“The school budget crisis is reaching a critical stage.”
WGN (Channel 40 in Vancouver) News August 20, 1993
“They live in a different stratosphere, those two - Lemieux and Gretzky.”
Hockey commentator on Channel 39 in Austin Texas at some point in the late 1980s
“You would indeed be fortunate to get this person to work for you.”
A recommended line in a letter of recommendation for a lazy employee (I found it here but do not know where it originated).
“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)