“Ther's still a few honest folks left but they never seem t' find anything you lose.”
Short Furrows http://books.google.com/books?id=CboVAAAAYAAJ&q=%22ther's+still+a+few+honest+folks+left+but+they+never+seem+t'%22 (1913).
“Ther's still a few honest folks left but they never seem t' find anything you lose.”
Short Furrows http://books.google.com/books?id=CboVAAAAYAAJ&q=%22ther's+still+a+few+honest+folks+left+but+they+never+seem+t'%22 (1913).
“Th' only way t' entertain some folks is t' listen t' 'em.”
New Sayings by Abe Martin and Velma's Vow: A Gripping Love Tale by Miss Fawn Lippincut (1916).
“Some folks can look so busy doin' nothin' that they seem indispensable.”
As quoted in Saturday Review (18 March 1944), p. 19
Variant: Some folks can look so busy doing nothing that they seem indispensable.