Croquet Quotes

16 quotes by 14 authors

My attitude toward punctuation is that it ought to be as conventional as possible. The game of golf would lose a good deal if croquet… — Ernest Hemingway
Consider the many special delights a lawn affords: soft mattress for a creeping baby; worm hatchery for a robin; croquet or badminton court; baseball diamond;… — Katharine Sergeant Angell White
This was an away-day for the deputy prime minister's staff, who've had a change of responsibilities [on John Prescott's scandalous playing habits... on the croquet… — Paul Clark
Long ago life was clean, sex was bad and obscene, and the rich were so mean. Stately homes for the Lords, croquet lawns, village greens,… — Ray Davies
Croquet is tough. People play for months because the rules are so bizarre. Those crazy English. — Jane Kaczmarek
The game of golf would lose a great deal if croquet mallets and billiard cues were allowed on the putting green. — Ernest Hemingway
I say, Billy, whatâ€™s the use in playing croquet when youâ€™re doomed? He says, Frankie, whatâ€™s the use of not playing croquet when youâ€™re doomed? — Frank McCourt
They were adored by the Germans, who thought they were exactly what Englishmen ought to be. They made war look stylish and reasonable, and fun...… — Kurt Vonnegut
Once she remembered trying to box her own ears for having cheated herself in a game of croquet she was playing against herself, for this… — Lewis Carroll
A curse on this game. How can you stick at a game when the rules keep on changing? I shall call myself Alice and play… — Jeanette Winterson
So they left the subject and played croquet, which is a very good game for people who are annoyed with one another, giving many opportunities… — Rose Macaulay
If it turned out Brandon Stark also likes to dress up as Strwberry Shortcake while playing croquet with his miniture pony collection, I totally wouldn't… — Meg Cabot
A Grand Design we couldn't see because we were part of it. A Grand Design we only got occasional, fleeting glimpses of. A Grand Design… — Connie Willis
It was a universal truth among males that anytime you saw a guy get it in the nuts, you experienced a shot of phantom pain… — J R Ward
It was a universal truth among males that anytime you saw a guy get it in the nuts, you experienced a shot of phantom pain… — J R Ward
Here's a riddle: When is a croquet mallet like a billy club? I'll tell you: Whenever you want it to be! — Cheshire Cat

Who Wrote These Croquet Quotes

14 authors contributed a total of 16 Croquet Quotes as follows: