William Bernard Ziff, Jr. famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • If you've driven over to the gay section of Los Angeles, it's like a golf course... Real estate values go 'boom!'

  • I think dates considered super corny and cheesy - whether it's going bowling or miniature golf or something where you can be competitive and just have fun with each other - those always make the most memorable dates!

  • I've come to realize that I perform best when I'm letting my subconscious mind hit the ball and my conscious mind is otherwise occupied.

  • It's so ridiculous to see a golfer with a one foot putt and everybody is saying "Shhh" and not moving a muscle. Then we allow nineteen year-old kids to face a game-deciding free throw with seventeen thousand people yelling.

  • I always wanted to be a golfer, only I realised that if I'd played golf I would have been skint.

  • Work: a dangerous disorder affecting high public functionaries who want to go fishing.

  • There are two distinct visits to tackle-shops, the visit to buy tackle and the visit which may be described as Platonic when, being for some reason unable to fish, we look for an excuse to go in, and waste the tackle dealer's time.

  • Nothing is more logical than persecution. Religious tolerance is a kind of infidelity.

  • Once you get to the Enlightenment, the way that powers get to be hyperpowers isn't just by conquest. It's through commerce and innovation. Societies like the Dutch Republic and the United States used tolerance to become a magnet for enterprising immigrants.

  • The people at the Café Lehmitz had a presence and a sincerity that I myself lacked. It was okay to be desperate, to be tender, to sit all alone or share the company of others. There was a great warmth and tolerance in this destitute setting.

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