2010s, 2014 FIFA World Cup, Brazil v. Germany (2014)
Source: The Boys Of Summer, Chapter 1, The Trolley Car That Ran By Ebbets Field, p. 55
“Unless the choice was unanimous, he would not throw in the towel.”
About his contesting for the Presidential elections in: "Presidents of India, 1950-2003", p. 138
“In the garden of tabloid delight, there is always a clean towel and another song.”
In The Garden Of Tabloid Delight, p. 195
Waiting For The Barbarians (1997)
“why do male nudists wear towels to play tennis?”
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Others
“Bork has essentially given up. I'm not ready to throw in the towel.”
Asked about philosophical ally Robert Bork's urging that Congress override some Supreme Court rulings: Speech to the Anti-Defamation League http://web.archive.org/19990219131611/members.aol.com/schwenkler/scalia/nocontest.htm (May 1997).
1990s
“Solitude takes time. One becomes alone, like a towel drying.”
Aphorism #115
Interglacial (2004)
“If we can't alter the tide of events, at least we can be nearby with towels to mop up.”
Source: Q-In-Law
