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Ring Lardner quotes

American Comedian March 6, 1885 – September 25, 1933

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The only real happiness a ballplayer has is when he is playing a ball game and accomplishes something he didn't think he could do. Ring Lardner
Ring Lardner quote: "They gave each other a smile with a future in it."
They gave each other a smile with a future in it. Ring Lardner
Ring Lardner quote: "The family you come from isn't as important as the family..."
The family you come from isn't as important as the family you're going to have. Ring Lardner
They’s no use kiddin’ ourself any more,’ said Tommy Haley. ‘He might get down to thirty-seven in a pinch, but if he done below that a mouse could stop him. He’s a welter; that’s what he is and he knows it as well as I do. He’s growed like a weed in the last six mont’s. I told him, I says, “If you don’t quit growin’ they won’t be nobody for you to box, only Willard and them.” He says, “Well, I wouldn’t run away from Willard if I weighed twenty pounds more.”’ ‘He must hate himself,’ said... Ring Lardner
Some like them hot, some like them cold. Some like them when they're not to darn old. Some like them fat, some like them lean. Some like them only at sweet sixteen. Some like them dark, some like them light. Some like them in the park, late at night. Some like them fickle, some like them true, But the time I like them is when they're like you Ring Lardner
Ring Lardner quote: "An optimist is a girl who mistakes a bulge for a curve."
An optimist is a girl who mistakes a bulge for a curve. Ring Lardner
A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope, big enough for the manuscript to come back in. This is too much of a temptation to the editor. Ring Lardner
Ring Lardner quote: "How can you write if you can't cry?"
How can you write if you can't cry? Ring Lardner
Ring Lardner quote: "No one, ever, wrote anything as well even after one drink as..."
No one, ever, wrote anything as well even after one drink as he would have done with out it. Ring Lardner
Ring Lardner quote: "He looked at me as if I were a side dish he hadn't ordered."
He looked at me as if I were a side dish he hadn't ordered. Ring Lardner
Ring Lardner quote: "I've known what it is to be hungry, but I always went right to..."
I've known what it is to be hungry, but I always went right to a restaurant. Ring Lardner
Ring Lardner quote: "Although he is a very poor fielder, he is a very poor hitter."
Although he is a very poor fielder, he is a very poor hitter. Ring Lardner
Ring Lardner quote: "Shut up,' he explained."
Shut up,' he explained. Ring Lardner

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