“Honk if you love peace and quiet” is a jocular bumper sticker saying. The saying was cited in a 1993 Indiana newspaper.
3 March 1993, Columbia County Chronicle (Augusta, GA), “This bumper sticker was printed before my child’s grades fell” by Glynn Moore, pg. 2, col. 5:
Another shortcoming to the stickers is that the offer other motorists no way to respond: If you get behind a car whose bumper sticker says, “Honk if you love peace and quiet,” you have the option of letting that driver know how you feel. But how are you supposed to respond to an honor-roll sticker?
6 October 1996, Indianapolis (IN) Star, “Let It Out,” pg. J1, col. 6:
Seen on a car wash sign near Glendale Center: Honk if you love peace and quiet.
Google Books
We Brake for Joy:
90 Devotions to Add Laughter, Fun, and Faith to Your Life
By Patsy Clairmont
Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan
1998
Pg. 258:
I saw a bumper sticker today that suggested, “Honk if you love peace and quiet.” I honked.
A Prairie Home Companion - Jokes 1999
March 16, 1999
(...)
Honk if you love peace and quiet.
Rita Gillmer, Baton Rouge,, LA
Google News Archive
23 November 1999, New Straits Times (Malaysia), “Look What I Found on the Net,” Life & Times, pg. 6, col. 5:
BUMPER STICKERS AND ONE-LINES…
(...)
Hon if you love peace and quiet.
Google Books
Man Walks into a Bar:
Over 6,000 of the Most Hilarious Jokes, Funniest Insults and Gut-Busting One-Liners
By Stephen Arnott and Mike Haskins
Berkeley, CA: Ulysses Press
2007
Pg. 429:
Honk if you love peace and quiet.
Twitter
Silicon Wisdom
@siwisdom
Honk if you love peace and quiet.
4:16 PM - 28 Aug 2007
Twitter
Bill Tanner
@tanner
Honk if you love peace and quiet
9:30 AM - 30 May 2008
Google Books
All Kinds of Humor:
Jokes, Quips, and Fun Stuff for Many Occasions Over Forty Categories, Book 1
By Frank Verano
Xlibris Corporation (Xlibris.com)
2012
Pg. ?:
Honk if you love peace and quiet.
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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