“You can’t bet the farm on it or you’ll buy the farm.”
Commentator on Blue Jays’ game on CBC Oct. 2, 1992 [specifically re a pitcher going low and away or high and tight]
“What in our history makes you think I’m capable of something like that?”
Roy O’Bannon (Owen Wilson) to Chon Wang (Jackie Chan) in Shanghai Knights according to www.imdb.com
“I feel his real talent is wasted here.”
What to say in a letter of recommendation for the office drunk, from Richard S. Zera Business Wit and Wisdom (also found on various websites - I'm not sure where it originated)
“An egotist is a man who thinks that if he hadn’t been born, people would have wondered why.”
Dan Post, quoted on https://www.hound-dog-media.com
“That’s getting the worst of both ends of the stick.”
Announcer on Monday Night Football Oct. 12, 1992 (re a guy getting called for a personal foul his teammate actually committed)
“You’ve got to be strong, and that’s not one of his strengths.”
An announcer on an NHL game in the late 1980s regarding (I believe) Tim Tookey attempting to cover Edmonton Oiler Steve Smith.
“It seemed his career was just taking off.”
For that letter of recommendation for the person who never seems to be around the office when you need them, emailed by a friend attributed to Ralph C. Maddocks
“Any small victory in a storm...”
Announcer on ABC Monday Night Football Oct. 17 1988