Ring Lardner
Ring Lardner
Ringgold Wilmer "Ring" Lardnerwas an American sports columnist and short story writer best known for his satirical writings about sports, marriage, and the theatre...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNon-Fiction Author
Date of Birth6 March 1885
CityNiles, MI
CountryUnited States of America
stuff
Where do they get that stuff about me being a satirist? I just listen.
army home mayer salvation
Walter Mayer was a hero at a Salvation Army home fire in Cincinnati.
american-comedian
I've known what it is to be hungry, but I always went right to a restaurant.
american-comedian mistakes optimist
An optimist is a girl who mistakes a bulge for a curve.
american-comedian
No one, ever, wrote anything as well even after one drink as he would have done with out it.
american-comedian good manuscript writers
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.
american-comedian ballplayer happiness playing
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.
american-comedian family
The family you come from isn't as important as the family you're going to have.
based slightly stories truth
This story is slightly immoral, but so, I guess, are stories based on truth
depressing earth
There isn't anything on earth as depressing as an old sportswriter.
poured waffle
He give her a look that you could of poured on a waffle
against answer bell law people telephone
They (wives) are people who think when the telephone bell rings, it is against the law not to answer it
although poor
Although he is a very poor fielder, he is a very poor hitter.
sweet dark night
Some like them hot,some like them cold. Some like them when they're not to darn old Some like them fat,some like them lean. Some like them only at sweet sixteen. Some like them dark,some like them light. Some like them in the park,late at night. Some like them fickle,some like them true, But the time I like them is when they're like you