Brinkmanship Quotes by Richard Armour

This golfer has a wicked slice. And quite a follow-through. That's why his partner, who stood too close, Is on the green in two.

— Richard Armour

Beauty is only skin deep, and the world is full of thin skinned people.

— Richard Armour

Book burning is a charming old custom, hallowed by antiquity. It has been practiced for centuries by fascists, communists, atheists, school children, rival authors,…

— Richard Armour

Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong.

— Richard Armour

I've suffered from all of the hang-ups known, and none is as bad as the telephone.

— Richard Armour

Retired is being tired twice, I've thought, first tired of working, then tired of not.

— Richard Armour

“Shake and shake the catsup bottle. None will come, and then a lot'll.”

— Richard Armour

If we cannot define stupidity, at least we can trace most human misfortunes and weaknesses to it. Its manifestations are legion, its symptoms are…

— Richard Armour

The hand is quicker than the eye is, but somewhat slower than the fly is.

— Richard Armour

Rather than earn money, it was Thoreau's idea to reduce his wants so that he would not need to buy anything. As he went…

— Richard Armour

In such novels as This Side of Paradise and The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald depicts the spirit of the hour which is usually about 4…

— Richard Armour

Middle age is the time of life that a man first notices in his wife.

— Richard Armour

How I love to get a letter! I can think of nothing better Than perusing an epistolary item. But deep is my despondence, For…

— Richard Armour

Libraries: Here is where people, one frequently finds, lower their voices, and raise their minds.

— Richard Armour

I love a finished speaker, I really, truly do I don't mean one who's polished, I just mean one who's through.

— Richard Armour