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 * 1940, Pendleton Herring, Presidential Leadership: The Political Relations of Congress And the Chief Executive, Transaction Publishers (ISBN 9781412805568), page 32
 * Watching Congress work and rework the president's legislative agenda is much like watching sausage being made — the end product probably tastes better than the production of it warrants.
 * 1991, 1992 NASA authorization, U.S. Government Printing Office (ISBN 9780160353390), page 333
 * I was frequently told that watching legislation being produced is like watching sausage being made. It is a very unappetizing process, but usually the result is quite pleasing to the palate in the end.
 * 1993, Beverly Hills Bar Association Journal, The Association, page 106
 * It is a lot like watching sausage being made — you will not want to eat it afterwards.
 * 1995, James O'Toole, The Executive's Compass: Business and the Good Society, Oxford University Press (ISBN 9780195096446), page 114
 * At almost all other times, watching democracy in action is like watching sausage being made, an unpretty process indeed.
 * 1999, T Nielsen Hayden, [//groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.arts.sf.composition/jHvfBDfcmd0/qDa29PC352cJ Re: Research books], rec.arts.sf.composition, Usenet
 * I've edited reference books. It's like knowing how sausage gets made. And the day I found out how unreliable the =Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature= is, I was literally dizzy with surprise and dismay.
 * 2002, Pat Mcneill, The Tables All Were Broken: Mcneill's Take on the End of Professional Wrestling as We Know It, iUniverse (ISBN 9781469780993), page 97
 * Sometimes it's like watching sausage get made. Once you see what goes into it, you lose your appetite for it.
 * 2003, Donald Watson, Alan J. Plattus, Robert G. Shibley, Time-saver standards for urban design, McGraw-Hill (ISBN 9780070685079), page 55
 * At Harbor Point, some residents speak of the decision-making process as being "like watching sausage get made," while others embrace the process as the key to "empowerment and care giving."
 * 2004, Greg Holden, Internet Babylon: Secrets, Scandals, and Shocks on the Information Superhighway, Apress (ISBN 9781590592991), page 269
 * Like watching sausage being made, watching government in action can be somewhat disgusting.
 * 2006, Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation: ALI-ABA Course of Study Materials, American Law Institute-American Bar Association Committee on Continuing Professional Education, page 302
 * Going through a trial or a protracted lawsuit is a little like watching sausage being made.
 * 2008, Metropolis, Bellerophon Publications, page 73
 * [...] says Thomas Bergan, AIA program manager for federal legislative affairs. "What can I say? Politics is ugly. It's like watching sausage get made."
 * 2010, Leonard Balsera, Jim Butcher, et al., Dresden Files Rpg: Core Rulebook - Your Story, Evil Hat Productions LLC (ISBN 9780977153473), page 238
 * Not to mention, it's sort of the cognitive equivalent of seeing how sausage gets made—best left as something you don't see and don't think about too much.
 * 2011, Harry Grafton, Blandtrap: Letters to the Editor of the Tiskilwa Bureau Valley Chief, Author House (ISBN 9781468566239), page 240
 * Watching Brimstone work was like watching sausage being made. I had to stop looking if I was ever to enjoy fishing or church again.