Young Thoroughbred Player

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

    “And oh! if my young babe were born,
    And set upon the nurse’s knee,
    And I my self were dead and gone
    For a maid again I’ll never be.”
    —Unknown. Waly, Waly (l. 37–40)

    “A thoroughbred business man cannot enter heartily upon the business of life without first looking into his accounts.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “Intelligence and war are games, perhaps the only meaningful games left. If any player becomes too proficient, the game is threatened with termination.”
    —William Burroughs (b. 1914)