“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.

“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