Quotes by Ring Lardner

“The family you come from isnt as important as the family youre going to have”

“They gave each other a smile with a future in it”

“No one, ever, wrote anything as well even after one drink as he would have done without it”

“Ive known what it is to be hungry, but I always went right to a restaurant”

“He looked at me as if I were a side dish he hadnt ordered.”

“He give her a look that you could of poured on a waffle”

“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.”

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

“This story is slightly immoral, but so, I guess, are stories based on truth”

“They (wives) are people who think when the telephone bell rings, it is against the law not to answer it”

How can you write if you cant cry?

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.

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

He looked at me as if I was a side dish he hadnt ordered.

The only real happiness a ballplayer has is when he is playing a ball game and accomplishes something he didnt think he could do.

The family you come from isnt as important as the family youre going to have.