Ring Lardner Quotes

United States, Columnist
March 6, 1885 – September, 25, 1933.

Ringgold Wilmer "Ring" Lardner was an American sports columnist and short-story writer best known for his satirical writings on sports, marriage, and the theatre.

Also known as Writer

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.

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

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- Important
- Family

They gave each other a smile with a future in it.

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- Future
- Smile
He looked at me as if I were a side dish he hadn't ordered.

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- Looked
- Ordered
I've known what it is to be hungry, but I always went right to a restaurant.

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- Always
- Hungry
- Restaurant
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.

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An optimist is a girl who mistakes a bulge for a curve.

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- Mistakes
- Optimist
No one, ever, wrote anything as well even after one drink as he would have done with out it.

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- Anything
- Would