“Great minds think alike.” Just about whenever two people express the same view or come up with the same idea, somebody will say this, and it’s usually one of them, speaking in a self-congratulatory way. No, they don’t. Great minds are pretty rare and tend to think differently.
“Ignorance is bliss.” No, it isn’t, and it’s a misconstrued quote. That line of Gray’s poem says, “Where ignorance is bliss, ‘tis folly to be wise,” and refers to knowledge of your future: if you’d be miserable knowing what’s coming, you’re better off not to know.
“Fast forward.” Somehow this has become most people’s only way of expressing that they’re jumping ahead in a story, as if everybody’s story were a scripted and recorded drama. It’s not a terrible metaphor; I’m just tired of hearing it.
“One-stop shopping.” Why is that an active business principle? As soon as somebody says it in a meeting, discussions of alternatives stop. I think that idea has ruined the marketplace by turning everything into an everything store where you have to walk long distances inside and you end up buying bananas, motor oil, and socks under the same roof. One favorite store after another (stationery, home furnishings, books) has gone out of business after trying to spread itself too thin. I’d much rather buy my bananas here and my socks over there, knowing that I have some choice in what I purchase instead of just getting the cheapest ones with the highest markup and not having to travel any very great distance inside either structure.
I’m expressing my opinion here in response to the question and not looking to start an argument with anyone.