“The cream rises until it sours”
Dr. Laurence J. Peter, along with co-author Raymond Hull (1919-1985), wrote The Peter Principle (1969), stating "in a hierarchy every employee tend to rise to his level of incompetence."…
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“The crowd at the cannibal’s party grew silent when he announced he would be serving finger foods”
"Finger foods" are small edibles that are eaten using fingers, but sometimes, as some jokes have it, "finger foods" are actually fingers. A joke was posted on the website Pun of…
“The crowd is always wrong” or “The public is always wrong” (Wall Street proverb)
"The crowd is always wrong" or "The public is always wrong" is a Wall Street proverb that dates to at least 1915, where it is cited in the writings of Bertie Charles Forbes…
“The crux of the biscuit”
In the song "Stink-foot" on the album Apostrophe ( ' ) (1974), Frank Zappa wrote: "The crux of the biscuit/ Is the Apostrophe. "The crux of the biscuit" means the same…
“The cupcake is just the slutty cousin of the muffin”
"A cupcake is like a muffin's slutty cousin" is a jocular food saying that has been printed on an image. "The cupcake is just the slutty cousin of the muffin" was posted on…
“The cure for everything but death” (black seed oil or Nigella Sativa)
Black seed oil (Nigella Sativa) is often said to be "the cure for everything but/except death." "Abu Hurayra quoted Muhammad saying: 'Utilize the black seed for without a doubt,…
“The cure for everything except death” (black seed oil or Nigella Sativa)
Black seed oil (Nigella Sativa) is often said to be "the cure for everything but/except death." "Abu Hurayra quoted Muhammad saying: 'Utilize the black seed for without a doubt,…
“The cure for high prices is high prices” (“The cure for low prices is low prices”)
"The cure/remedy/solution for high prices is high(er) prices" is a popular commodities axiom. With high prices or higher prices, supply is increased and demand is decreased, thus lowering…
“The cure for the ills of democracy is more democracy” (Al Smith)
New York Governor Al Smith (1873-1944) said in 1923: "If there are any ills that democracy is suffering from today, they can only be cured by more democracy." The quote was part of a…
“The currency is the share price of a country”
"Think of the currency as the share price of a country" was cited in Newsweek on June 23, 2002. The analogy has become popular and has been frequently cited in the financial media.…
“The customer is always right” (business motto)
Who started the slogan "The customer is always right"? Was it department store founder Marshall Field (1834-1906) of Chicago? The first citations in 1905 seem to indicate this. "The…
“The customer is never wrong” (business motto)
Who started the slogan "The customer is always right"? Was it department store founder Marshall Field (1834-1906) of Chicago? The first citations in 1905 seem to indicate this. "The…
“The customer is not always right. Sometimes the customer is a twat!”
"The customer is always right" is a business slogan. "The customer is not always right. Sometimes the customer is a twat!" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many…
“The daily diary of the American dream” (Wall Street Journal slogan)
The Wall Street Journal began in 1889 and is one of the largest circulation newspapers in America. In 1934, its slogan was: "The Newspaper for the Investor." A 1985 advertising campaign…
“The darkest hour has only sixty minutes”
"The darkest hour has only sixty minutes" is a popular inspirational saying. "Yes, it is true that the darkest hour is only sixty minutes, after all" was cited in 1897.…
“The day has begun, drink coffee, smile, and be thankful for the life you have”
"Today I will drink coffee, smile and be thankful" and "The day has begun, drink coffee, smile, and be thankful for the life you have" are sayings that have been printed on many…
“The days of good grammar has went”
"The days of good grammar has went" is a joke that has been printed on many images. The saying was posted on Twitter by "Bring ice cream" on October 10, 2009. TwitterBring ice…
“The days of wine and roses are over” (Gov. Hugh Carey)
"Days of wine and roses" was the title of a 1962 film starring Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick, and directed by Blake Edwards. The line comes from an 1896 poem by English writer Ernest Dowson…
“The dead soldier’s silence sings our national anthem”
"The dead soldier's silence sings our national anthem" is a popular Memorial Day quotation that has been printed on many images. The saying has been credited to Rev. Aaron Kilbourn…
“The decline of civilization can be traced back to when they stopped putting toys in cereal boxes”
Toys in cereal boxes were popular in the 1960s and early 1970s, but began to be phased out by 1980. "The decline of civilization started when they stopped putting toys in boxes of cereal"…