“They’s no use kiddin’ ourself any more,’ said Tommy Haley. ‘He might get down to thirty-seven in a pinch, but if he done below that a mouse could stop him. He’s a welter; that’s what he is and he knows… — Ring Lardner Copy Share Image
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. — Ring Lardner Copy Share Image
This story is slightly immoral, but so, I guess, are stories based on truth — Ring Lardner Copy Share Image
I've known what it is to be hungry, but I always went right to a restaurant. — Ring Lardner Copy Share Image
No one, ever, wrote anything as well even after one drink as he would have done without it. — Ring Lardner Copy Share Image
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… — Ring Lardner Copy Share Image
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… — Ring Lardner Copy Share Image
