The syndicated newspaper column "Office Cat by Junius" (Edgar Allan Moss of Marion, IN) published a list of sentences in November 1931 comparing a boss to a leader, titled "The…
“You’re either part of the solution or you’re part of the problem" is a famous 1968 quotation by writer and political activist Eldridge Cleaver (1935-1998). The line has been frequently…
"Greedy One Percent" is a slogan that has been printed on many gift items, such as T-shirts and buttons. The Occupy Wall Street movement in 2011 featured the slogan, "We are the…
U.S. President Ronald Regan (1911-2004) said in September 1984, at Union-Endicaott High School (Endicott, NY): "The main difference between ourselves and the other side is: We see an America…
"The Country Parson" comic strip, by Frank A. Clark, from September 6, 1955, said: "When everything seems to be goin' against you, remember that the airplane takes off against…
The Hudson Yards on Manhattan's far west side are train tracks for the MTA's West Side Yard. In the 2000s, just after New York City lost its bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics (that would…
"Rehab is for quitters" is a popular saying that has been printed on many gift items, such as T-shirts and posters. The saying has been cited in print since at least 1996 and is of…
Nike, Inc., an athletic apparel company, posted a billboard in Atlanta at the time of the 1996 Summer Olympics: "You Don't Win Silver — You Lose Gold." The advertisement was…
MetaFilter poster blue_beetle wrote on August 26, 2010: "If you are not paying for it, you're not the customer; you're the product being sold." This means that, while Google and…
"Gun control" is a term used by people who advocate regulating guns; others prefer the term "victim disarmament." The term "victim disarmament" has been cited in print…
"Good to the last drop" means that a drink is so very good that no drop should be wasted. Maxwell House Coffee has trademarked the slogan, with 1910 as a date of first use. Newspaper…
"Some people are so busy learning the tricks of the trade that they never learn the trade" is a business aphorism that has been credited to American authors H. Jackson Brown, Jr., James…
"Experience is the best teacher" is a proverb that can be traced back to classical Rome. "Experience gives us the tests first and the lessons later" is a popular saying, showing…
"Experience is the best teacher" is a proverb that can be traced back to classical Rome. The French composer Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) wrote in a letter in November 1856: "Le temps…
"The hardness of the butter is proportional to the softness of the bread/roll" is a jocular saying that appears on many collections of one-liners. The Washingtonian of 1982 (the Google…
"Success comes in cans, not in can'ts/cannots" (or "success comes in cans, failure in can'ts/cannots") is a popular saying that has been printed on many gift items,…
"Failure is an event, not/never a person" is a popular saying that has been printed on many gift items, such as buttons and posters. The saying is very popular in business; a business…
The formula for good speaking and good writing has been compared to a woman's dress -- "it should be long enough to cover the subject, but short enough to be interesting." The saying…
"Some people grin and bear it; others smile and change it" is a frequently cited approach to work and to life. "Better smile and change it, than grin and bear it" has been cited…
“It is always darkest just before the Day dawneth” is a proverb from at least the 1600s. A modern jocular version, cited in print since at least 1996 and of unknown authorship, is:…