User:Kephir/lexicon/sausage

• 1940, Pendleton Herring, Presidential Leadership: The Political Relations of Congress And the Chief Executive, Transaction Publishers (→ISBN), page 32

  Watching Congress work and rework the president's legislative agenda is much like watching sausage being made — the end product probably tastes better than the production of it warrants.

• 1991, 1992 NASA authorization, U.S. Government Printing Office (→ISBN), page 333

  I was frequently told that watching legislation being produced is like watching sausage being made. It is a very unappetizing process, but usually the result is quite pleasing to the palate in the end.

• 1993, Beverly Hills Bar Association Journal, The Association, page 106

  It is a lot like watching sausage being made — you will not want to eat it afterwards.

• 1995, James O'Toole, The Executive's Compass: Business and the Good Society, Oxford University Press (→ISBN), page 114

  At almost all other times, watching democracy in action is like watching sausage being made, an unpretty process indeed.

• 1999, T Nielsen Hayden, Re: Research books, rec.arts.sf.composition, Usenet

  I've edited reference books. It's like knowing how sausage gets made. And the day I found out how unreliable the =Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature= is, I was literally dizzy with surprise and dismay.

• 2002, Pat Mcneill, The Tables All Were Broken: Mcneill's Take on the End of Professional Wrestling as We Know It, iUniverse (→ISBN), page 97

  Sometimes it's like watching sausage get made. Once you see what goes into it, you lose your appetite for it.

• 2003, Donald Watson, Alan J. Plattus, Robert G. Shibley, Time-saver standards for urban design, McGraw-Hill (→ISBN), page 55

  At Harbor Point, some residents speak of the decision-making process as being "like watching sausage get made," while others embrace the process as the key to "empowerment and care giving."

• 2004, Greg Holden, Internet Babylon: Secrets, Scandals, and Shocks on the Information Superhighway, Apress (→ISBN), page 269

  Like watching sausage being made, watching government in action can be somewhat disgusting.

• 2006, Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation: ALI-ABA Course of Study Materials, American Law Institute-American Bar Association Committee on Continuing Professional Education, page 302

  Going through a trial or a protracted lawsuit is a little like watching sausage being made.

• 2008, Metropolis, Bellerophon Publications, page 73

  [...] says Thomas Bergan, AIA program manager for federal legislative affairs. "What can I say? Politics is ugly. It's like watching sausage get made."

• 2010, Leonard Balsera, Jim Butcher, et al., Dresden Files Rpg: Core Rulebook - Your Story, Evil Hat Productions LLC (→ISBN), page 238

  Not to mention, it's sort of the cognitive equivalent of seeing how sausage gets made—best left as something you don't see and don't think about too much.

• 2011, Harry Grafton, Blandtrap: Letters to the Editor of the Tiskilwa Bureau Valley Chief, Author House (→ISBN), page 240

  Watching Brimstone work was like watching sausage being made. I had to stop looking if I was ever to enjoy fishing or church again.