There's only one criterion

There’s only one criterion
Folks inferi-ah
Say ‘one criteria’

Who said that? I have an idea it was Asimov.

It’s been nearly a decade.

Has anyone found an answer?

Try spelling it “inferia” instead, to more closely rhyme with “criteria”.

Here it’s credited to Willard R. Espy in “Say It My Way”:

Of course, he could have cribbed it from someone else.

Thanks!