Discover the joys (and temptations!) of two new books of collected wisdom: “The Yale Book of Quotations” edited by Fred Shapiro, and James Geary’s “Guide to the World’s Great Aphorists.” Grant explains why leafing...
mulligan n.— «Conventional wisdom has held that drivers can afford one “mulligan,” which is NASCAR parlance for a damaging result. In the Chase era, no champion has finished outside the top 25 more than once. But that margin...
God wink n.— «Ponder it in your minds, why all the sugar being pushed today, is it just a God Wink? NO! These are not God Winks! No, God has not given you a wink to let you know he is with you. Whenever you see a Word of Wisdom being...
ten-bagger n.— «Lynch candidly eschews the Graham-Dodd-Buffett approach, instead aiming to nail a “ten-bagger” as often as possible, so he is willing to take a flier on the next Dunkin’ Donuts in the hope that his tenfold win...
Goldilocks market attrib.— «The bears scornfully call it the “Goldilocks market,” their way of sneering at the conventional wisdom that the economy will grow just right—not too fast, setting off inflation, and not too slow...
pushing on a string n.— «The attempt to pump money into the banking system failed, and as a result, the phrase “pushing on a string” was coined to describe the futility of inflationary policies in this environment.» —“Wisdom from...