Alistair Cooke Quotes

[Golfers] are a special kind of moral relist who nips the normal romantic and idealstic yearnings in the bud by proving once or twice a week that life is unconquerable but endurable.

Alistair Cooke

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• [Golfers] are a special kind of moral relist who nips the normal romantic and idealstic yearnings in the bud by proving once or twice a week that life is unconquerable but endurable.

  

  Alistair Cooke
  • Life
  • Moral
  • Romantic