A Quote by Otto von Bismarck

There are two things you don't want to see being made - sausage and legislation.

Otto von Bismarck

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Otto von Bismarck
German - Leader
April 1, 1815 - July 30, 1898

There are two things nobody should ever have to watch being made, sausage and laws.

Mark Twain

I think Washington watchers keep their eye on what's coming out of Congress legislatively, and they don't see anything. They see Trump meeting and talking and doing things, and they don't see any legislation. To them, everything's legislation. I don't think they're aware of how Trump does things.

Rush Limbaugh

A novel is like a sausage. You might like the final taste but you don't want to see how it was made.

Harlan Coben

They say you don't want to know how sausage is made. Book coverage is like sausage in that way: better not to know exactly how the gatekeepers of mainstream media choose which books to crown as must-reads each season - just swallow it down with a cold beer and call it a night.

Camille Perri

I am always jumping into the sausage grinder and deciding, even before I’m half ground, that I don’t want to be a sausage after all.

Jessamyn West

I know how to make sausage, and now that I've seen how laws are made, I'll stick with sausage.

Tom Colicchio

There are two things civilized Man should never see being made: Sausages and Laws.

Otto von Bismarck

I've been able to see some very impressive people that are in politics, and I've been able to see a lot more people that are much less impressive that I don't know if I'd want to spend my life working with. When I see sort of how the sausage is made, it's not very pretty.

Donald Trump, Jr.

Those that respect the law and love sausage should watch neither being made.

Mark Twain

My favorite fall or winter lunch is big steaming bowls of soup. I usually invite people for around 12:30 and have two hearty soups like shrimp corn chowder and lentil sausage soup, which can be made a day or two ahead.

Ina Garten

For many of us, it's too difficult to jump in to vegan full on because it's just so different than the way we grew up eating. But if we take small steps - like replacing cow's milk with almond or soy milk, or using veggie sausage instead of sausage made from animals - we can keep enjoying the things we grew up loving, just better versions of them.

Kathy Freston

Writing went from being a calling to being a job. Business ruined things. It became like making sausages in a sausage factory.

Luis Alberto Urrea

People who love sausage and respect the law should never watch either being made.

Mark Twain

Politics is like sausage being made. It is unsavory, and it always has been that way, but we usually end up where we need to be.

Hillary Clinton

Culture means, I think, that you have widened your experience enough through reading and through being a little bit thoughtful about these things that it has changed your outlook in some ways. And not necessarily made you a better human being but made you see things.