Anchor: He has lived by his wits as the saying goes. 
Entailed: As the saying goes, he has lived by his wits.
Contradiction: He has been living by his arrogance, as the writing goes.
Contradiction: Nobody is fixing
Contradiction: The value in doing it before 2010 is better than in the long term after 2010.
Contradiction: The men are surfing.
Contradiction: He was probably better off dead.