“Clogs to clogs in three generations”
Entry in progress -- B.P. "Three generations from shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves" is an American version, cited in print since at least 1874. Wiktionary: clogs to clogs in three…
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“Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.”
Mark Twain (1835-1910) is credited with: "Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself." The oft-repeated line appears in Mark Twain:…
“Fleas can be taught nearly anything that a Congressman can”
Mark Twain (1825-1910) wrote in What Is Man? (1906), a dialogue between a young man and a jaded older man: O. M.: "Well, canary birds can learn all that; dogs and elephants learn all sorts of…
“Texas has a lot of electrical votes” (Yogi Berra?)
Baseball great Yogi Berra gets credit for many errors of the English language -- unfortunately, this includes credit for many that he never said. A book in 1989 reports that Berra (then a coach for…
“Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker”
American poet Ogden Nash (1902-1971) published "Random Reflections" in The New Yorker magazine on August 8, 1930, and this became, perhaps, his most famous poem: "ON…
“Never eat more than you can lift”
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Miss PiggyMiss Piggy is a Muppet character who was primarily played by Frank Oz on The Muppet Show. In 2001, Eric Jacobson began performing the role, although…
“Never eat anything bigger than your head”
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: B. KlibanBernard "Hap" Kliban (January 1, 1935 – August 12, 1990) was an influential cartoonist born in New York.(...)LegacyAccording to Art…
“Watch the costs and the profits will take care of themselves”
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikiquote: Andrew CarnegieAndrew Carnegie (25 November 1835 - 11 August 1919) was a Scottish-American businessman, a major philanthropist, and the founder of the Carnegie…
Coattails
"Coattails" are tails on a coat; in political terms, someone who "rides on an elected official's coattails" is someone who gains from another person's gain. For…
“The first generation builds the business, the second makes it a success, and the third wrecks it”
"The first generation builds the business, the second makes it a success, and the third wrecks it" is another version of the old saying: "It is only but three generations from…
“In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times”
Winston Churchill (1874-1965) said in 1903: ""Politics are almost as exciting as war, and -- quite as dangerous. (...) Well, in war, you can only be killed once. But in politics many…
“Good government is good politics”
"Good government is good politics" was a newspaper headline in 1890 and has been used by many politicians since then. Republican President Herbert Hoover used the line in 1931, Democratic…
“Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes”
Henry J. Kaiser (1882-1967) was an American industrialist who founded the companies Kaiser Aluminum and Kaiser Steel and the healthcare organization Kaiser Permanente. The columnist Drew Pearson…
“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 is never one cockroach” (business adage)
Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett added some homely advice to the 1989 annual report: "No sooner is one problem solved than another surfaces — never is there just one cockroach in the…
“Think like a fundamentalist; trade like a technician”
Dennis Gartman is a successful trader who writes The Gartman Letter. "Think like a fundamentalist and trade like a technician" has been his advice since at least the October 1989 issue of…
Tavern Sandwich
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Tavern sandwichA tavern sandwich is a sandwich commonly consumed in the Midwest region of the United States, originally consisting of unseasoned ground beef on…
Salad Bar
The "salad bar" was announced in April 1937 newspaper articles -- the "bar" being a glorified tea wagon on which salad ingredients were placed. The Boston Oyster House of the…
Anadama Bread
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Anadama breadAnadama bread is a traditional bread of New England made with white flour, cornmeal, molasses and sometimes rye flour. Origin of nameThere are…
Billy Goat Date Cake (Billy Goat Cookies)
"Billy Goats" are date cookies or date cakes. Some versions claim that the name comes from a time when a woman put the dish on a window sill to cool -- where it was eaten by the…