Vardon Golf Quotes & Sayings

Criminal court is where bad people are on their best behavior. It's much more dangerous for lawyers and judges in family court, where good people are at their worst. — Richard Dooling

Never saw one worth a damn. — Harry Vardon

I hate intellectuals. They are from the top down. I am from the bottom up. — Frank Lloyd Wright

I don't like to leave my children for long periods of time. It's made me more picky about roles that are close, especially on television. — Brooke Shields

The flush toilet, more than any single invention, has 'civilized' us in a way that religion and law could never accomplish. — Thomas Lynch

Don't play too much golf. Two rounds a day are plenty. — Harry Vardon

The most successful way to play golf is the easiest way. — Harry Vardon

For this game you need, above all things, to be in a tranquil frame of mind. — Harry Vardon

If your opponent is playing several shots in vain attempts to extricate himself from a bunker, do not stand near him and audibly count his strokes. It would be justifiable homicide if he wound up his pitiable exhibition by applying his niblick to your head. — Harry Vardon

Moderation is essential in all things, madam, but never in my life have I failed to beat a teetotaller. — Harry Vardon

The advent of the rubber ball was instrumental in creating an entirely different method of striking the object. The solid ball required to be hit for carry, whereas it was quickly apparent that the Haskell lent itself to an enormous run. I hold the firm opinion that from this date the essential attitude towards accuracy was completely lost sight of. This was the start of the craze for length and still more length. — Harry Vardon

Your chest is surprisingly hairy.'
'I hope I can't say the same thing about you. — Gemma Burgess

Do not be tempted to invest in a sample of each golfing invention as soon as it makes its appearance. If you do, you will only complicate and spoil your game - and encumber your locker with useless rubbish. — Harry Vardon

To play well you must feel tranquil and at peace. I have never been troubled by nerves in golf because I felt I had nothing to lose and everything to gain. — Harry Vardon

God has brought His Church into the wilderness. Spiritually, America is a dry and thirsty land. Our time of testing is at hand. God once again watches to see whether His people will seek His face or His hand. His face represents His character and nature; it denotes a relationship. His hand represents His provision and power. If you seek only His hand, you may not recognize His face. But if you know the face, you will know His hand. — John Bevere

People talk about their heart being torn in two, but I always thought it was a metaphor, no more. But it really feels like that, like something precious at the core of me is being ripped into halves, neither of them complete. — Claudia Gray

There are many ways of performing the operations successfully. I can claim, however, to be in a position to explain how not to putt. I think I know as well as anybody how not to do it. — Harry Vardon

I start with theory rather than people. I don't like novels which have no theoretical or philosophical underpinning. I hate the contemporary novel where people just sit and talk to each other about their relationships. — Neel Mukherjee

Oh, my god, this chick just mentioned MacGyver?
Hell.
Yes. — Colleen Hoover

Never concede the putt that beats you. — Harry Vardon

I love doing features, but it's a very different ballgame. Sometimes I yearn for short films again, working with a small team, getting my hands on the clay. — Nick Park

A great deal of unnecessarily bad golf is played in this world. — Harry Vardon

We take it for granted that our parents are like trees. They never run out of boughs for us to pick fruit from. The thing is, if you pick a fruit when it's not ready, it grows back slower the next season. The more you do this, the less fruit you'll get. Keep it up, and in the end you'll have a fat belly and a barren tree. — Rose Christo

Although every person makes mistakes, not every mistake makes a person. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

We know what we need to do. Let's re-elect President Obama! — Eva Longoria

We fear monsters because we fear the dark parts of ourselves ... — John Geddes

I'd stand on the street corner and score a steak," Cas said.
I couldn't help laughing. "You know, you might be flooded with business."
His mouth stretched into a lecherous grin. "If you come with me we could be rich by morning."
"Very funny. — Jennifer Rush