Creative Quotations from . . .
Ring Lardner
(1885-1933) born on Mar 03
US "humorist, journalist, short-story writer". "He was known for social satire using American vernacular speech, "Treat 'Em Rough," 1918."
 
   
F
Where do they get that stuff about me being a satirist? I just listen.

R
He's been that way for years -- a born questioner but he hates answers.
A
They gave each other a smile with a future in it.
N
He looked at me as if I was a side dish he hadn't ordered.
K
"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 is too much of a temptation for the editor."


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "In "Say It Again," by Dorothy Uris, 1979."
R: "In "Webster's Electronic Quotebase," ed. Keith Mohler, 1994."
A: "In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994."
N: "Referring to W. H. Taft, US president (1909-13); in "The Home Book of Humorous Quotations," by A. K. Adams."
K: "In "Webster's Electronic Quotebase," ed. Keith Mohler, 1994."



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