A friend attributed the secret of his popularity to one particular word.
“Years ago,” he said, “upon hearing a statement with which I disagreed,
I used to say, ‘Baloney,” and people began to avoid me like the plague.
Now I substitute ‘Amazing’ for ‘Baloney’ and
my phone keeps ringing and
my list of friends continues to grow.
-- Capper’s Weekly (date unknown);
cited in George Sweeting, Who Said That?
(Chicago, IL: Moody Press, 1994, 1995), p. 204