Unfortunately, if all you're selling is the sizzle, the steak probably isn't very good. This is a favorite line of executives searching for the meat that's giving off all those meaningless sizzling sounds. Clara Peller said it first and best in the classic Wendy's commercial. Anyone who has leaned on her genius since has been peddling an imitation soybean byproduct of the real thing. And that includes Walter Mondale.
Laughter is the best medicine.
No, it's not. If you are suffering from any of the world's top 50 diseases, crying, screaming and whining work just as well as laughter, if not better. That's because doctors do not take the complaints of a giggling patient seriously. So if you are really sick, shut up and act like it. A man's reach should exceed his grasp.