I've oft wondered the origin of the phrase 'Kiss me--I'm Irish.' It seems to have become more or less generic, but I wonder if there are individuals to whom it can actually be credited.
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." It is attributed to Plato on this little thing I have up in my office, but I was told by a friend that it wasn't him.
Where did "Tighter than Dick's hat band' originate? Does it refer to an actual hat or a band that is "tight.' I've heard the phrase all my life...in the foothills of North Carolina.
Given the enormous recent health care bill and the complex pending financial reform bill, I would like to know the origin of "I admit this new bill is too complicated to understand. We'll just have to pass it to find out what it means."
Justice Felix Frankfurter attributed the quote to a "recent cartoon" in a speech he gave before the New York City Bar on March 18, 1947. Judge Alex Kozinksi used this quote in a piece in the Wall Street Journal (January 31, 1989), as did the Supreme Court of Texas in Entergy Gulf States, Inc. v. Summers, 282 S.W.3d 433, 473 n. 60 (2009) (Willett, J., concurring).
It would be terrific to have a copy of the cartoon, if it is indeed the source of the quote! Many thanks in advance.
I've been trying without any luck to track down an authoritative citation for William McChesney Martin's famous quote about the job of the Federal Reserve being [some variant of] "to take away the punch bowl just as the party gets going." Any ideas?
Roman Goldstein you asked a fascinating question and I could not resist trying to answer it. The comic you mention appears in the syndicated strip "Grin and Bear It" by Lichty (George Lichtenstein). The strip is one panel, and the date of appearance is March 12, 1947 in the Los Angeles Times. This syndicated panel must have appeared in many other newspapers but the exact date may vary.
The strip shows six men meeting in an office around a table. One rotund man is pronouncing the words in the caption. The door to the office is open and the words 'Senate Committee on New Legislation' are written on it.
The caption differs a little from the version that you give above. It reads: I admit this new bill is too complicated to understand
The expression, "Tighter than Dick's hat band" from Dfox. I too have heard that phrase for years, but instead of North Carolina (where I live now), I heard it growing up in Detroit, Michigan! I have no idea what it means either. Sounds like something WC Fields might have said.
Also, how about the phrase, "Dressed to the nines". Sounds like a golfing reference but who knows... PRR
I've oft wondered the origin of the phrase 'Kiss me--I'm Irish.' It seems to have become more or less generic, but I wonder if there are individuals to whom it can actually be credited.
ResponderEliminarDon't forget about "Luke, I am your father"--he really says, "No. I am your father."
ResponderEliminar"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." It is attributed to Plato on this little thing I have up in my office, but I was told by a friend that it wasn't him.
ResponderEliminarWhere did "Tighter than Dick's hat band' originate? Does it refer to an actual hat or a band that is "tight.' I've heard the phrase all my life...in the foothills of North Carolina.
ResponderEliminarThis phrase popped in my head this morning: "Character is defined by what you do when no one is looking."
ResponderEliminarGiven the enormous recent health care bill and the complex pending financial reform bill, I would like to know the origin of "I admit this new bill is too complicated to understand. We'll just have to pass it to find out what it means."
ResponderEliminarJustice Felix Frankfurter attributed the quote to a "recent cartoon" in a speech he gave before the New York City Bar on March 18, 1947. Judge Alex Kozinksi used this quote in a piece in the Wall Street Journal (January 31, 1989), as did the Supreme Court of Texas in Entergy Gulf States, Inc. v. Summers, 282 S.W.3d 433, 473 n. 60 (2009) (Willett, J., concurring).
It would be terrific to have a copy of the cartoon, if it is indeed the source of the quote! Many thanks in advance.
who said, "academia is where the rubber meets the sky?"
ResponderEliminar@7--rachel
ResponderEliminarWho said,
I've been trying without any luck to track down an authoritative citation for William McChesney Martin's famous quote about the job of the Federal Reserve being [some variant of] "to take away the punch bowl just as the party gets going." Any ideas?
ResponderEliminar"Too big to fail." Where does that particular phrase first appear?
ResponderEliminarRoman Goldstein you asked a fascinating question and I could not resist trying to answer it. The comic you mention appears in the syndicated strip "Grin and Bear It" by Lichty (George Lichtenstein). The strip is one panel, and the date of appearance is March 12, 1947 in the Los Angeles Times. This syndicated panel must have appeared in many other newspapers but the exact date may vary.
ResponderEliminarThe strip shows six men meeting in an office around a table. One rotund man is pronouncing the words in the caption. The door to the office is open and the words 'Senate Committee on New Legislation' are written on it.
The caption differs a little from the version that you give above. It reads: I admit this new bill is too complicated to understand
"All good things must come to an end"
ResponderEliminarI believe the original Chaucer quote was 'there is an end to everything, to good things as well."
We practice hours, weeks, months and sometimes years trying to control a golfball for a milisecond!
ResponderEliminarMoney does change you, but it only makes you more of the person you already have become!
Be a mirror and show people what they bring to you!
these are my thoughts and no one else's, Ron
The expression, "Tighter than Dick's hat band" from Dfox. I too have heard that phrase for years, but instead of North Carolina (where I live now), I heard it growing up in Detroit, Michigan! I have no idea what it means either. Sounds like something WC Fields might have said.
ResponderEliminarAlso, how about the phrase, "Dressed to the nines". Sounds like a golfing reference but who knows... PRR
Thucydides never actually said
ResponderEliminarWho was the Secretary of the Interior that said, "What good is a tree looking at another tree?" And what under what administration did he serve?
ResponderEliminarGalileo has been quoted as stating,
ResponderEliminar"Measure what can be measured, and make measurable that which cannot be measured".
Did he actually write that? If so, what is the original source?