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I don't keep up with the Joneses, I am the Joneses.

— NeNe Leakes

I am not bound to spend my precious days on Earth trying to keep up with the Joneses - because the Joneses are really…

— Glennon Doyle Melton

“There was once upon a time a census officer who had to record the names of all householders in a certain Welsh village. The…

— Bertrand Russell

Most of the time, if you ask a kid who's their best friend, it's usually a classmate or their neighbor or something, but for…

— Chris Paul

“They talked about each others’ houses, and characters, and families--just as the Joneses do about the Smiths.”

— William Makepeace Thackeray

“Jones was Michael Jones, and he owned a reasonably successful construction company along with his brother Francis and their business partner”

— Michael Bray

“I read through the phone book once, never mind when, and it satisfied a deep need in me to realize how many people aren’t…

— Sylvia Plath

“Tennessee. Now there's a name for you. His mama named him that on account of their last name being so regular. 'With a plain…

— Kathi Appelt

“Almost every name in my address book is crossed out. Two that aren’t may or may not still be alive. Another doesn’t remember who…

— Hendrik Groen

Average Jones had come by his nickname inevitably. His parents had foredoomed him to it when they furnished him with the initials A. V.…

— Samuel Hopkins Adams

“Frankie, I'm fully awake and more curious than George. If we hang up I'll lie here formulating a million reasons for your call, none…

— Liza M. Wiemer

“Here’s an interesting little notion. Did you realize that most people’s lives are governed by telephone numbers?”

— Douglas Adams