Quotes by Irvin S. Cobb

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Author, humorist, editor and columnist · American · 1876–1944

American author, humorist, editor and columnist (1876 – 1944)

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“Humor is merely tragedy standing on its head with its pants torn.”

“I've just learned about his illness let's hope it's nothing trivial.”

“As I understand it, sport is hard work for which you do not get paid.”

“I've just learned about his illness let's hope it's nothing trivial.”

“[Humor]: In its essence, merely tragedy standing on its head with its pants torn.”

“A good storyteller is a person who has a good memory and hopes other people haven't.”

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“As I understand it, sport is hard work for which you do not get paid.”
— Irvin S. Cobb
Hard Work Understand You

“Daylight would have shown a wilderness weathered and blowzy, a wanton that had lived her summer too fast and too greedily. It would have shown the white birches pale and shivering in a sudden ague,...”
— Irvin S. Cobb
winter winter-is-coming

“I've just learned about his illness let's hope it's nothing trivial.”
— Irvin S. Cobb
insults

“A good storyteller is a person who has a good memory and hopes other people haven't.”
— Irvin S. Cobb
thank yous closures

“If a woman likes another woman she's cordial. If she doesn't like her she's very cordial.”
— Irvin S. Cobb
women

“Humor is merely tragedy standing on its head with its pants torn.”
— Irvin S. Cobb
Tragedy Head Standing

“I've just learned about his illness let's hope it's nothing trivial.”
— Irvin S. Cobb
insults

“If a woman likes another woman she's cordial. If she doesn't like her she's very cordial.”
— Irvin S. Cobb
women

“[Humor]: In its essence, merely tragedy standing on its head with its pants torn.”
— Irvin S. Cobb

“If a woman likes another woman, she's cordial. If she doesn't like her, she's very cordial.”
— Irvin S. Cobb