# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/101 "2013-10-12T19:30:04Z")
I wish I could take credit for this one, but it’s from an old Garth Brooks song (“Burning Bridges”): We’ll cross that bridge whenever it arrives… ---
**Author:** ![sorbitol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@sorbitol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sorbitol)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/102 "2013-10-13T01:10:00Z")
Patent your corn early… ---
**Author:** ![sorbitol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@sorbitol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sorbitol)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/103 "2013-10-13T01:16:25Z")
The early worm gets the late bird. ---
**Author:** ![sorbitol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@sorbitol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sorbitol)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/104 "2013-10-13T01:20:14Z")
I know not what weapons WW IV will be fought, But WW V will be fought with just stones. ---
**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 13, 2013, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/105 "2013-10-13T02:10:57Z")
It’s not what you know, but who you have the dirt on. ---
**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 13, 2013, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/106 "2013-10-13T09:36:47Z")
Neither a borrower nor a lender be: stealing is so much easier. ---
**Author:** ![SageGrouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@SageGrouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SageGrouse)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/107 "2013-10-13T16:25:30Z")
All’s fair in death and taxes. You can’t make an omelette without breaking the camel’s back. That’s no skin off my teeth. Ine one ear and out for the count. It’s a dog-eat-dog-tired world. The more things change, the more they cost. ---
**Author:** ![sorbitol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@sorbitol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sorbitol)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/108 "2013-10-13T18:04:31Z")
A ghoul and his money have departed. ---
**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 13, 2013, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/109 "2013-10-13T18:23:16Z")
It’s as easy as cake. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/110 "2013-10-13T18:28:04Z")
A load of bread, a jug of wine, and a thousand dollars. ---
**Author:** ![sorbitol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@sorbitol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sorbitol)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/111 "2013-10-13T19:41:47Z")
Dont’ lacrimate over a tipped cow… ---
**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 13, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/112 "2013-10-13T21:20:11Z")
The world is too much with us, that’s why video games are so beneficial. ---
**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 13, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/113 "2013-10-13T21:27:52Z")
It was the best of times. As an optimist I’m stopping the story there. ---
**Author:** ![hiebram](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5fc32e/32.png) [@hiebram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hiebram)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/114 "2013-10-13T22:43:18Z")
If all you have is a penis, everything starts to look like a vagina. ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/115 "2013-10-13T22:53:45Z")
A bird in the hand will make your hand dirty. ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/116 "2013-10-13T23:08:03Z")
“If we had but world enough and time,” We probably still wouldn’t get anything done. When I consider how my nights are spent It reminds me to keep my window shades down. This is the way the whore’ll end Not with her gang but her pimper. ---
**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 13, 2013, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/117 "2013-10-13T23:31:11Z")
I wouldn’t miss this for all the tea on Mars. ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/118 "2013-10-14T03:10:53Z")
“The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong - but that’s the way to bet.” - Damon Runyon You can fool some of the people some of the time, and that’s usually good enough. ---
**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 14, 2013, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/119 "2013-10-14T03:17:03Z")
The best defense is a _good_ defense. The early bird gets to beat everyone else to the bathroom. Elephants never prosper. ---
**Author:** ![Haldurson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/51bf81/32.png) [@Haldurson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Haldurson)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636/120 "2013-10-14T05:23:43Z")
A rolling stone gathers a lot of groupies. Early to bed and early to rise makes you miss Letterman. Never a borrower nor a lender be unless you get good interest rates. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-saying/670636.md?page=7)