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.sky-net-eye.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.sky-net-eye.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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public enemy

[public enemy] {n. phr.} A famous criminal. * /Al Capone of Chicago used to be Public Enemy Number One during prohibition./

put that in your pipe and smoke it

[put that in your pipe and smoke it] {v. phr.}, {informal} To understand something told you; accept something as fact or […]