more new "old sayings"

[Dan Goncharoff]

The quote "We are short of money so we must begin to think." is
commonly attributed to Ernest Rutherford.

GB snippet has the quote "Why must you always have money? Why can't
you learn to improvise?" in an article dated 1943 about Rutherford in
1919.

DanG



On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 12:38 PM, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Gov. Mitch Daniels to Candy Crowley:
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> "The Brits have a great saying. 'Now that the money has run out, we shall
> have to begin to think.'"
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> 1 Google hit: from Mitch Daniels.
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> JL
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> On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 11:38 AM, Jonathan Lighter
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>> Connie Schultz, journalist, interviewed on CNN: "I love that saying about
>> resentment, 'You drink the poison, and you expect the other person to
>> suffer.'"
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>> She also cited another "saying," : "It's not what they call you; it's what
>> you answer to."
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>> BONUS: "is is...is"
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>> Ron Susskind to Howard Kurtz: "The fact is is, Howie, is that..."
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>> Stammer? Or straw in the wind? (It didn't sound like a classic stammer, but
>> that's only my opinion.)
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>> JL
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