“To prevent a red herring from being pulled across the trail...”
Paul Craig Roberts Alienation and the Soviet Economy: The Collapse of the Socialist Era
“The boyfriend...is the heroin- and cocaine-addicted musician, burglar and all-around yuck-bomb”
Rebecca Traister in Ottawa Citizen Oct. 16, 2005
“I’m covered with loser dust.”
Courtney Love, quoted in Ottawa Sun April 16, 2004
“They seem to have opened it up a gear in the second period.”
Announcer on ESPN March 15, 1987 re the Edmonton Oilers.
“The Blades looking for a comeback here... What else would they be looking for down three goals?”
Announcer on Roller Hockey on Vancouver cable channel 4 July 16, 1993
“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).