Famous quotes containing the words bridge club, bridge, club and/or meets:
“In bridge clubs and in councils of state, the passions are the same.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“In bridge clubs and in councils of state, the passions are the same.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“He loved to sit silent in a corner of his club and listen to the loud chattering of politicians, and to think how they all were in his power—how he could smite the loudest of them, were it worth his while to raise his pen for such a purpose.”
—Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)
“A child... who has learned from fairy stories to believe that what at first seemed a repulsive, threatening figure can magically change into a most helpful friend is ready to believe that a strange child whom he meets and fears may also be changed from a menace into a desirable companion.”
—Bruno Bettelheim (20th century)