"A city with one newspaper... is like a man with one eye, and often the eye is glass."

-- A. J. Liebling

#Eye Quotes #Men Quotes #Glasses Quotes

“I always say we got 700 pounds of pork up front. They're going to hold guys down and allow us linebackers to make a lot of plays. Even in practice. I'm loving it, man.”
“I haven't seen this many men dressed in women's clothing since my bachelor party”
“Je sais de quelles petitesses meurent les plus grandes amours. I know how pettiness ruins the greatest loves.”
“Isn't there a curious elegance in how one moment passes into another?”

Source : Stephen Dunn (1999). “Riffs and Reciprocities: Prose Pairs”, p.44, W. W. Norton & Company
“If I had my life to live over again, I would elect to be a trader of goods rather than a student of science. I think barter is a noble thing.”
“Detraction's a bold monster, and fears not To wound the fame of princes, if it find But any blemish in their lives to work on.”
“I just saw an ad the other day that I couldn't believe. There was this woman-and I think it's degrading to womankind-she was going out of her mind over a new product called "A Thousand Flushes." Here she was in her toilet, saying, "Oh, I love this product!" and, "My life is complete!" Good God-if your joy depends on "A Thousand Flushes," you're sick!”
“I must confess that I'm not a great reader. At the moment I'm reading my son's 'Stig of the Dump' by Clive King and I've got a plant catalogue on the go.”

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