# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/61 "2013-10-10T15:41:30Z")
A poor workman blames the economy. ---
**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/62 "2013-10-10T17:42:44Z")
If at first you don’t succeed, throw in the towel. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/63 "2013-10-10T17:43:22Z")
People who live in glass houses shouldn’t. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/64 "2013-10-10T19:03:51Z")
It’s a long way to Tipperary so don’t go. Tippecanoe and swim back. ---
**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/65 "2013-10-10T19:11:24Z")
Once a cheater, always a winner. ---
**Author:** ![Stana\_Claus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stana_claus/32/13874_2.png) [@Stana\_Claus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stana_Claus)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/66 "2013-10-10T19:31:06Z")
I’ll burn that bridge when I get to it. ---
**Author:** ![newcomer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e5b9ba/32.png) [@newcomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcomer)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/67 "2013-10-10T19:33:50Z")
A penny saved is a penny unspent ---
**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 10, 2013, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/68 "2013-10-10T19:37:54Z")
A whistling girl gathers no moss. ---
**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/69 "2013-10-10T19:50:06Z")
Sleepers never prosper. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/70 "2013-10-10T20:00:13Z")
If at first you don’t succeed, missile-targeting is probably a bad fit for you. ---
**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 10, 2013, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/71 "2013-10-10T20:06:47Z")
There never was a good war or a bad pizza. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/72 "2013-10-10T20:09:22Z")
A fool and his gold weigh more than just the gold. ---
**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 10, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/73 "2013-10-10T20:26:33Z")
This game is as easy as shooting fish in self defense. ---
**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/74 "2013-10-10T21:00:05Z")
If you can’t beat 'em, give 'em up for adoption. ---
**Author:** ![Major\_Matt\_Mason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Major\_Matt\_Mason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Major_Matt_Mason)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/75 "2013-10-10T22:29:56Z")
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man late for work when the alarm fails to go off. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/76 "2013-10-10T23:39:08Z")
Success has a thousand fathers, failure has but one – therefore, the mother of failure is a model of chastity, while the mother of success is the biggest fuckin whore you ever saw. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/77 "2013-10-10T23:40:13Z")
Necessity is the mother of desperation. ---
**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 11, 2013, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/78 "2013-10-11T00:15:55Z")
If you don’t anything nice to say, then you must be a terrible person. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2013, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/79 "2013-10-11T00:43:54Z")
Why buy the cow when you can get the sex for free. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2013, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/80 "2013-10-11T00:47:22Z")
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