Sacred Cow

The Biden talks give budget hawks a chance to carve away some of the GOP's own sacred-cow subsidies. ❋ Kimberley A. Strassel (2011)

I'll run through some of the most frequently mentioned factors; drive a stake through the sacred-cow explanation that singles aren't really single, they are just cohabiting instead of marrying; pin the award for the most gratuitous singles-bashing explanation on the tail of the New York Times; and end with the one explanation that did not seem to occur to anyone. ❋ Bella DePaulo (2010)

I was becoming aware of the sacred-cow nature of these types of movies (as I talked about in my Star Wars articles) and was trying to consciously remember to take this film for what it gave me, and not for whatever massive expectations my brain had built for it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Nor was the nation we prayed for, singing Irving Berlin's God Bless America, some sacred-cow utopia that we dare not criticize. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Right away, I see that the chairmen target $3 billion/year in farm subsidy reductions, which is both a surprising inclusion given the sacred-cow status of farm subsidies and a good start. ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)

Somehow, he has been elevated to sacred-cow status and he must never be criticized for his memory loss or his lies. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Mr. Gates has proposed a sweeping overhaul of Pentagon spending, killing some big, sacred-cow weapons systems designed for fighting a conventional war, and moving the money to less-sexy systems designed for unconventional wars and counterinsurgency operations. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In view of the rapidity with which the transition to our present state has occurred it is not surprising that such a cultural lag should exist, and that we should continue to react to the fundamentally simple physical, chemical, and biological needs of our social complex with the sacred-cow behavior patterns of our agrarian and pre-scientific past. ❋ Unknown (2008)

A house, because of its sacred-cow status, has been generally regarded as a once-in-a-lifetime purchase. ❋ Robert G. Allen (2006)

These widely held sacred-cow notions about saving, spending, borrowing, and investing are taught by well-intentioned teachers in our finest universities, in our newspapers, on television, from our pulpits, and in our homes. ❋ Robert G. Allen (2006)

Charollais mixed with Friesians, a Brahman bull, from sacred-cow India, in a clump of beef-producing Herefords, and on the fringes there were a few hulking dark shapes that I hadn't noticed before, of black Aberdeen Angus. ❋ Francis, Dick (1999)

But given the state's deflated tax revenues - and long-term pension-fund liabilities estimated at $23 billion - policymakers say they need to rethink some of government's most sacred-cow functions. ❋ Unknown (2010)

WND has been providing sacred-cow treatment to another sainted right-wing cause -- this weekend's National Tea Party Convention. ❋ Unknown (2010)

[Monogamy] is one of our [society's] biggest [sacred] cows. ❋ Libertine (2005)

John: Dude that girl is hot! Sam: I know I've wanted to get with her for years, she's my [sacred cow]. John: [That's deep] [bru] ❋ The Big KC (2011)

"I can't believe [Mathilde], she sits there all day [surfing the web] and doesn't get into trouble with the boss...I check my e-mail and instantaneously I am in trouble. She is totally [the sacred cow] in this office" ❋ Blaze It Up! (2008)

❋ JonathanChance (2003)