Quotes by Ring Lardner

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Ringgold Wilmer Lardner was an American sports columnist and short story writer best known for his satirical writings on sports, marriage, and the theatre. Notable contemporaries such as Ernest Hemingway, Virginia Woolf, and F. Scott Fitzgerald expressed strong admiration for his work, and author John O'Hara credited Lardner with shaping his understanding of dialogue.

Ring Lardner Quotes on Family (1)

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"The family you come from isn't as important as the family you're going to have."

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Ring Lardner Quotes on Humor (1)

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"They gave each other a smile with a future in it."

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Ring Lardner Quotes on Philosophy (1)

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"The only real happiness a ballplayer has is when he is playing a ball game and accomplishes something he didn't think he could do."

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