“I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol” is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. The saying probably originated from a bumper sticker.
“I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol” is often credited to American stand-up comedian Steven Wright, but there is no evidence that he said it.
28 July 1997, Vancouver (BC) Sun, “City Limits,” pg. B5, col. 5:
Robert J. Boyne has written some ``Ponderables,’’ which he defines as ``things that make you go `hmmmmmmm’.
(...)
- I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol.
27 December 1997, The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC), “One-line insights from the onliners” by Elsa McDowell, pg. 1:
I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol.
14 August 1998, Sault Star (Sault St. Marie, ON), Fred Loader column, pg. A3:.
ON A BUMPER sticker: “I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol.”
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The Internet:
Just When You Thought It Was Safe
By B. Bryan Patrick
Victoria, BC: Trafford Publishing
2002
Pg. 57:
I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol.
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Sue Frownfelter
@FrownieGirl
I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol. Steven wright.
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Stop Making Excuses and Start Living With Energy
By Alyssa Abbey
Chichester, UK: Capstone Publishing Ltd
2008
Pg. ?:
“I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol.”
STEVEN WRIGHT
Google Books
Still Speaking with the Stars
By Bob Benson
Xlibris LLC (Xlibris.com)
2011
Pg. 165:
I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol. ~Author Unknown
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Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
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