The Intelligent Woman's Guide To Socialism, Capitalism, Sovietism, and Fascism (1928)
1920s
Context: It is far more likely that by the time nationalization has become the rule, and private enterprise the exception, Socialism (which is really rather a bad name for the business) will be spoken of, if at all, as a crazy religion held by a fanatical sect in that darkest of dark ages, the nineteenth century. Already, indeed, I am told that Socialism has had its day, and that the sooner we stop talking nonsense about it and set to work, like the practical people we are, to nationalize the coal mines and complete a national electrification scheme, the better. And I, who said forty years ago that we should have had Socialism already but for the Socialists, am quite willing to drop the name if dropping it will help me to get the thing. What I meant by my jibe at the Socialists of the eighteen-eighties was that nothing is ever done, and much is prevented, by people who do not realize that they cannot do everything at once.
Osho, And The Flowers Showered (2003), , p. 204
On completing a long novel, New York Times (7 April 1968)
Source: Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 2 (2013), p. 115
“I had a very lonely New Year's this year. I had to watch my own balls drop.”
One-liners
“how about instead of drop the ball on new years we drop the damn gas prices for onve”
[ Link to tweet https://twitter.com/dril/status/1346292466589130754]
Tweets by year, 2021
“Sacrifice, Work, and Production” Speech in Milan before the Fascio Milanese Combattimento (5 February 1920) p. 69
1920s, Mussolini as Revealed in his Political Speeches (November 1914—August 1923) (1923)
“I don't want to drop salt on the wound, as it already hurts.”
Speaking of the proposed increases of utility prices
Source: [Янукович взялся за старое, хоть и не хочет “капать соль на рану”, http://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/news/2009/05/28/4487095/, 2022-06-12, Украинская правда, ru, 2009-05-28]
“Hey, Macey, sorry to drop in but Cammie just had to be alone with me. You know how she gets.”
Source: Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover
