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> [Just as there are O.K.-words in conversationship so there are O.K.-people to mention in Newstatesmanship.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-potter/just-as-there-are-o-k-words-in-conversationship-so-there-are-o-k/)

[Stephen Potter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-potter/)

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## More by Stephen Potter

> [If your friend says of some picture, Yes, but what does it mean? ask him, what his carpet means or the circular patterns on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-potter/if-your-friend-says-of-some-picture-yes-but-what-does-it-mean-ask-him/)

[Stephen Potter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-potter/)

> [Just as there are O.K.-words in conversationship so there are O.K.-people to mention in Newstatesmanship.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-potter/just-as-there-are-o-k-words-in-conversationship-so-there-are-o-k/)

[Stephen Potter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-potter/)

> [Make friends with your caddie and the game will make friends with you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-potter/make-friends-with-your-caddie-and-the-game-will-make-friends-with-you/)

[Stephen Potter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-potter/)

> [Cogg would suddenly stand stock still. "Listen," he would say. Some feeble quack would be heard from the willow beyond the pond. "That's an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-potter/cogg-would-suddenly-stand-stock-still-listen-he-would-say-some-feeble/)

[Stephen Potter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-potter/)

> [Women are quite unlike men. Women have higher voices, longer hair, smaller waistlines, daintier feet and prettier hands. They also invariably have the upper…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-potter/women-are-quite-unlike-men-women-have-higher-voices-longer-hair/)

[Stephen Potter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-potter/)

> [Remember the basic rule. Make friends with your caddie and the game will make friends with you. How true this is. It is easy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-potter/remember-the-basic-rule-make-friends-with-your-caddie-and-the-game/)

[Stephen Potter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-potter/)

> [In lawn tennis mixed, the basic chivalry move is to pretend to serve less fiercely to the woman than to the man. This is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-potter/in-lawn-tennis-mixed-the-basic-chivalry-move-is-to-pretend-to-serve/)

[Stephen Potter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-potter/)

> [In a general way, we try to anticipate some of your questions so that I can respond 'no comment' with some degree of knowledge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-potter/in-a-general-way-we-try-to-anticipate-some-of-your-questions-so-that/)

[Stephen Potter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-potter/)

> [Your function as a critic is to show that it is really you yourself who should have written the book, if you had had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-potter/your-function-as-a-critic-is-to-show-that-it-is-really-you-yourself/)

[Stephen Potter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-potter/)

> [A good general rule is to state that the bouquet is better than the taste, and vice versa.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-potter/a-good-general-rule-is-to-state-that-the-bouquet-is-better-than-the/)

[Stephen Potter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-potter/)

> [Each of us can, by ploy or gambit, most naturally gain the advantage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-potter/each-of-us-can-by-ploy-or-gambit-most-naturally-gain-the-advantage/)

[Stephen Potter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-potter/)

> [In our small chess community in Marylebone it would be mock modesty on my part to deny that I have built up for myself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-potter/in-our-small-chess-community-in-marylebone-it-would-be-mock-modesty/)

[Stephen Potter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-potter/)

> [Talk of the imperial decay of your invalid port. Its gracious withdrawal from perfection, keeping a hint of former majesty withal, as it hovers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-potter/talk-of-the-imperial-decay-of-your-invalid-port-its-gracious/)

[Stephen Potter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-potter/)

> [Never say the number because it suggest that you are unable to pronounce the name of the wine you are ordering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-potter/never-say-the-number-because-it-suggest-that-you-are-unable-to/)

[Stephen Potter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-potter/)

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