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Doodle Proverbs
- Airplane “I made and airplane out of stone … I always did like staying home.” – Shel Silverstein
- Alcohol “An alcoholic is someone who you do not like who drinks as much as you do.” – Dylan Thomas
- Alcoholic “I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.” – Sir Winston Churchill
- Ash, Coal “Ashes to ashes dust to dust.” – Proverb
- Assassin “That which does not kill me had better be able to run away damn fast.” – Unknown
- Bacteria “Why did the bacteria lie down? He was feeling a little flushed.”
- Beast “Animals, whom we have made our slaves, we do not like to consider our equal.” – Charles Robert Darwin
- Beer “Prohibition makes you want to cry in your beer, and denies you the beer to cry into.” – Don Marquis
- Beetle “What did the spider say to the beetle?” Stop bugging me.”
- Bird “The bird choose the tree, not the tree the bird.” – Proverb
- Blood, Feather, Meat “Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came froth sweetness.” – The Bible
- Blood, Hero “The world needs more Heroes.” – Unknown
- Boat “It’s the man who waits for his ship to come in who’s always missing the boat.” – Unknown
- Boiler “We boil at different degrees.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Book “Only one book is worth reading: the heart.” – Ajahn Chah
- Bread “If the people have no bread, let them eat cake.” – Marie Antoinette
- Bricks “Half-truths are like half a brick – they can be thrown farther.” – Hyman George Rickover
- Butterfly “There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly.” – Buckminster Fuller
- Car “I’m sort of like a lame, single guy in a red sports car.” – Billy Corgan
- Cart “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” – Leonardo da Vinci
- Chariot “Life is like a dogsled team. If you ain’t the lead dog, the scenery never changes.” – Lewis McDonald Grizzard, Jr.
- Cigarette “It is now beyond any doubt that cigarettes are the biggest cause of statistics.” – Unknown
- Cement “Suffering is the true cement of love.” – Paul Sabatier
- Ceramics “I thought clay must feel happy in the good potter’s hand.” – Janet Fitch
- Clay “No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks by chance and fortune. – Plutarch
- Clothes “In clothes we value novelty, in men, old age.” – Proverb
- Concrete “Clearly, then, the city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo.” – Desmond Morris
- Corpse “Live fast, die young, make a pretty corpse.” – Richard Wright
- Cyborg “Bite my shiny, metal ass.” – Bender
- Demigod “When a person is willing and eager, God joins in.” – Unknown
- Dinosaur “We all have a dinosaur deep within us just trying to get out.” – Colin Mochriez
- Dinosaur, Blood “Greek ‘deinos’ terrifying + ‘sauros’ lizard.” – Merriam-Webster
- Dolphin “It was the biggest fish I caught that got away.” – Eugene Field
- Domestic Animal “Don’t have a cow.” – Proverb
- Dough “Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.” – Proverb
- Dragon “Never trust anything you can eat.” – Old dragon proverb
- Dragon “I’m sure that dragon is an illusion” – Famous Last Words
- Dust “A peck of March dust is worth a king’s ransom.” – Proverb
- Egg “You can’t make an omelet without breaking eggs.” – Proverb
- Electricity “If it weren’t for electricity we’d all be watching television by candlelight.” – George Gobel
- Energy “Energy and persistence conquer all things.” – Benjamin Franklin
- Fabric “God gives no linen, but flax to spin.” – Proverb
- Fern “I planted some bird seed. A bird came up. Now I don’t know what to feed it.” – Steven Wright
- Field “Pray for a good harvest, but keep on plowing.” – Unknown
- Firearm “Hot lead can be almost as effective coming from a linotype as from a firearm.” – John O’Hara
- Fish “If you want to catch more fish, use more hooks.” – Gracie Allen
- Flour “Peace goes into the making of a poem as flour goes into the making of bread.” – Pablo Neruda
- Frigate “Tell that to the marines – the sailors won’t believe it.” – Sir Walter Scott
- Ghost “Those who believe in ghosts always see them.” – Charles V. Roman
- Ghoul “When all else fails, play dead.” – Proverb
- Glass “Commit a crime and the earth is made of glass.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Golem “Artificially created human supernaturally endowed with life. – Definition
- Grass “The tallest blade of grass is the first to be cut by the scythe. – Proverb
- Gun Powder “What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind.” – Wendell Phillips
- House “A house has the character of the man who lives in it.” – Proverb
- Human “Do not overestimate the decency of the human race.” – Henry Louis Mecken
- Hunter “Like a dog, he hunts in dreams.” – Lord Alfred Tennyson
- Hut “Ask about your neighbors, then buy the house.” – Proverb
- Lava “Don’t dance on a volcano.” – Unknown
- Life “Life is a bowl of cherries.” – Proverb
- Lightbulb – Most people give off as much heat as a 100 watt bulb, but not as much light.
- Limestone “… a rock that is formed chiefly by accumulation of organic remains.” – Merriam-Webster
- Lizard “What do you call a lizard that sings? A rap-tile!”
