If writers were good businessmen, they'd have too much sense to be writers. Irvin S. Cobb More Quotes by Irvin S. Cobb More Quotes From Irvin S. Cobb To be born in Kentucky is a heritage; to brag about it is a habit; to appreciate it is a virtue. Irvin S. Cobb kentuckyheritageappreciate 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'! Irvin S. Cobb columnistskentuckyeye If I wanted to go crazy I would do it in Washington because it would not be noticed Irvin S. Cobb politicalcrazywitty Reelfoot is, and has always been, a lake of mystery.In places it is bottomless. Other places the skeletons of the cypress-trees that went down when the earth sank, still stand upright so that if the sun shines from the right quarter, and the water is less muddy than common, a man, peering face downward into its depths, sees, or thinks he sees, down below him the bare top-limbs upstretching like drowned men's fingers, all coated with the mud of years and bandaged with pennons of the green lake slime. Irvin S. Cobb lakesmenthinking I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial. Irvin S. Cobb powerfulsarcasticwitty A funeral eulogy is a belated plea for the defense delivered after the evidence is all in. Irvin S. Cobb eulogyfuneraldefense Men are vain; but they won't mind women working so long as they get smaller wages for the same job. Irvin S. Cobb workjobsmen An epitaph is a belated advertisement for a line of goods that have been permanently discontinued. Irvin S. Cobb sarcasmsarcasticfunny 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. Irvin S. Cobb san-franciscocitiesfriendly You had to hate the Colonel a whole lot to keep from loving him. Irvin S. Cobb colonelsloving-himhate If a woman likes another woman, she's cordial. If she doesn't like her, she's very cordial. Irvin S. Cobb like-herwomenlikes Golf - a young man's vice and an old man's penance. Irvin S. Cobb vicesgolfmen A woman may have a witty tongue or a stinging pen but she will never laugh at her own individual shortcomings. Irvin S. Cobb womenwittylaughing Middle age: when you begin to exchange your emotions for symptoms. Irvin S. Cobb emotionagebirthday As I understand it, sport is hard work for which you do not get paid. Irvin S. Cobb paidworksports You couldn't tell if she was dressed for an opera or an operation. Irvin S. Cobb operationsoperasarcastic Humor is merely tragedy standing on its head with its pants torn. Irvin S. Cobb laughterappreciationteacher A good storyteller is a person with a good memory and hopes other people haven't. Irvin S. Cobb personmemorygoodpeople An epitaph is a belated advertisement for a line of goods that has been discontinued. Irvin S. Cobb advertisementlinebeenepitaph
