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Thomas Alva Edison

(1847—1931)

U.S. inventor

Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work.

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few and far between

[few and far between] {adj. phr.} Not many; few and scattered; not often met or found; rare. - Used in the predicate. * /People who will work as hard as […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Tom Walsh

Humor results when society says you can't scratch certain things in public, but they itch in public. www.english-slang.com

Calvin Coolidge, quoted by Stanley Waler in City Editor, page 131

When a great many people are unable to find work, unemployment results. www.english-slang.com

reckon with

[reckon with] {v.} To consider as one of the things which may change a situation; consider (something) that will make a difference in the results. * /The coach said the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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lose out

[lose out] {v.} To fail to win; miss first place in a contest; lose to a rival. * /John lost out in the rivalry for Mary's […]

make off

[make off] {v.} To go away; run away; leave. * /When the deer saw the hunter it made off at once./ * /A thief stopped John […]

Alfred Hitchcock

(1899-1980) U.S. film-maker There is nothing quite so good as burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating.

break a leg

[break a leg] {v. phr.} Is said to actors for good luck before they go on stage, especially on an opening nights. One of the […]

Percussive Maintenance

[Percussive Maintenance] The fine art of whacking the crap out of an electronic device to get it to work again.