention, Forgiveness, Triumphs, and Self-love. I believe that those are the principles we need to explore in order to discover our true gifts.”

Needs Believe Self Order I Believe Principles Self Love Gratitude Intention Triumph Acronyms True Gifts

Author:Kim Coles

“Maybe the museum [of Arts and Design ]needs to follow the advice of its acronym and not be afraid to go a little M.A.D.”

Needs Littles Art Advice Design Museums Acronyms

Author:Jerry Saltz

“SABLE- A common knitting acronym that stands for Stash Acquisition Beyond Life Expectancy.”

Common Acquisition Knitting Expectancy Life Expectancy Acronyms

Author:Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

“brb, ttyl ok? wow, i saved a 'ton' of time with those acronyms.”

Saved Wow Acronyms

Author:Stephen Colbert

“Unbelievable," I heard Christian mutter behind me. "She toops them both?" I head Drustan ask. "And they permit it?" Dageus sounded baffled. I looked between V'lane and Barrons. "This isn't even about me." "You're wrong about that." Barrons reached into his pocket and pulled out a cell phone. "You know how to find me if you want me." He was walking away. "More nifty acronyms?" He was gone.”

“The fears that assault us are mostly simple anxieties about social skills, about intimacy, about likeableness, or about performance. We need not give emotional food or charge to these fears or become attached to them. We don’t even have to shame ourselves for having these fears. Simply ask your fears, “What are you trying to teach me?” Some say that FEAR is merely an acronym for “False Evidence Appearing Real.” From Everything Belongs, p. 143”

Needs Giving Trying Real Asks Social Simple Teach Emotional Skills Anxiety Evidence Performances Shame Intimacy Assault Appearing Social Skills Acronyms

Author:Richard Rohr

“FEAR is an acronym in the English language for 'False Evidence Appearing Real'.”

Real Language Fear Evidence English Language Appearing Acronyms

Author:Neale Donald Walsch

“Don't use the word gay unless it's an acronym for GAY (Got Aids Yet?) .”

Use Gay Sexuality Aids Homosexuality Taliban Acronyms

Author:Bob Dornan

“JAG is an acronym for the Judge Advocate General, which is the judicial system of the military.”

Military Judging Judicial Advocating Judicial System Acronyms

Author:Catherine Bell

“I think for a while now people have been scared to be out of TMT the commonly used acronym for technology-media-telecom stocks, which have tended to rise in tandem recently and the feeling has really been you have to be there...but now we're getting a dose of reality.”

People Thinking Has Beens Feelings Reality Used Technology Media Scared Dose Tandem Acronyms Telecom Dose Of Reality

Author:Peter Oppenheimer

“Cutting through the acronyms and argot that littered the hearing testimony, the Internet may fairly be regarded as a never-ending worldwide conversation. The government may not, through the CDA, interrupt that conversation.”

May Government Cutting Internet Conversation Hearing Testimony Never Ending Acronyms

Author:Stewart Dalzell

“Being obscure in acronyms is great. I think I'll start making up my own... INYM - I'm Not Your Momma.”

Thinking My Own Obscure Your Mom Making Up Momma Acronyms

Author:Paul Vixie

“Have faith that God won't send you anything you're incapable of handling. You can decide that the word fear is an acronym for... False Evidence Appearing Real.”

Real Faith Evidence Have Faith Incapable Appearing Acronyms

Book:Your Ultimate Calling

Source: Your Ultimate Calling

“Pick at random any three letters from the alphabet, put them in any order, and you will have an acronym designating a federal agency we can do without.”

Order Three Can Do Picks Letters Agency Alphabet Acronyms

Author:Milton Friedman

“I may have grown up in the Age of Aquarius, but I'm growing old in the Age of the Acronym.”

May Age Growing Growing Old Aquarius Acronyms

Book:The Glamour of Grammar: A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English

Source: The Glamour of Grammar: A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English

“What do you think will be the biggest problem in computing in the 90's? There are only 17,000 three-letter acronyms.”

Thinking Problem Three Computer Letters Computing Acronyms

Author:Paul Boutin