Irvin S. Cobb
Irvin S. Cobb
Irvin Shrewsbury Cobbwas an American author, humorist, editor and columnist from Paducah, Kentucky who relocated to New York in 1904, living there for the remainder of his life. He wrote for the New York World, Joseph Pulitzer's newspaper, as the highest paid staff reporter in the United States...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth23 June 1876
CountryUnited States of America
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Of all American cities of whatever size the most friendly on preliminary inspection, and on further acquaintance the most likable. The happiest-hearted, the gayest, the most care-free city on this continent.
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I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial.
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If I wanted to go crazy I would do it in Washington because it would not be noticed
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If writers were good businessmen, they'd have too much sense to be writers.
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Until you go to Kentucky and with your own eyes behold the Derby, you ain't never been nowhere and you ain't seen nothin'!
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To be born in Kentucky is a heritage; to brag about it is a habit; to appreciate it is a virtue.