“There are no bears living on Park Avenue”
"There are no bears living on Park Avenue" means that the wealthy people who live on Park Avenue are not stock market pessimists ("bears") who believe that their wealth will…
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“There are no called strikes in investing”
"There are no called strikes in investing" is a statement attributed to investor Warren Buffett, but Buffett's exact words on the television show Adam Smith's Money World in…
“There are no dull stories, only dull reporters”
"There are no dull stories, only dull reporters/writers/authors" is often said about newspaper writing and other writing. Longtime New York City newspaper columist Franklin Pierce Adams…
“There are no ex-Marines”
The United States Marine Corps was founded in 1775. Once someone has earned the title "Marine" that person is a Marine for life: there are (1) active duty Marines, (2) retired Marines,…
“There are no fish under the ice!” (ice fishing joke)
A popular ice fishing joke has been cited in print since at least 1990. A person is ice fishing when he (or she) hears a booming voice, "THERE ARE NO FISH UNDER THE ICE!" The person then…
“There are no guilty men in prison” (prison adage)
"There are no guilty men in prison" is an old prison adage; seemingly every prisoner claims that he or she is innocent and was wrongly charged and convicted. The saying has no particular…
“There are no gun ‘bans.’ There are only government monopolies on guns”
The following meme about guns was posted on Facebook by Rebecca Parrott on May 26, 2023, but is of unknown authorship: "There are nogun 'bans' -- thereare only governmentmonopolies…
“There are no jobs on a dead planet”
"There are no jobs on a dead planet" is an environmentalist saying that has been printed on many images. The saying disagrees with the philosophy of some that saving the environment kills…
“There are no lost causes because there are no gained causes”
T.S. Eliot (1888-1965) wrote in 1929: "If we take the widest and wisest view of a Cause, there is no such thing as a Lost Cause because there is no such thing as a Gained Cause. We fight for…
“There are no markets anymore, just interventions”
Chris Powell, Secretary/Treasurer of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA), gave a speech titled "There are no markets anymore, just interventions" in April 2008. Powell said about…
“There are no new stories, only new reporters” (journalism adage)
"There is nothing new under the sun" is from Ecclesiastes 1:9 of the Bible. By at least 1900, it was said that "there are no new stories under the sun." Each story is similar to…
“There are no small parts, only small actors” (theatre adage)
"There are no small parts, (there are) only small actors" is usually credited to theater director Constantin Stanislavski (1863-1938) of the Moscow Art Theatre. English citations of the…
“There are no traffic jams along the extra mile”
Going "the extra mile" is business means not cutting corners to save money or time, but giving extra service to a customer to provide satisfaction. "The 'extra mile' will…
“There are no votes in foreign aid” (political adage)
"There are no votes in foreign aid" is an old political adage. Politicians gain votes bringing money back to their districts -- not by sending money out of the country. "There are no…
“There are no withholding taxes on the wages of sin”
Mae West (1893-1980) was known for her risqué behavior. "There are no withholding taxes on the wages of sin," West told a television interviewer in 1959. West used the line again in her…
“There are old pilots and bold pilots, but there are no old, bold pilots”
"There are old pilots and there are bold pilots, but there are no old, bold pilots" is an old aviation adage. Harry Copland (1896-1976), who first flew in an airplane in 1911, made the…
“There are old traders and bold traders, but there are no old, bold traders”
"There are old traders around and there are bold traders around, but there are no old, bold traders around" has been attributed to Bob Dinda, some time in the 1980s. The Wall Street maxim…
“There are only three ages for women in Hollywood - Babe, District Attorney, and Driving Miss Daisy”
American actress Goldie Hawn said as the character "Elise" in the film The First Wives Club (1996): "There are only three ages for women in Hollywood -- Babe, District Attorney, and…
“There are only three lawyer jokes –- the rest are true stories”
"There are only three lawyer jokes -- the rest are true stories" is one of the most popular of lawyer jokes. The joke has been cited in print since at least 1992 and is of unknown…
“There are only two absolutes in life: friends and vodka. And the best times usually involve both”
"There are only two absolutes in life: friends and vodka. And the best times usually involve both" is a vodka saying that has been printed on several images. ”As one of my friends says,…