Ring Lardner

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 to the editor. ↗

— Ring Lardner

#big #big enough #come #editor #enclosing

They gave each other a smile with a future in it. ↗

— Ring Lardner

#future #gave #other #smile

He looked at me as if I were a side dish he hadn't ordered. ↗

— Ring Lardner

#hadn #i #looked #me #ordered

An optimist is a girl who mistakes a bulge for a curve. ↗

— Ring Lardner

#girl #mistakes #optimist #who

I've known what it is to be hungry, but I always went right to a restaurant. ↗

— Ring Lardner

#hungry #i #i always #known #restaurant

No one, ever, wrote anything as well even after one drink as he would have done with out it. ↗

— Ring Lardner

#anything #done #drink #even #ever

The family you come from isn't as important as the family you're going to have. ↗

— Ring Lardner

#come #going #important #you

The only real happiness a ballplayer has is when he is playing a ball game and accomplishes something he didn't think he could do. ↗

— Ring Lardner

#ball #ball game #ballplayer #could #game