Someone’s eagle “really took the wind out of [another player’s] hands.”

Announcer on TBS Jan. 16, 1994, reminiscing about the Hawaiian Open 10 years earlier

“Concerning aesthetic values, I always felt the world cannot fall apart as long as free men see the rainbow, feel the rain, and hear the laugh of a child.”

Frank Capra The Name Above the Title

“[History’s] chief use is only to discover the constant and universal principles of human nature, by showing men in all varieties of circumstances and situations, and furnishing us with materials from which... we become acquainted with the regular springs of human action and behaviour.”

David Hume Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding quoted in Norman Davies The Isles

“Not his finest moment… at least I hope not.”

A friend regarding someone's hapless performance some years ago

“Misfortune is a point of view. Your headache may feel good to an aspirin salesman.”

Tony Robbins Unlimited Power

“‘I’m not saying there is no God. I’m just not religious.’ How curious that the Lord of the Universe might exist, yet not be important enough to think about.”

J. Budziszewski “Underground Thomist” email “Reading an Empty Book” March 24, 2019

“He consistently achieves the standards he sets for himself.”

Another double-meaning letter-of-recommendation line floating around on the Internet - I don't know the origin.

“But really, Marilla, one can’t stay sad very long in such an interesting world, can one?”

Anne in Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables