“Only angry people win football games”
University of Texas head football coach Darrell Royal (1924-2012) was quoted in August 1966: "Trends are bunk. Only angry people win football games." Royal was talking about football…
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“Only as the power of persuasion replaces the persuasion of power can collective bargaining…”
Walter Reuther (1907-1970), president of the United Auto Workers, wrote in January 1958 about auto contract talks: "In practice this means that collective bargaining decisions must be based…
“Only dead fish go with the flow”
Entry in progress -- B.P. The Contrary Opinion -- ButtonsOnly Dead Fish Go With The FlowMalcolm MuggeridgeThis thought is rooted in religion; when The Right Reverend Robert Daly in 1826 said,…
“Only government can take perfectly good paper, cover it with perfectly good ink…”
"Only government can take perfectly good paper, cover it with perfectly good ink and make the combination worthless" is a money saying that has been printed on many images. The saying is…
“Only government is incompetent enough to be in the business of forcibly extracting money…”
"Only government is incompetent enough to be in the business of forcibly extracting money from people and still come out bankrupt" is a saying that has been printed on several images.…
“Only in America can you get arrested for feeding the homeless & be sentenced to community service”
"Only in America can you get arrested for feeding the homeless and get sentenced to community service" is a jocular saying that is, unfortunately, probably true. "Please explain how…
“Only in America would people violently trample each other for discounts, exactly one day after being thankful for what they already have”
"Black Friday: Because only in America, people trample each other for sales exactly one day after being thankful for what they already have" is a jocular saying that has been printed on…
“Only in New York” (2002)
Thoroughly Modern Millie was a 1967 movie that starred Julie Andrews and Mary Tyler Moore. The stage version, starring Sutton Foster, opened on Broadway April 2002 and closed June 2004. The action…
“Only newcomers and fools predict the weather in Texas”
The old Texas weather saying (dating from at least the early 1900s) is: "Only newcomers and fools predict the weather in Texas." It's alleged that a newcomer once responded that…
“Only one thing is worse than an almoster and that is a never tryer”
"Only one thing is worser than an almoster and that is a never tryer" is a motivation saying that was posted on Twitter by DOug Sandler on May 12, 2015. An image of the saying is on the…
“Only one thing is worser than an almoster and that is a never tryer”
"Only one thing is worser than an almoster and that is a never tryer" is a motivation saying that was posted on Twitter by DOug Sandler on May 12, 2015. An image of the saying is on the…
“Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone”
"Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone" is a quotation credited to Spanish artist Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) that has been printed on many posters.…
“Only Robinson Crusoe had all his work done by Friday”
Robinson Crusoe (1719) is a novel by Daniel Defoe about a castaway who spends many years on a tropical island, far from the contact of an European. Crusoe rescues a native and names him Friday,…
“Only the empire should have guns”
"ONLY THE EMPIRE SHOULD HAVE GUNS" (shown on an image with Star Wars movie Stormtroopers) was posted on Twitter by Barry Dutton on March 25, 2021. It's not known who created the…
“Only the feeblest of men take jobs in the government”
"Only the feeblest of men take jobs in the government" is a quote from the character Dutch van der Linde in the 2018 action-adventure game Red Dead Redemption 2. The anti-government…
“Only the government is incompetent enough to be in the business of stealing money…”
"Only government is incompetent enough to be in the business of forcibly extracting money from people and still come out bankrupt" is a saying that has been printed on several images.…
“Only the paranoid survive” (internet adage)
"Only the paranoid survive" was the motto of Andrew Grove (1936-2016), founder of Intel Corporation. Grove believed that Intel should stay "paranoid" and never get complacent.…
“Only the weakest of males want to physically compete with women. Only the weakest of intellect celebrate them”
"Only the weakest of males want to physically compete with women. Only the weakest of intellect celebrate them" is a saying that has been printed on many mages. The saying refers to trans…
“Only thing left on my debit card is my name and expiration date”
"Only thing left on my debit card is my name and expiration date" -- that is to say, I have no money -- is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "Only thing left on…
“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly”
Massachusetts Senator Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968) wrote in The Age (Melbourne, Australia) on July 10, 1967, and in his book, To Seek a Newer World (1967): "Of course to adhere to standards,…