# Subvert a Saying **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 7, 2013, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636 "2013-10-07T23:57:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/1 "2013-10-07T23:57:58Z")
No good book goes unpublished. Don’t judge a book by its movie. ---
**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/2 "2013-10-08T00:02:26Z")
Kill two spiders with one stone. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/3 "2013-10-08T00:04:57Z")
A bird in the hand is worth about $5 a pound. ---
**Author:** ![by-tor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/by-tor/32/266_2.png) [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/4 "2013-10-08T03:39:26Z")
ask not what you can do for you — ask what you can do for me. ---
**Author:** ![by-tor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/by-tor/32/266_2.png) [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/5 "2013-10-08T03:42:20Z")
the only thing we have to fear is pain itself ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/6 "2013-10-08T03:46:06Z")
Don’t look a gift horse in… well, either end, really… ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/7 "2013-10-08T03:49:27Z")
If you want something done right, hire trained professionals. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/8 "2013-10-08T03:55:30Z")
What doesn’t kill you…hurts real bad. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/9 "2013-10-08T14:48:17Z")
Fool me once, phooey on you. Fool me twice, double phooey on you. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/10 "2013-10-08T15:16:45Z")
For every action there is someone pissed off at it. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/11 "2013-10-08T15:20:40Z")
Coming at me like a barrel of monkeys. ---
**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/12 "2013-10-08T16:07:04Z")
The monkey doesn’t fall far from the tree. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/13 "2013-10-08T16:39:01Z")
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of dinosaurs ---
**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/14 "2013-10-08T17:20:16Z")
The early bird gets the best coffee. ---
**Author:** ![TimeWinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/15 "2013-10-08T17:37:48Z")
> [@want2befree](#): > > The early bird gets the best coffee. The early worm gets eaten. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/16 "2013-10-08T17:38:40Z")
Too many cooks have trouble splitting the tip. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/17 "2013-10-08T21:39:21Z")
Two heads are better than one, unless you’re a siamese twin ---
**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/18 "2013-10-08T22:20:59Z")
All’s well that ends with a BJ. ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/19 "2013-10-08T22:38:58Z")
When life gives you lemons make him tell you why when death shows up he kills you, but life just goes around handing out lemons. Bring someone back to life or get someone pregnant already. That I’d understand, but what the hell is with all the lemons? ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/20 "2013-10-09T02:04:45Z")
Invention is 1% inspiration and 99% seed money. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636.md?page=2)