Inspirational sayings

"When you're up to your ears in alligators, it's too late to drain the swamp", I just read this one today am I the only person who has never heard of this quote before? It was in a book of inspirational sayings and was probably pretty common in Florida or somewhere alligators are found. In Kansas it would probably relate to cattle or rattlesnakes instead of alligators and something other than a swamp.

This is a photo of a Teardrop Sun Catcher, it was difficult getting a good photo and it was too long to get a good full shot so I put the end of one Sun Catcher at the top of the other to show a close up of both.