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* "The blood of the covenant is [[ThickerThanWater thicker than the water]] of the womb." One that not only has been rumored as the original phrase through urban legends, but reverses its meaning from promoting strong bonds between family to bonds between a FamilyOfChoice.

-->'''35:''' That which does not kill me has made a tactical error.
-->'''43:''' If it's stupid and it works, it's still stupid and you're lucky.
-->'''59:''' Two wrongs is probably not going to be enough.
* Webcomic/{{xkcd}} offers two takes on a classic, one in [[http://xkcd.com/1216/ this comic]] and one in its AltText.

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* From ''Theatre/{{Starship}}'':
--> '''[[spoiler: Junior]]''': We have a saying where I come from too; God save the Queen.\\
'''Bug''': Oh, good.\\
'''[[spoiler: Junior]]''': Lucky for me, GodIsDead.
* ''WebVideo/TheGuild'' gives us this gem:
--> '''Vork''': Women. Can't live with them... they will not go out with me.

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* ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6TheSeries'': [[SuperOCD Wasabi]] grimly states upon concluding that a bear is about to attack from a nearby bush in [[Recap/BigHero6TheSeriesS1E05MuiraharaWoods Muirahara Woods]] that this is how the team is going to die... "Not with a bang [[ShapedLikeItself but with a]] ''{{Bear|sAreBadNews}}''".

* There are [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Wolves two wolves]] fighting inside of you. The first wolf has depression. [[MortonsFork The second wolf has depression.]] [[TomatoInTheMirror You have depression.]]

* In the very first issue of ''ComicBook/PaperinikNewAdventures'', when the titular hero is having a hard time defending a woman from the [[SlaveRace coolflames]]: "Don't worry! When the game gets tough... I wish I was somewhere else."

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* ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'': maxim 35 of highly effective pirates: "That which does not kill me has made a tactical error."

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** The Ferengi Rules of Acquisition contain an interesting subversion in rule 75: ''Home is where the heart is, but the stars are made of latinum."'' In that case, the [[PopularSayingBut subversion of the original popular saying]] has itself become a popular saying.

* An animated trailer for ''The Adventure Zone: Balance'' contains the tagline "When the going gets tough, it's their own damn fault."

* ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingWildWorld'': Crazy Redd the fox runs a black market tent that requires a call-and-response password to get in (which he posts to you in advance). Some of them take this kind of form.
-->''Ask and you shall... be charged.''\\
''Cat's away... mice shop.''\\
''Head in sand... find something.''\\
''Talk is cheap... so is Redd.''\\
''The pen is mightier... and cheaper.''

* Joker in the ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' gives us this one-letter change from ''Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger''

* Creator/StevenWright: If at first you don't succeed, [[KilledOffForReal skydiving is not for you]].

* ''{{Music/AJR}}'': From "Break My Face": "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_does_not_kill_me_makes_me_stronger What doesn't kill you]], makes you ugly."

* ''{{Music/AJR}}'': From "Break My Face": "[[en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_does_not_kill_me_makes_me_stronger What doesn't kill you]], makes you ugly."

* ''{{Music/AJR}}'': From "Break My Face": "What doesn't kill you, makes you ugly."

** “Build a man a fire and he’s warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he’s warm for the rest of his life.”
** William De Worde expands greatly on the “glass half full/half empty” dichotomy, noting that there are also people whose glasses have been knocked over, or people who can’t get the bartender’s attention, or how the people who run things tend to look at a half-empty glass and say “This isn’t my glass! My glass was ''full''! Who’s been pinching my beer?”