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Irvin S. Cobb quotes: Good motives butter no parsnips, and hell is paved with buttered parsnips.

Good motives butter no parsnips, and hell is paved with buttered parsnips.

Irvin S. Cobb quotes: Golf - a young man's vice and an old man's penance.

Golf - a young man's vice and an old man's penance.

Irvin S. Cobb quotes: Until you go to Kentucky and with your own eyes behold the Derby, you ain't never been nowhere and you ain't seen nothin'!

Until you go to Kentucky and with your own eyes behold the Derby, you ain't never been nowhere and you ain't seen nothin'!

Irvin S. Cobb quotes: A funeral eulogy is a belated plea for the defense delivered after the evidence is all in.

A funeral eulogy is a belated plea for the defense delivered after the evidence is all in.

Irvin S. Cobb quotes: You had to hate the Colonel a whole lot to keep from loving him.

You had to hate the Colonel a whole lot to keep from loving him.

Irvin S. Cobb quotes: Humor is merely tragedy standing on its head with its pants torn.

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

Irvin S. Cobb quotes: If I wanted to go crazy I would do it in Washington because it would not be noticed

If I wanted to go crazy I would do it in Washington because it would not be noticed

Irvin S. Cobb quotes: A good storyteller is a person with a good memory and hopes other people haven't.

A good storyteller is a person with a good memory and hopes other people haven't.

Irvin S. Cobb quotes: Men are vain; but they won't mind women working so long as they get smaller wages for the same job.

Men are vain; but they won't mind women working so long as they get smaller wages for the same job.

Irvin S. Cobb quotes: Middle age: when you begin to exchange your emotions for symptoms.

Middle age: when you begin to exchange your emotions for symptoms.

Irvin S. Cobb quotes: If writers were good businessmen, they'd have too much sense to be writers.

If writers were good businessmen, they'd have too much sense to be writers.

Irvin S. Cobb quotes: If a woman likes another woman, she's cordial. If she doesn't like her, she's very cordial.

If a woman likes another woman, she's cordial. If she doesn't like her, she's very cordial.

Irvin S. Cobb quotes: To be born in Kentucky is a heritage; to brag about it is a habit; to appreciate it is a virtue.

To be born in Kentucky is a heritage; to brag about it is a habit; to appreciate it is a virtue.

Irvin S. Cobb quotes: As I understand it, sport is hard work for which you do not get paid.

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

Irvin S. Cobb quotes: A woman may have a witty tongue or a stinging pen but she will never laugh at her own individual shortcomings.

A woman may have a witty tongue or a stinging pen but she will never laugh at her own individual shortcomings.

Irvin S. Cobb quotes: I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial.

I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial.

Irvin S. Cobb quotes: You couldn't tell if she was dressed for an opera or an operation.

You couldn't tell if she was dressed for an opera or an operation.

Irvin S. Cobb quotes: An epitaph is a belated advertisement for a line of goods that has been discontinued.

An epitaph is a belated advertisement for a line of goods that has been discontinued.