#ny

Only bad golfers are lucky. They're the ones bouncing balls off trees, curbs, turtles and cars. Good golfers have bad luck. When you hit the ball straight, a funny bounce is bound to be unlucky. ↗

— Lee Trevino

#bad luck #ball #balls #bounce #bouncing

There's something dangerous about what's funny. Jarring and disconcerting. There is a connection between funny and scary. ↗

— Christopher Walken

#between #connection #dangerous #disconcerting #funny

I used to love Danish. My father used to make a Boston cream pie. You never see that anymore. ↗

— Christopher Walken

#boston #cream #danish #father #i

Polite conversation is rarely either. ↗

— Fran Lebowitz

#conversation #either #polite #rarely

I've always been a character actor, although I'm not quite sure what that means. All my scripts are absolutely covered in notes, so any time I say anything - even 'pass the salt' - I have six subtexts, comments on what I really mean when I'm saying that. Maybe that's what gives the impression that I'm saying one thing and thinking something else. ↗

— Christopher Walken

#actor #although #always #any #anything

My father was a lesson. He had his own bakery, and it was closed one day a week, but he would go anyway. He did it because he really loved his bakery. It wasn't a job. ↗

— Christopher Walken

#bakery #because #closed #day #did

Marvelous is the power which can be exercised, almost unconsciously, over a company, or an individual, or even upon a crowd by one person gifted with good temper, good digestion, good intellects, and good looks. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

#company #crowd #digestion #even #exercised

Love is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can afford it. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

#any #like #love #love is #luxury

If we had had more time for discussion we should probably have made a great many more mistakes. ↗

— Leon Trotsky

#great #had #made #many #mistakes

If we had more time for discussion we should probably have made a great many more mistakes. ↗

— Leon Trotsky

#great #had #made #many #mistakes