Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Nominations/Frequently used ideas

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This is a list of mottos that are frequently nominated. If you find a motto that has been nominated on multiple occasions, please add it to the appropriate section of this list. If needed, include a link to explain the motto.

• A picture is worth a thousand words.
• All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
• Look before you leap
• My two cents.
• The only stupid question is the one that is not asked
• When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

• It's a small world
  (or "It's a small, small world")
• We Are the Champions
• We Will Rock You

• Batteries not included.
• Just do it.
• Kid tested, Mother approved.
• This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs. Any questions?
• Various Taglines for GEICO commercials

• A journey of thousand miles begins with one small step. —
  Lao-tzu
• And so, my fellow Americans: Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. — John F. Kennedy</small
• Be Bold —
  be bold in editing
• Carpe diem (and its variations):
  • Carpe diem, seize the day.
  • Carpe diem, seize the day. Make your life extraordinary.
• Don't make me destroy you. — Darth Vader
• Dude, Where's My Car? — Dude, Where's My Car?
• I pity the fool! — Mr. T
• T'is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all — Alfred, Lord Tennyson
• Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get. — Forrest Gump
• May the Force be with you. — Various Star Wars characters
• No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. — The Lion and the Mouse
• No, I am your father. — Darth Vader
• Okay, Houston, we've had a problem here. (misquoted as "Houston, we have a problem") — Apollo 13
• One for all and all for one. — The Musketeers
• One small step for a man. One giant leap for mankind. — Neil Armstrong
• Resistance is Futile. — The
  Borg from Star Trek
• There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep. — Odysseus in Homer's Odyssey
• There's no place like home. — Dorothy Gale
• To be or not to be, that is the question. — Hamlet, William Shakespeare
• Veni, vidi, vici (I came, I saw, I conquered) — Julius Caesar

• All your base are belong to us
• "Britannica versus Wikipedia" references
• Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.
• Ready, Set, Go!
• Self-references (welcome, but these ideas have been done before):
  • Be Bold
  • 3RR and edit warring
  • WikiLove
• Spongebob Squarepants
  references
• The
  Russian reversal
• Variations of "Three strikes and you're out!" (
  Three strikes law
  ).