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Everyone realized that Computervision stock was the golden goose. But one grabbed the leg, another grabbed a wing, another got the neck, all pulling hard, and they realize now they could kill the goose if they keep this up. – Charles Foundyller of Daratech, from 8/14/92 Wall St Journal
Here is an artificial city which has been pumped up under forced draught, inflated like a balloon, stuffed with rural humanity like a goose with corn...endeavoring to eat up this too rapid avalanche of anthropoids, the sunshine metropolis heaves and strains, sweats and becomes pop-eyed, like a young boa constrictor trying to swallow a goat. It has never imparted an urban character to its incoming population for the simple reason that it has never had any character to impart. On the other hand, the place has the manners, culture and general outlook of a huge country village. – Morrow Mayo
Listen to all, plucking a feather from every passing goose, but, follow no one absolutely. – Chinese Proverb
The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers with the smallest amount of hissing. – Jean Baptiste Colbert
The great political tugs of the past 35 years have concerned the distribution of the golden eggs. In the 1980's and 1990's we must focus on the health of the goose. – Paul Tsongas
Thinking to get at once all the gold the goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find - nothing. – Aesop
Why do you lead me a wild-goose chase – Miguel de Cervantes

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