"They also swear who only stand and wait."

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Source : Oliver Herford, Addison Mizner (1907). “The Cynic's Calendar of Revised Wisdom...”

Addison Mizner

#Waiting Quotes #Swear Quotes

“I have a lot left. There's only four or five good centers in the league and I'm in that number. ... I've been in it for 17 years but I've missed three years because of injury. If you do the math, I've still got three years left. You got that?”
“I have never appreciated a quiet moment with a friend as much, a quiet moment with a book and I think part of that is my obsession with being older and time going faster and it's become increasingly sweeter for me.”
“Heaven wheels above you, displaying to you her eternal glories, and still your eyes are on the ground.”
“Some people will do schlock or anything, just to get their name on it.”
“Golf is the hardest game in the world. There is no way you can ever get it. Just when you think you do, the game jumps up and puts you in your place.”
“In monasteries, seminaries, retreats and synagogues, they fear hell and seek paradise. Those who know the mysteries of God never let that seed be planted in their souls.”
“I do believe that his given name is something odd. Peregrine, Penrose- Piers, that's it." "He sounds like a dock." Lord Sundron put in. "Mrs. Hutchins called me a light frigate this morning," Linnet said "a dock might be just the thing for me.”
“Anyone who says the Republicans have been irresponsible aren't looking at the facts.”

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