Acronyms Quotes

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

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

“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.”
― Cuthbert Soup, 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.”
― Mary Roach, Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal

“We have our catechism of call signs and the high holy language of acronyms.”
― Mary Robinette Kowal, The Relentless Moon

“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.]”
― Geordie Doran, Geordie: SAS Fighting Hero

“LIFE: This is an acronym. [...]
It stands for Love In Full Expression.”
― Suzanne Giesemann, The Awakened Way: Making the Shift to a Divinely Guided Life

“Each of us serves as the physical arms, legs and voice for the Guiding Organizing Designing (GOD) Source of all that is.

I credit Gary E. Schwartz Ph.D of the University of Arizona for this excellent acronym, featured in his 2006 book The G.O.D. Experiments: How Science is Discovering God in Everything, ncluding Us.

This intelligent Force that animates our body, mind and spirit is not apart from us, but we are a part of it. Put another way: none of us is the entirety of God, but God is the entirety of us.”
― Suzanne Giesemann, The Awakened Way: Making the Shift to a Divinely Guided Life