89 Quotes About English-writer

Most Americans think Abner Doubleday invented the game but he had little or nothing to do with cricket.

The contest took place at Dexter Park, before a vast crowd of spectators, the majority of whom looked to see the Nationals have almost a walk-over.

The game was being sharply played on both sides, and I watched it with deeper interest than any previous ball match between clubs I had seen.

As for my brothers, of whom I had three, I know not how they were bred.

And though my father was not a peer of the realm, yet there were few peers who had much greater estates or lived more noble therewith.

And though my brother Sir Thomas Lucas died not immediately of his wounds, yet a wound he received on his head in Ireland shortened his life.

For it was not amorous love. I never was infected therewith. It is a disease, or a passion, or both - I only know by relation, no by experience.

Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level. It's cheaper.

I think women get a little crazier when they run in packs. They want to outdo each other.