Ring Lardner Quotes & Sayings

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

Are you lost, Daddy?" I asked tenderly. "Shut up," he explained. — Ring Lardner

Mr. Fitzgerald is a novelist and Mrs. Fitzgerald is a novelty — Ring Lardner

No one, ever, wrote anything as well even after one drink as he would have done with out it. — Ring Lardner

He looked at me as if I was a side dish he hadn't ordered. — Ring Lardner

How can you write if you can't cry? — Ring Lardner

He looked at me as if I were a side dish he hadn't ordered. — Ring Lardner

I've known what it is to be hungry, but I always went right to a restaurant. — Ring Lardner

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

They gave each other a smile with a future in it. — Ring Lardner

Walter Mayer was a hero at a Salvation Army home fire in Cincinnati. — Ring Lardner

The family you come from isn't as important as the family you're going to have. — 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

An optimist is a girl who mistakes a bulge for a curve. — Ring Lardner

Shut up,' he explained. — Ring Lardner

Although he is a very poor fielder, he is a very poor hitter. — Ring Lardner