And, anyway, no matter how much you may behave like the deaf adder of Scripture which, as you are doubtless aware, the more one piped, the less it danced, or words to that effect, I shall carry on as planned.

It is not the being paid money in advance that jars the sensitive artist: it is the having to work.

The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun.

While not exactly disgruntled, he was far from feeling gruntled. He spoke with a certain what-is-it in his voice, and I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.

As Shakespeare says, if you're going to do a thing you might as well pop right at it and get it over.

Men capable of governing empires fail to control a small white ball, which presents no difficulties whetever to others with one ounce more brain than a cuckoo clock. I wish to goodness I knew the man who invented this infernal game. I'd strangle him. But I suppose he's been dead for ages. Still, I could go and jump on his grave.

The voice of Love seemed to call to me, but it was a wrong number.