Young Thoroughbred Player

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

    ““A tedious brief scene of young Pyramus
    And his love Thisbe, very tragical mirth”—
    Merry and tragical? Tedious and brief?
    That is hot ice and wondrous strange snow!”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

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

    “If women were umpiring none of this [rowdyism] would happen. Do you suppose any ball player in the country would step up to a good-looking girl and say to her, “You color- blind, pickle-brained, cross-eyed idiot, if you don’t stop throwing the soup into me I’ll distribute your features all over you countenance!” Of course he wouldn’t.”
    —Amanda Clement (1888–1971)