Say it often enough and before long it's a serious discussion on cable TV, in which the proven and the preposterous get the same respectful chin-wagging.
He was also bold enough to publish, long before it became fashionable to do so, a harrowing and redemptive account of his experience of depression, "Darkness Visible," thereby ushering in an era's worth of such memoirs, few of which have equaled, much less surpassed, his own.
"You'll have noise enough before long.
'Noise!' cried Revere, 'You'll have noise enough before long.
But sure enough, before long John is tossing a red ball over the work yard's chain-link fence to Bobby, eager as a baby bird wanting food from its mother.
Sure enough, before long the tiny (alleged) thugs were boasting about their crimes in status updates, which the blogger shared with the world.
Sure enough, before long Stanton received a request for help from the Norwegian police, and two weeks later, he and two other British divers, John Volanthen and Jason Mallinson, clambered into Steinugleflaget.
And, sure enough, it wasn't long before the long arm of the law started to hammer down on me.
Former Argentina manager Marcelo Bielsa had had more than enough of his job long before he left it, but he didn't want to leave it "without winning something".
Sure enough, it was not long before Andrei Eschenko advanced, unchecked from right-back before releasing Hiddink's star striker, only for Eto'o to drag his low, angled shot narrowly wide.
