Sooner or later we're all someone's dog

Somewhere around the place I've got an unfinished short story about Schrodinger's Dog; it was mostly moaning about all the attention the cat was getting

Sooner or later I'm going to die, but I'm not going to retire.

Sooner or later, we sell out for money.

We knew he was going sooner or later. And that's what he wanted to do.

Getting fired is what happens to a manager sooner or later.