- Locomotive “If God had meant for us to fly, he wouldn’t have given us the railways.” – Unknown
- Meat, Milk, Wool “Or shear swine, all cry and no wool.” – Samuel Butler
- Metal “Steel loses much of its value when it loses its temper.” – Unknown
- Milk, Fertilizer “Adversity’s sweet milk, philosophy.” – William Shakespeare
- Moss “A rolling stone gathers no moss. – Proverb
- Mushroom “Keep your employees in the dark and occasionally throw shit at them.”
- Oil “Latin, from petra ‘rock’ + oleum ‘oil’. – Oxford English Dictionary
- Paper “A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.” – Proverb
- Phoenix “Change is the constant, the signal for rebirth, the egg of the phoenix.” – Christina Baldwin
- Plankton “Oh, I’ll get a Krabby Patty.”
- Plankton “Ching! Sparkle sparkle!”
- Plankton “Jeez. And I thought you were stupid.”
- Plankton “Yes. Yes! *Yes* Come to papa!”
- Plankton “Shut your mouth you mediocre clarinet player.”
- Poison “To be proud of virtue is to poison oneself with the antidode.” – Benjamin Franklin
- Poisoned Weapon “A man’s venom poisons himself more than his victim.” – Charles Buxton
- Radiowave – If you turn on the radio, love is 90 percent of the music (Enrique Iglesias)
- Reed “Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.” – Blaise Pascal
- Saltpetre “Put your trust in God, my boys, and keep your powder dry.” – Blacker
- Sand “Genius has no taste for weaving sand.” – Ralph Waido Emerson
- Scorpion “It’s not poisonous…” – Famous Last Words
- Seeds “Only God can make a tree, but I’m in charge of seeds and weeds!” – Unknown
- Sex “I know nothing about sex because I was always married.” – Zsa Zsa Gabor
- Shell “One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach.” – Anne Morrow Lindbergh
- Ship “Mare’s tails and mackerel scales make tall ships and take in their sails.” – Proverb
- Sky Scraper “Ask about your neighbors, then buy the house.” – Proverb
- Snake “When you see a snake, never mind where he came from.” – W. Gurney Benham
- Steam “Letting off steam always produces more heat than light.” – Neal A. Maxwell
- Steam Engine “I know that many will call this useless work.” – Leonardo da Vinci
- Steam Ship “Mare’s tails and mackeral scales make tall ships and take in their sails.” – Proverb
- Stone, Steam “One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks.” – Jack Penn
- Storm “Vows made in storms are forgot in calms.” – Unknown
- Swamp “Frogs are smart – they eat what bugs them.” – William G.T. Shedd
- Thunderbird “A spirit of thunder, lightning, and rain in the form of a huge bird.” – Indians
- Tobacco “For thy sake, Tobacco, I Would do anything but die.” – Charles Lamb
- Tools “A bad workman quarrels with his tools.” – Proverb
- Treant “Did you hear about the lazy treant? It just wooden work!” – Unknown
- Tree “Though a tree grows so high, the falling leaves return to the root.” – Proverb
- Turtle “All the thoughts of a turtle are turtles, and of a rabbit, rabbits.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Vampire “One thing vampire children are taught is, never run with a wooden stake.” – Jack Handy
- Vodka “There can be no ugly women, there can only be not enough vodka.” – Russian Saying
- Warrior “He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.” – Kung Fu-tzu Confucius
- Weapon “Kindness is the noblest weapon to conquer with.” – Proverb
- Weeds “Weeds Never Die.” – Proverb
- Werewolf “Never moon a werewolf.” – Mike Binder
- Whale “Save the whales. Collect the whole set.” – Unknown
- Wheat “You have to separate the chaff from the wheat.” – Proverb
- Wheel “The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the first to be replaced.” – Unknown
- Wizard “You are welcome, most noble Sorceress, to the land of the Munchkins.” – Munchkins
- Wood “You are not wood, you are not stones, but men.” – William Shakespeare
- Worm, Sulfur “The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse get the cheese.” – Unknown
- Zombie “Dishonor will not trouble me, once I am dead.” – Euripides
Post your Doodle Proverb discovery below if its not listed here. I’ll update this page with your findings!
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@Cindy : You’re welcome, enjoy your stay here!
wow, awesome list! Kudos to you ms. ayumilove!! 🙂
werewolf “where do you keep your pet werewolf? In a WERE house” :))
this list was completed on my birthday! THANK YOU!! <3
Hey heres more quotes: Wizard: at least lightning never strikes twice.
Brains – “The zombies are only after brains; don’t worry, you’re safe.”
I can’t remember who that was from :S
Plankton “Hahahahaha!” -Plankton
Why join the Navy . . . if you can be a pirate
RIP Steve Jobs
Phoenix – “I knew a phoenix in my youth, so let them have their day” -William Butler Yeats
Sex ” I tried sex , it gave me
An eat infection” written by richard Lewis
@Noob
If you found new ones, post the proverbs here so I can update the list above 🙂
you’re missing a bunch 🙁
like the one for octopus, or for money :'(
The proverb for Absinth is missing sry don’t know what it is…!
The proverb for Absinth is missing sry don’t know what it is…
@Dr. Onion
Thanks Dr. Onion! I have added your contribution into proverb list 🙂
Cyborg: “Bite my shiny, metal ass.” – Bender