[Played sportswriter Ring Lardner in] Eight Men Out. ... said it was a little scary. |
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. |
Although he is a very poor fielder, he is a very poor hitter. |
An optimist is a girl who mistakes a bulge for a curve. |
An optimist is a girl who mistakes a bulge for a curve. |
He give her a look that you could of poured on a waffle |
He looked at me as if I were a side dish he hadn't ordered. |
I've known what it is to be hungry, but I always went right to a restaurant |
No one, ever, wrote anything as well even after one drink as he would have done without it |
The family you come from isn't as important as the family you're going to have |
The family you come from isn't as important as the family you're going to have |
The family you come from isn't as important as the family you're going to have |
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. |
There isn't anything on earth as depressing as an old sportswriter. |
They (wives) are people who think when the telephone bell rings, it is against the law not to answer it |