Young Thoroughbred Player

Famous quotes containing the words young, thoroughbred and/or player:

    “So was produced this tragedy
    In a far tower of ivory
    Where, O young men, late in the night
    All you who drink light and stroke the air
    Come back, seeking the night, and cry
    To strict Rapunzel to let down her hair.”
    —Allen Tate (1899–1979)

    “There can be no two opinions as to what a highbrow is. He is the man or woman of thoroughbred intelligence who rides his mind at a gallop across country in pursuit of an idea.”
    —Virginia Woolf (1882–1941)

    “Between the daylight gambler and the player at night there is the same difference that lies between a careless husband and the lover swooning under his lady’s window.”
    —Honoré De Balzac (1799–1850)