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13 April 1916, Glen Elder (KS) Sentinel, pg. 5, col. 5:
Fretting is like a rocking chair; you do a great deal of agitating without getting anywhere.
1 May 1922, Daily News (New York, NY), pg. 11, col. 1:
Worry is like a rocking chair; it keeps on going but never gets anywhere.—John Jappen, Cashier, 1702 Gates Avenue, Brooklyn.
The DAILY NEWS will pay $5 for every motto printed.
22 June 1947, The Sunday Courier and Express (Evansville, IN), pg. 8A, col. 3 ad:
“Worry is like a rocking chair—it gives you something to do, but it won’t get you anywhere!”
(CItizens National Bank.—ed.)
28 December 1947, Sunday World-Herald (Omaha, NE), “Nebraska Scene” by Robert Phipps, magazine, pg. 2C, col. 1:
Worry is like a rocking chair. It give you something to do, but gets you nowhere.
Google Books
The Comic Encyclopedia:
A Library of the Literature and History of Humor Containing Thousands of Gags, Sayings, and Stories
By Evan Esar
Garden City, NY: Doubleday
1978
Pg. 382:
Worry is like a rocking chair: it gives you something to do, but it doesn’t get you anywhere.
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Thought of the day:
Worry is like a rocking chair.
It keeps you going but gets you nowhere.
9:02 AM - 3 Aug 2015
Cork, Ireland
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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